Investment Banking

Investment bank job cuts hit four-year high

Banks’ trading divisions bear the brunt of cutbacks as they flounder amid listless markets

A man carries a box out of Deutsche Bank's London office on July 8 - the first day of layoffs under the German bank's restructuring plan
A man carries a box out of Deutsche Bank's London office on July 8 - the first day of layoffs under the German bank's restructuring plan Photo: Getty Images

The world’s top investment banks stripped out 1,500 front-line jobs in the first six months of 2019, as revenues slumped to a 13-year low.

Investment banks have been swinging the axe more liberally than at any point over the past five years, according to the latest industry report from data provider Coalition. Trading roles were at the sharp end of the cuts.

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