(1) What is the future of banking and finance?
(2) How is money created and how is that relevant to the crisis?
(3) Why does our economy boom and bust?
(4) Why are we in debt and how does that related to banking and finance?
(5) What is happening now in the financial crisis?
(6) What is the government doing about it?
(7) What should I as a student do now if I want to work in banking & finance?

You might notice that the content of this presentation will cover lots of background knowledge which might help you with your current assignment of International Finance &Accounting, so I strongly recommend you to attend this event and gain an insight view about the causes of current financial crisis and find out whether the global or local governance has played an adequate role in avoiding this financial crisis and ensuring an efficient international financial system. Beyond this benefit, this event will also give you a good chance to explore the potential solutions for the current financial crisis and find out how to secure a decent job during financial crisis.

This event will be held on Tuesday 2nd December 2008 (from 6pm onwards) at Lecture Theatre SS1, 127 Stamford Street, SE1 9NQ (Stamford Street Apartment). The registration is completely free.

Presentation will be delivered by Mr. Simon Dixon who is a specialist consultant to banking & finance institutions. His experience as an economist, stock broker, market making, trader and corporate financier has allowed him to pass on his expert knowledge onto students who have the drive to succeed in finance sector. It will be a great opportunity for you to communicate with him and learn precious experience from him.

We are looking forward to meet you all there!!!

The event will take place at King’s lovely Waterfront Bar at the Strand Campus. To find out how to get there please go to the following link: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/about/campuses/strand-det.html

The King’s College London Business Club would like to invite you to attend our MiniBar event on FRIDAY 21st NOVEMBER.

MiniBar is London’s biggest web start up community with over 1700 members bringing together each month over 300 web entrepreneurs, developers and investors, and KCLBC is working in partnership with them for this event.

This event will give you the opportunity to hear success stories from BBC 2’s ‘The Last Millionaire’, Carl Pihl, a King’s College Alumni, Jay Bregman of Ecourier and Lars Lindstedt of Microsoft. You will also get the chance to network with our corporate partners and get some great advice from industry experts including representatives from Google and Bebo.

The MiniBar event will be hosted at King’s for the first time this Friday, the 21st of November 2008 at the Waterfront bar, Strand Campus at 6pm.

Also: There will be some graduate recruiters from some firms including Merrill Lynch, E&Y, IBM, and possibly McKinsey & Company, BCG, Bain, 3i andGoldman Sachs

This is an opportunity you and your friends DO NOT want to miss, especially if you are looking to be as successful as these guys in the future.

Check out the event also on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=45132346531 and on http://www.meetup.com/minibar/

Note: There is no need to register to attend this event, however, please arrive early as there is limited space.

 See http://www.ey.com/uk/profitunity for further details!

Harriet Robinson, Business Development Manager of KCL Business Ltd. acknowledged our involvement with the competition: “We are also very pleased that this competition is being supported by the KCL Business Club, a club lead by King’s students for all King’s students who are interested in business start ups and I’m very pleased that Zain Jaffer and Nadine Mueller could join us today”

To read more about the competition click here, or to read the KCL press release on this event please click here.

Many of the SEI investment staff are previous King’s Alumni, and will be attending - this is a fantastic opportunity to network with them. Zara Humayun, who just finished her BSc in Management attended a similar presentation last year and now works for them.

You are encouraged to send your CV to LondonAssociates@seic.com with the subject line “King’s BC” before attending the event. They are also looking to schedule interviews for November, and make offers by January. Also, they do not have any numerical or verbal reasoning tests and have a nice starting salary!

Zain Jaffer
President & Founder

Do you want a career in Finance, Consultancy & IT? 

These are three of the toughest industry sectors to break into as a graduate

Graduate vacancies in banking and investment sectors are hotly contested and employers are able to pick only the top notch candidates

Student research company High Fliers puts the number of applicants per banking job at 60:1
IT is a competitive area…. Recruiters look for high quality graduates and technology excellence alone is no longer enough. Employers want other skills such as communication, teamwork and commercial awareness
It pays to be ahead of the game

Graduate Select is your chance to meet and impress the decision makers in the recruitment teams at the biggest graduate employers in these sectors.

Graduate Select is a unique opportunity to learn FOR FREE from the experts how best to take advantage of your one-on-one time with employers at the event in the pre-event Careers Coaching Session
Graduate Select: Finance, Consultancy & IT from The Careers Group
13 October 2008

A unique, major national event for ambitious finalist students, aiming to work for the best firms in the IT Business. This is a unique opportunity to stand out as one the best candidates and make a lasting impression. Graduates from all degree disciplines are welcome, as long as you have a proven interest or relevant experience in IT, Business, Science, Engineering, Telecoms or Consultancy

To apply please visit http://www.gradselect.co.uk/

If you are interested in becoming a member or helping out with the club, please join our facebook group as we will be adding new positions and information relevant to members soon. Bear in mind, that you will need to be in the King’s College London network to register.