EmploymentReport2015/16

LSE Department of Finance Employment Report 2015/162

Latest class profile

Finance

Consulting

Academia

Public Finance

Further Study

Other

60%

23%

4%

3%

1%

Investment Banking

Consulting

VC / Private Equity

Asset Management

Central Banks

Other

39%

23%

6%

5%

3%

M & A

Sales & Trading

Investment Management

Research

Leverage Finance

Risk Management

Debt/Equity Capital Markets

25%

14%

12%

8%

8%

8%

3%

60%

23%

39%

6%

23%

14%

8%

Job sector Industry Investment Banking Function

25%

12%

The Department of Finance is home to 250 Masters students across five degree programmes: MSc Finance (Full-time), MSc Finance and Economics, MSc Finance and Private Equity, MSc Risk and Finance and MSc Finance (Part-time). With the exception of MSc Finance (Part-time), which is taught to working executives, all programmes are pre-experience with the majority of graduating students entering analyst level positions. Undergraduate students are not represented in these figures.

Top locations

Employment statisticsLondon

Beijing

Hong Kong

Paris

Shanghai

Singapore

52%

4%

3%

3%

3%

2%

8%

3%5%

3%

8%

LSE Department of Finance Employment Report 2015/163

This year’s employers3i GroupAccentureAfrican Development BankAllianzAlpiqArma PartnersAviva InvestorsBain & CompanyBank of America Merrill LynchBank of EnglandBarclays CapitalBarclays PlcBloombergBluecrestBNP ParibasBocconi UniversityBombinate LtdBoston Consulting Group (BCG)Cambridge UniversityCampbell LutyensCanaccord GenuityCentre for Risk Studiescheckout.comChina CITIC BankChina Construction BankChina Investment CorporationChina Life Asset ManagementChinese Securities InternationalCitiCommerzbank AGCredit SuisseCSIC Investment LtdCurzon AdvisersDa ChenDeloitteDeutsche BankDunnhumbyEdmond de Rothschild GroupErnst & YoungESSEC Business SchoolEvercore Partners

ExperianFirst Quantum MineralsFlow TradersFosun InternationalFTI ConsultingFTSEGerson Lehrman GroupGGH LtdGlencoreGoldman SachsGreenhill & CoGulland PadfieldHerbert Smith FreehillsHermes MotorsHool CapitalHSBCHuaweiICBC International HoldingsID CapitalImpact Investment Exchange AsiaInnovation BrainJefferiesJianghai SecuritiesJK Investment ManagementJP MorganKontakt.ioKPMGLaSalle Investment ManagementLazardLSE (Further Study)Macquarie GroupMagister AdvisorsMan Group PlcMcKinsey & CompanyMinistry of Finance, JapanMitsubishi UFJ Asset ManagementMoody’s AnalyticsMorgan StanleyMorning StarMultimodal Storage Solutions Pvt. Ltd.Natixis

Nauta CapitalNERA Economic ConsultingNomuraOaktree Capital ManagementOliver WymanOptiverOTKRITIE Financial CorporationPerella Weinberg PartnersPfizerPrecision Systems Inc Ltd.Providence Equity PartnersPwCRBC Capital MarketsRedstone CapitalRenaissance CapitalRoland BergerRothschildRoyal Bank of Scotland GroupRTCSanford BernsteinSJKeatesSloane Robinson Investment ServicesSociété GénéraleSpade CapitalStandard & Poor’sStart CreditsStirling Square Capital PartnersTerra Firma Capital PartnersThe International Institute for Strategic Studies, IISSUBSUniversity of Chicago, Booth School of BusinessUniversity of ConnecticutUnlu & CoVTB CapitalWharton SchoolWinton Capital ManagementYes Bank

Top 5 employers:

Goldman Sachs Boston Consulting Group

McKinseyPwC

Credit Suisse

LSE Department of Finance Employment Report 2015/164

All Department of Finance Alumni

Finance

Consulting

Public Finance

Further Study

Academia

Other

63%

14%

4%

3%

3%

Investment Banking

Consulting

Asset Management

VC / Private Equity

Corporates / Industry

Central Banks

Other Financial Services

Other

45%

13%

9%

4%

3%

3%

9%

Sales & Trading

M & A

Risk Management

Structuring

Debt Capital Markets

Equity Capital Markets

Other

25%

15%

15%

6%

4%

4%

63%

14%

45%

9%13% 15%

4%4%

6%

Job sector Industry Investment Banking Function

25%

15%

Data represents all available information on Department of Finance Master’s cohorts from 1997 to 2016. Top 20 employersEmployment statistics

JP Morgan Deutsche Bank

Credit SuisseGoldman Sachs

CitiBarclays Capital Morgan Stanley

BoA Merrill Lynch HSBC

BCGPwC

McKinseyBNP Paribas

RBS UBS

KPMGErnst & Young

Standard Chartered Société Générale

Nomura

7259515049444237353431303027262121171717

9%

4%

LSE Department of Finance Employment Report 2015/165

Alumni locations

46%London

16%Europe

4%South-East

Asia

4%Rest of North

America

3%New York

5%Hong Kong

4%Middle

East

3%India

region

2%Beijing

3%Shanghai

1%South

America

1%California

1%Russia region

1%Rest of China

1%Africa

1%Australia

1%East Asia