by meridith dennes | Aug 18, 2025 | Interviewing, Lateral Recruiting, News
How Three Years of Strategic Miscalculations May Have Created One of the Most Challenging Hiring Environments in Investment Banking in Recent Years By late 2025, investment banking appears to be facing one of the most difficult hiring environments seen in recent... 
by meridith dennes | Jul 26, 2025 | News
Executive Summary The mergers and acquisitions landscape is experiencing a dramatic transformation in 2025, with deal volumes surging and corporate executives embracing uncertainty rather than waiting for market stability. According to recent insights from JPMorgan... 
by meridith dennes | Jul 25, 2025 | News
Investment Banking Talent Migration: A Strategic Analysis of H1 2025 Market Dynamics Executive Summary The first half of 2025 marked a defining period for the US investment banking industry, characterized by unprecedented leadership transitions, strategic sector... 
by meridith dennes | Jul 24, 2025 | News
Goldman Sachs Reverses Course: The Inside Story Behind Shelved Job Cuts The investment banking giant’s decision to forgo a second round of layoffs signals a remarkable turnaround in Wall Street’s fortunes In a stunning reversal that speaks volumes about... 
by meridith dennes | Jul 21, 2025 | Buy Side, News
The battle for top talent in finance has reached a new level of intensity, with Citigroup becoming the latest major investment bank to implement aggressive measures against private equity firms’ early recruitment tactics. The bank’s new... by meridith dennes | Jul 17, 2025 | News
The Unexpected Turnaround Wall Street just delivered one of the most surprising quarters in recent memory. After months of doom and gloom predictions for investment banking, the major banks didn’t just beat analyst forecasts—they crushed them. Goldman Sachs,...