Monday's Headlines: More Reasons a Deal Push Could Bump Up Hiring

Wall Street could be poised for a hiring upswing, pushed by demand for rainmakers and mergers and acquisitions bankers. [FierceFinance]

Goldman Sachs's last big proprietary trading team has begun raising money to start a its own independent hedge fund. [FT]

Large private banks are recruiting heavily in Russia, the Middle East, Africa and Asia says the head of private wealth management at an executive search firm. [Financial News]

BlackRock Vice Chairman Blake Grossman will leave the firm, adding to the list of departing executives. [InvestmentNews]

MBA graduates can expect to see more job offers in 2011, but their salaries will remain flat compared with 2010. [WSJ]