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,... 
by meridith dennes | Jun 26, 2025 | News
The Bottom Line Florida is creating the most employer-friendly non-compete environment in U.S. history just as federal restrictions collapse and Wall Street South gains momentum. For financial services firms, this represents the biggest regulatory arbitrage... 
by meridith dennes | Jun 26, 2025 | News
Bottom Line Up Front: Jefferies’ 40% profit decline and earnings miss serve as an early warning system for the broader investment banking sector, with major banks reporting Q2 results in mid-July facing similar headwinds from trade uncertainty and muted deal... 
by meridith dennes | Jun 19, 2025 | News
Investment bank staff brace for deeper cuts as consultants hunt for hundreds of millions in cost reductions It’s shaping up to be a particularly grim period for Barclays investment bankers, who are now watching McKinsey consultants roam their halls like... by meridith dennes | Jun 9, 2025 | News
Ken Moelis, the dealmaker who founded his eponymous investment bank nearly two decades ago, is executing a carefully planned succession that underscores the maturation of elite boutique advisory firms on Wall Street. Planned succession reflects sector evolution The...