Making the right move in fixed income

Debt capital markets is one area of European banking that is hiring rather than firing. But most of the new jobs are at banks still building a presence, and it is only skilled, experienced staff that they are after at modest cost.

Banks jump to hire new staff. Only experienced staffers need apply

LAST YEAR WAS bad news for bankers in Europe, even in the buoyant area of fixed income. Recruiters estimate that 10% of the fixed-income workforce were laid off and still more took pay cuts to keep their jobs. But debt market revenues have been a nice meal ticket this year and the good news is that after months of retrenchment, managers in some banks have a mandate to expand and hire again or will have soon.

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