Guotai Junan Securities Employee Reviews about "investment banks"

Pros

It has a mature team with around 100 members in FICC division. The investment areas are diverse, and new graduates can get familiar with each of them in a rotation program.

Cons

Despite the fact that Guotai Junan is one of the leading investment banks in China, it is indeed a state-owned enterprise with relatively low entry level salary

Pros

- with well-developed equity research framework - steep learning curve, much faster than those global buldge bracket; - cimmunicative working environment; - bright and extremely smart colleagues;

Cons

- can't work from home, have to wear suits, slow decision-making and loads of the common problems of a gov-owned company; - bonus is revetively low compare to other investment bank; - interesting people are leaving;

Pros

nice people, really learn a lot from the equity research experience and get a taste of domestic investment bank. A large and established firm supported by the government

Cons

not very intensive, the atmosphere is more like SOE and does not push employee enough. Quite different from typical international investment banks.

Pros

Located in the center of Shanghai, people are nice there, salary is good. For the entry level, it can be over 200k RMB per year

Cons

Since it is a government-capital investment bank, people there are not energetic enough. Everybody go work at 9 and back home at 5

Pros

Learned much about research and asset management skills. Developed my teamwork and presentations skills

Cons

I don't have cons to say. Perfect investment bank.

Pros

Global; Farseeing; Precise; Standard training

Cons

Entry level payment is not that high enough compared with foreign investment banks