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Lunchtime Links: Big hiring at small boutiques

1 December 2008

eFinancialCareers UK

Everyone knows that boutiques are doing (relatively) well, given current conditions. Now one has come out and declared its intention to hire some big swinging bankers come the New Year. The boutique in question is Moelis & Co. Keen readers will know that we have already voiced a suspicion that it might be hiring. Kristian Bagger, head of the London office, confirms this is so. Bagger told Financial News that he’s already stocked up on juniors and that in 2009 he will be recruiting top bankers who are disaffected with their bonuses and want to “change T-shirts”.

Lehman banker launches boutique. (Financial News).

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Redundancies at Morgan Stanley and HSBC and Dubai. (Wall Street Journal).

Job cuts at Bayern LB. (Bloomberg).

Banks will cut 30% of people in this downturn. (Financial News).

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Comments (10)

Kristian Blagger...sure that someone is not taking the p£$% out of you.. never heard of him or them..Sarah, are you just making up the stories to fill space

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  • Kristian Blagger...sure that someone is not taking the p£$% out of you.. never heard of him or them..Sarah, are you just making up the stories to fill space

    idontbelieveit 01 Dec 2008

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  • This is a genuine story. Kristian's name may be linked to his Swedish ancestry.

    Sarah, Editor, eFinancialCareers 01 Dec 2008

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  • Copenhagen is the capital of Denmark and not a city in Sweden.

    Scandinavian in London 01 Dec 2008

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  • Ah...Apologies to all Scandinavians offended by my terrible grasp of geography. I suppose Bagger is a Danish name?

    Sarah, Editor, eFinancialCareers 01 Dec 2008

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  • Not necessarily Danish, but more common in Denmark than Sweden.

    Scandinavian in London 01 Dec 2008

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  • idontbelieveit...cocooned in a bulge bracket by any chance?

    you need to wake up - this is the sort of perfect storm that will spawn a new generation of small, but highly successful firms.

    Blackstone was a no name shop once! If you do your research on Ken Moelis and what he has achieved in the US, you will realise your chat stinks

    doesbelieveit 01 Dec 2008

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  • he is Danish...ex Vice Chairman and Head of Nordic & Benelux at DB...3rd highest revenue generator in IB in his last year at DB...

    doesbelieve it 01 Dec 2008

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  • Cripes !  was not meaning to offend anyone..but i did a straw poll here at MegaBank and even Clive did not know him, and Clive knows everyone.
    I am now happy that he does exist, apologies to all..but still a damned strange name

    idontbelieveit 01 Dec 2008

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  • http://www.db.com/presse/en/content/press_releases_2006_3084.htm?month=6

    stilldontbelieveit? 01 Dec 2008

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  • Kristian Bagger is from Belgium and has been with DB for ages. Moelis & Co., just look it up.

    M&A Banker 08 Dec 2008

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