Finance, Banking & Investment

Allocating and managing capital. Prestige and pay are concentrated in a small number of roles, and the rest of the field looks quite different.

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Investment Banking & Capital Markets
Raising capital and advising on deals. High pay, punishing hours.
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Asset & Investment Management
Managing money on behalf of others.
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Corporate & Commercial Banking
Financing and banking real businesses. The largest employer in the field.
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Risk & Treasury
Measuring and managing financial exposure. Quietly central and rarely chosen deliberately.
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Sideways from here

The neighbouring fields. Most people who end up happy in one of these arrived from somewhere else entirely.