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Working in Banking

• Attitudes towards hiring are being shaped by the global efforts at shaking up regulation

• Computers have made “users” of almost everyone – not least bankers and traders

• How HSBC copes with managing 144 nationalities in its global operation

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Content

Risk is the new ‘sexy’ job

A look at the change in attitude towards risk roles and the perks that have accompanied it

Computers create demand for a different set of skills

IT has changed the face of the industry, bringing in new systems and roles

Diversity is vital to bank’s business

How HSBC copes with managing 144 nationalities in its global operation

Would the big banks really quit the UK?

New rules on pay, coupled with warnings from the government that banks must show restraint, mean awards to British bank staff could fall below those in other countries

Mobility: banker moves from London to Singapore

Jonathan Stubbings why he moved and how it went

Profile: Mark Parsons of Barclays’ retail arm

Deputy CEO of Barclays UK retail banking likes to be close to the customer

Mutual sector is still financial services – but not as we know it

A look at the contrasts between the worlds of banks and building societies

Interview: ‘We are driven to do the right thing’

Paul Walsh, chief executive of Cuna Mutual Group Europe, on working in the mutual sector

Investment banks put bonuses before recruitment

Some job cuts in financial services are to protect bonus payments in an increasingly volatile sector

Wave of new rules creates demand for specialists

Rapid hiring is taking place across the financial sector

Aggressive self-confidence is not always an advantage in banking

No-nonsense approach to being the boss

The hunt for new talent is gathering pace

A very different career prospect

War zones, no phones and only bread to eat

How we see it: Soft skills at a premium