Possibly, if your undergraduate degree is 2:1 at a minimum. Try to get relevant experience - it's possible to get into top tier MBA programme even without it (even a semi-target will do), but it'll be an uphill battle.

In the summer of 2026, the graduate job market feels like a waiting room with too many people and too few chairs. Recent college graduates—particularly those aged 22 to 27—are experiencing elevated unemployment and longer job searches compared with historical norms and even with some...

Securing a summer analyst position in London remains one of the most competitive entry points into investment banking, markets, and related finance roles. For students at continental European universities—outside the core UK target pipeline of Oxbridge, LSE, UCL, Imperial and a few others—the...

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The 2026/27 recruitment season is already underway for many employers, and the competition for internships and graduate roles remains intense. Economic uncertainty, AI-driven hiring tools, and a larger pool of applicants mean that preparation, consistency, and strategy matter more than ever...

Audit is much less competitive than IB, therefore much higher chances of landing something there. Brutal grad market is brutal out there right now though.

Reach out on LinkedIn to alumni and ask for a coffee or phone chat, literally any finance-related firm. Bristol is a good semi-target so plenty of alumni in finance across the country. Unfortunately since you lack relevant experience (this is hindsight but should have hustled during uni years -...

Candidates searching for a buy-side internship, a hedge fund role, a trading internship or a career in investment strategy quickly run into the same obstacle: employers want evidence of investment judgment before most applicants have had the chance to develop it. TrendUp is built to close that...

Companies and investors turn to M&A as they adjust to economic shifts driven by the rise of AI https://www.ft.com/content/000d10d6-cdfb-4110-9c6b-a5cd133b7a0f?syn-25a6b1a6=1

SpaceX raised $75bn and secured a valuation in excess of $2tn. Now the syndicate stands to collect $500mn, the highest fee ever paid on a public offering https://www.ft.com/content/efa5d392-572f-4fb9-acb4-4b2a48824c9a?syn-25a6b1a6=1

HireVue and PyMetrics (often called Pymetrics) represent a major evolution in modern recruitment. In 2022, HireVue acquired Pymetrics and integrated its popular game-based assessments into their AI-powered hiring platform. Today, candidates frequently encounter "HireVue Games" or Pymetrics-style...

The Big Four accounting firms now post more job adverts for AI specialists than for auditors, a structural shift that puts the UK’s assurance industry, its regulator, and the medium-term value chain of professional services under quiet but significant strategic pressure...

Choosing a retail brokerage in 2026 is no longer the binary "cheap vs. full-service" decision it was a decade ago. The European landscape has matured into a competitive, fragmented market where neobrokers, traditional banks, and US-style platforms all jostle for the same self-directed investor...

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Will AI Replace Software Engineering Roles? Few questions provoke as much anxiety in the tech industry right now as this one. Walk into any engineering team meeting in 2026 and you'll hear it whispered between sprint reviews: are we automating ourselves out of a job? With models writing...

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In the high-stakes world of investment banking, hedge funds, private equity, and proprietary trading, performance is everything. You analyze markets at lightning speed, close multi-million-dollar deals under pressure, and make split-second decisions that move billions. Yet the very habits that...

As a high-finance professional in London—whether you're an investment banker at Goldman Sachs, a hedge fund manager in Mayfair, a private equity associate, or a quant at a leading prop trading firm—your compensation package exceeds £100,000 annually fairly quickly. With base salaries, bonuses...

In the competitive world of professional services, few career paths command as much respect, intellectual stimulation, and financial reward as strategy consulting at the "Big 3" — McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), and Bain & Company. For ambitious graduates, MBAs, and...