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Goldman Sachs’s Euro 2016 tips

Posted by The Tally on June 6, 2016

If the bank’s track record of predicting the outcome of sporting events is anything to go by, you might want to reconsider betting on France

Quentin Sharp: Banks need catchier catchphrases

Posted by Fareed Sahloul on June 2, 2016

Vapid, misleading, dull – the typical bank marketing slogan is a poor return on the fortune spent on it

HSBC on Euro 2016: Which teams are in form?

Posted by The Tally on May 27, 2016

With the tournament fast-approaching, analysts are opening their spreadsheets to demonstrate their sports-betting prowess

Quentin Sharp on: lunchtime beauty treatments

Posted by Quentin Sharp on May 27, 2016

Once upon a time the only form of beauty treatment available in a British high street was a haircut. Then along came nail bars and now, as traditional shops vanish under the wheels of the internet juggernaut, miniature spas have arrived offering facials, massages and body treatments – the kinds of services that until recently […]

Quentin Sharp on: Fintech, 1979-style

Posted by Quentin Sharp on May 19, 2016

The public, bless them, have two images in their minds of bankers. One is of bowler-hatted men in pinstripe suits holding a cane-handled umbrella and carrying a folded copy of the Pink ’Un under their arm as they march with a military step towards the first-class train carriage. The second is of greedy and mendacious […]

Quentin Sharp on: Keeping a cool head when things go wrong

Posted by Quentin Sharp on May 12, 2016

A friend and I have been comparing notes on our building projects. Both of us are renovating flats – his is a pied-a-terre and mine is for investment. I can best describe our collective mood as frustrated and downcast, verging on utterly pissed off. My friend is spending his time getting parking permits for contractors […]

Pay Confidential: London vs Paris

Posted by The Tally on May 12, 2016

Investment bankers plying their trade in Paris could find that jumping on the Eurostar and heading for work in the City is a lucrative move

A game of spot the difference in private equity

Posted by Becky Pritchard on May 11, 2016

Want to get a sense for how similar the branding and messaging of a whole host of private equity firms is? Take our quiz below. Tough, isn’t it? It can be hard to tell the difference between private equity firms as most are not great at saying how they are different from their competitors. In […]

Quentin Sharp on: The manager’s view of bonus day

Posted by Quentin Sharp on May 4, 2016

As we know, the banking year is dominated by the annual bonus round – I don’t say that every moment of every waking day is filled with anticipation of the bonus, but, well actually it pretty much is. Can you imagine, therefore, how it feels to be the one deciding and handing out the bonuses? […]