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Obscure banks are hiring

8 August 2008

Sarah Butcher

Would you work for Union Bank India? How about the International Bank of Azerbaijan? Or Russian institutions like Troika Dialog, VTB Capital, Uralsib, or Renaissance Capital? If not, you’re definitely missing out: emerging markets banks are trying very hard to make the most of Western bankers’ disaffection. They are also said to be paying very good money.

VTB Capital is advertising for everything from financial controllers to traders, sales traders, salespeople, commodities professionals, corporate finance professionals in M&A, and ECM coverage bankers to fill an ambitiously large new office in Cornhill.

A spokeswoman for VTB in London says the jobs are located in both the City and Moscow, but she isn’t entirely sure whether the bank’s interested in hiring bankers currently based in London for roles in Moscow. “We have some new positions opening up in several different locations. I can’t say whether we’d move people across.”

Russian investment banks like Troika Dialog, Renaissance Capital and Uralsib are all in the process of expanding existing sales and trading teams.

According to the Financial Times, Union Bank India, a bank 60% owned by the Indian government, also has aspirations to develop an investment banking operation in the UK.

And the International Bank of Azerbaijan is preparing to take on New York.

We can’t say how liberally the International Bank of Azerbaijan or Union Bank India are likely to line your pockets, but Russian banks are allegedly so desperate for staff that they’re willing to pay two-year guaranteed bonuses.

“There’s a lot of demand from Russian investment banks in London right now,” confirms Elvira Muratova at search firm Napier Scott: “They’re looking for structured products people, equity sales professionals covering pan-European clients, private equity professionals, investment bankers and lawyers.”

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Russian banks are not obscure. Nor are they a good bet for your career. The Russian economic boom is built upon artificially high commodity prices. What will happen to these banks and these jobs when commodity prices fall?

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  • maybe this is the reason to join a Russian Bank...
    http://nowthatswhaticallblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/expobanks-scandal-calendar-and-other.html

    Mr. Mania 08 Aug 2008

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  • VTB is an "obscure" bank? Wtf?

    Henry 08 Aug 2008

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  • Russian banks are not obscure.  Nor are they a good bet for your career. The Russian economic boom is built upon artificially high commodity prices. What will happen to these banks and these jobs when commodity prices fall?

    Gundhart 08 Aug 2008

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  • Some people face the choice of being laid off or going into an obscure bank with a 2-year guaranteed pay check. Short term versus long term - maybe. But never forget that it might be better to have two years guaranteed in the pocket while bonuses will continue to suffer over the next years in western markets.

    Apes 08 Aug 2008

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  • I agree, people should instead concentrate their careers around banks which base a large part of their business on repackaging mortgages???

    ben 08 Aug 2008

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  • I used to rely on the bank of mum & dad!

    John 08 Aug 2008

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  • I still do John!  No-one wants to give this poor graduate a job.

    Mike 08 Aug 2008

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  • who tf wants to work for dodgy banks ridden with corruption

    Anonymous 09 Aug 2008

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  • yes, trye, I am from india and banks over there are hiring left,right and centre.... am going back guys... am fed up here

    kalyani 11 Aug 2008

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  • Yes maybe there is some corruption surrounding Russian banks, but US Investment bank CEOs who have done one of the worst jobs for their shareholders and employees in the last 1-2 years have walked away with $100+ million severance paychecks and left thousands of people out of job. So we don't have to go to Russia to see corruption and injustice...

    By the way commodities will be in demand as long as China and India are increasing their infrastructure, which will definitely not stop in the next few years... The bankruptcy of the SemGroup caused some of the major long positions to be taken out of the oil speculation  plus weak European macro environment helped oil to moderate 20%. So what ,it will still stay in the $80-150 range for quite some time.

    gpalffy 12 Aug 2008

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