A recent TikTok video by a recruiter about the drawbacks of bringing coffee to an interview has gone viral, calling it a bad first impression on the candidate. While first impressions matter (and they are incredibly tough to change later) I firmly believe there is more to the full picture about...

While paying attention to detail is important, a lot of candidates fall into the trap of obsessing over minor details on their resume instead of focusing on the big picture. Networking in today's tough graduate market is ever more important, and the core section "titles" are what really carries...

What is an Off-Cycle Internship? In the competitive world of UK high finance—encompassing investment banking, private equity, hedge funds, and related advisory roles—an off-cycle internship represents a flexible, non-standard entry point that sits outside the traditional summer internship...

How Important Are A-Levels Results for Internships (High-School Grades)? Investment banking recruitment in the UK is intensely competitive. Spring weeks and summer internships form the primary pathway into full-time analyst roles at bulge-bracket banks, elite boutiques, and many mid-market...

Graduating from university and entering the labour force is a major milestone, but it is also the start of a new challenge. That is standing out in a competitive job market, where the rules for success aren't clearly defined anymore. It becomes more of who you know, and not what you know, and...

Do Investment Banks and High-Finance Industries Sponsor Visas for London? London remains one of the world’s premier financial centres, home to the City and Canary Wharf, where global capital, talent and deal flow converge. For international professionals eyeing investment banking, private...

High-finance has long revolved around a handful of cities where capital, talent, and deal flow concentrate. For decades London sat near the absolute peak. In recent years Dubai has charged upward with deliberate speed, tax advantages, and aggressive infrastructure investment. The contest is no...

Global Markets, commonly referred to as S&T (Sales & Trading), is a core division within investment banks. It focuses on institutional clients—large asset managers, hedge funds, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, and corporations—rather than retail investors. The...

From an investment banking perspective, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) sit at the heart of corporate advisory work. Investment banks act as the primary intermediaries that originate, structure, value, negotiate, and execute the transactions through which companies combine, buy, or sell...

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...

Job interviews remain one of the most high-stakes conversations most people will ever have. In a short window of time, candidates must demonstrate competence, cultural fit, communication skills, and genuine interest—while under pressure and often with incomplete information about what the...

University or college is often sold as a transaction: pay tuition, attend lectures, earn a degree, and unlock a better career. That framing is incomplete. The lectures, textbooks, and exams matter, but they are not the core product. The real value of the experience—literally no matter the...

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...

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...