Lunchtime Links: Current hiring intentions at Barclays Capital
Putting briefly aside the ongoing travails at Goldman Sachs, it's notable that there's still something in the way of equities hiring going on over at Barclays Capital.
The UK's favourite investment bank appears to have allowed The Telegraph access to some of its top people, resulting in article revealing that: hiring for EMEA ECM isn't totally over yet (15-20 people are to be added this year), but 2010 and 2011 are really about building up in non-Japan Asia.
BarCap's bankers also reel off various drivers of the bank's future success, including its "unique culture", which is apparently, "an interesting mix of old-fashioned values and cutting-edge thinking."
Citigroup reports highest net income since 2nd quarter 2007. (Citigroup)
RBS is doubling salaries at its Global Banking and Markets division. (Telegraph)
By the end of 2008, financial services professionals in the UK were taking home an extra 12bn a year. (Financial Times)
Who is Jes Staley? (CNN)
Goldman has emailed a message of reassurance to its alumni network. (Wall Street Journal)
Goldman argues that it was common practice not to disclose to investors who would be taking a short position on a CDO. (Financial Times)
Investors in Goldman's deal no more thought they were trading "against" short investors than investors in IBM or Treasury bonds do. (Interfluidity)
'Executives up to and including Lloyd C. Blankfein, the chairman and chief executive, took an active role in overseeing the mortgage unit.' (NYTimes)
"Tourre has not been suspended and we don't believe he has done anything wrong," a spokeswoman said. (CityAm)
Why aren't bankers an election issue? (Guardian)
Gordon Brown to turn Goldman Sachs into an electoral issue. (The Times)
Despite their 'awesome abs', Goldman VPs to be relegated to the bullpen. (Wall Street Journal)
The perfect recruiter CV. (The Blunter Hunter)
Peloton Partners' founders had deeply poor decorative taste. . (The Times)
"Sleep is overrated, as is a functional social life." (Wall Street Oasis)
Setbacks on the path to an invisibility cloak. (Technology Review)
