“The great thing is that projects have the potential to be really high impact,” explains former engineering intern and current team member Crystal. Learn more about her experience completing challenging and impactful projects as an intern.
Is competitiveness a new guiding principle for regulators of the UK’s financial services industry? Donna Rix, our General Counsel International, discusses the changing landscape in the EU and UK.
We’re pleased to welcome our 2024 summer interns, an exceptional group from 80 schools around the world. We can’t wait to see the impact they’ll have during the next 11 weeks!
“You have to keep innovating, you can’t stand still,” says Chief Risk Officer Joanna Welsh. Hear her comments at the Milken Institute Global Conference about how our goal-setting process is key to raising the firm’s aspirations – and its innovation.
What’s real leadership? As Citadel Founder and CEO Ken Griffin explains at the Milken Institute Global Conference, it’s about making decisions “before the crisis becomes a possibility so that the crisis can never become a possibility.”
“The entire point of having the very best people is having them work together,” says Edwin Lin, who heads the Fixed Income and Macro business, about Citadel’s in-person culture. “The crux of our business is getting to the truth. And the best way to get to the truth is through collaboration.” Edwin heads one of Citadel’s longest-running strategies, where colleagues identify and debate their best ideas. As he explains about the team he oversees: “If you look inside my walls every day, you will see people huddled around desks solving problems and in conference rooms working out difficult problems.”
What are the key issues for European Union policymakers and regulators regarding financial market reform? Virginie Saade, our head of Government Regulatory and Policy for EMEA, joins Stephen Berger, global head of Government and Regulatory Policy, in part one of a conversation about the changing landscape in EU and UK markets with Virginie and Donna Rix, General Counsel International. As Virginie explains, “What they are trying to do here is to make the real economy rely less on bank lending and more on financial markets, which is certainly the case in the United States.” As she notes, the quickening pace for EU market reform includes four key components: transparency and the trading regime, the clearing landscape, the listing rules, and efforts to expand retail participation in the EU. “All these reforms… are at the core of the Capital Markets Union, and that is the overarching goal, I would say, of the European Union,” says Virginie. “So, basically, they are trying to make our markets more attractive, streamlined and competitive.”
Ever wondered what it’s like to be an equities analyst? eFinancialCareers provides a window into the world of investing by sharing a day in the life of our Miami-based colleague Shawn Cain. Read about the work he does, how he interacts with his colleagues and the companies he covers, what it means to live your coverage, and his commitment to mentorship here.
"I love coming into work every day and being faced with new questions to answer, because this is an extremely dynamic environment.” Colleen is a problem-solver whose passion and tenacity for discovering new solutions fuels her ability to tackle the toughest questions.
“Software engineering is one of the careers where nothing stays the same.” Hear our founder and CEO Ken Griffin describe the three career paths engineers can pursue to excel in an ever-changing field.
