FINANCIAL ECONOMICS CLASS OF 2018
PLACEMENT REPORT
2019
#1 Facts and trends
#2 Graduate profiles
#3 Placement statistics: Function
#4 Placement statistics: Sector
#5 Placement statistics: Location
#6 Top recruiters
CONTENTS
PLACEMENT REPORT 2019EDHEC FINANCIAL ECONOMICS - CLASS OF 2018
#1 FACTS AND TRENDS
Graduates from EDHEC Business School Financial Economics Track actively contribute to the finance industry by successfully developing careers into leading fields of finance ranging from investment banking and asset management to fintech and international organisations. They also bring their diversity with 48 different nationalities represented in the 2018 class.
This class has indeed managed to secure very high profile front office positions in both corporate finance and financial markets: 35% of graduates joined leading Investment Banks.
Outstanding careers were also launched into a wide variety of specialisations by graduates focusing on accounting & management control - and starting their career in as many as 10 different sectors (such as tech, energy and pharma) - or on audit and consulting with promising professional paths offering significant opportunities on a global scale.
The excellent quality of the placement is also particularly reflected by the high proportion of graduates - more than 20% - who successfully joined Graduate Programmes with highly selective global recruitment processes.
From a location standpoint, the profile of the class and placement is as global as ever: 55% have an international background and more than half of managed to start their career outside their home country in 29 different countries.
Besides distinctive focus such as environmental and social governance of companies along with disruptive technologies - Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain to name just a few - have inspired our graduates and will continue to shape their future endeavours.
KEY FIGURES
51%ARE LOCATED
OUTSIDE THEIR HOME COUNTRY
96%OF GRADUATES HOLD A POSITION ADAPTED
TO THEIR CAREER PLANS
21%JOINED
GRADUATEPROGRAMMES
35%JOINED
AN INVESTMENT BANK
47NATIONALITIESALBANIAALGERIAARGENTINAARMENIABELGIUMBOLIVIABRAZILCANADACHINACOLOMBIADENMARKFRANCE
GABONGERMANYGREECEINDIAISRAELITALYIVORY COASTJAPANJORDANKAZAKHSTANLEBANONLITHUANIA
MAURITANIAMAURITIUSMEXICOMOLDOVAMONTENEGROMOROCCONETHERLANDSNIGERIANORWAYPOLANDPORTUGALRUSSIA
SENEGALSLOVAKIASOUTH KOREASPAINSWEDENSWITZERLANDTAIWANTUNISIATURKEYUNITED KINGDOMUNITED STATES
INTERNATIONAL55%
FRENCH45%
#2 GRADUATE PROFILES
414GRADUATES
40%FEMALE
60%MALE
PLACEMENT REPORT 2019EDHEC FINANCIAL ECONOMICS - CLASS OF 2018
#3 PLACEMENT STATISTICS: FUNCTION
10%IN
CONSULTING
80%IN FINANCE
4%IN BUSINESS
UNIT MANAGEMENT
FINANCE
CONSULTING
BUSINESS UNIT MANAGEMENT
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
DATA / IT
LEGAL
PURCHASING / SUPPLY CHAIN / LOGISTICS
4%
2%
2%
1%
1%
80%
10%
PLACEMENT REPORT 2019EDHEC FINANCIAL ECONOMICS - CLASS OF 2018
80% FINANCE INCLUDING:
11% Audit & Transaction Services
7% Asset Management7% Other
28% Corporate Finance, Private Equity
15% Sellside (Sales, Trading, Structuring, etc.)9% Accounting & Finance,
Financial Planning & Analysis
3% Risk Management
#4 PLACEMENT STATISTICS: SECTOR
61%FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS / BANKING / INSURANCE 11%
AUDIT
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS / BANKING / INSURANCE
CONSULTING
AUDIT
MEDIA / TELECOM
FOOD INDUSTRY
REAL ESTATE
LEISURE / HOSPITALITY
ENERGY
PUBLIC SERVICE / NGO
CHEMICAL / PHARMACEUTICAL / COSMETIC INDUSTRY
RETAIL / E-COMMERCE
CONSUMER GOODS
TRANSPORTATION
11%
3%
1%
4%
1%
2%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
61%
12%
PLACEMENT REPORT 2019EDHEC FINANCIAL ECONOMICS - CLASS OF 2018
12%CONSULTING
50% HOME COUNTRY
42% HOME COUNTRY
52% HOME COUNTRY
58% HOME COUNTRY
58% WORK ABROAD
MIDDLE EASTAFRICA
EUROPE EXCEPT FRANCE
AMERICAS
ASIA - PACIFIC
FRANCE
50% WORK ABROAD
48% WORK ABROAD
42% WORK ABROAD
100% WORK ABROAD
#5 PLACEMENT STATISTICS: LOCATION
62%OF INTERNATIONAL GRADUATES WORK OUTSIDE THEIRHOME COUNTRY
MIDDLE EAST - AFRICA1%
ASIA - PACIFIC9%AMERICAS
5%
42% OF FRENCH GRADUATESWORK ABROAD
EUROPE 85%
Including: FRANCE 42%
WORK IN
29 COUNTRIES
BY NATIONALITY
PLACEMENT REPORT 2019EDHEC FINANCIAL ECONOMICS - CLASS OF 2018
BANK OF AMERICA MERRILL LYNCH / BARCLAYS / BLACKROCK
/ BNP PARIBAS / CITI / CREDIT AGRICOLE CIB / DELOITTE /
DEUTSCHE BANK / EY / GOLDMAN SACHS / HSBC /
J.P. MORGAN / KPMG / MAZARS / MORGAN STANLEY / PWC /
SIA PARTNERS / SOCIETE GENERALE
ACCENTURE / ALLIANZ GLOBAL INVESTORS / AT KEARNEY
/ BANK OF CHINA / BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON / BANK
OF SHANGHAI / BLOOMBERG / CANDRIAM INVESTORS
/ CARREFOUR / CREDIT SUISSE / EDF TRADING / EIGHT
ADVISORY / EVERCORE / GE HEALTHCARE / HOULIHAN
LOKEY / LAZARD FRERES & CO / LEONTEQ / L'OREAL /
MACQUARIE / MARS PETCARE & FOOD / MCKINSEY & CO
/ MOODY'S / NOMURA / PERNOD RICARD / PICTET ASSET
MANAGEMENT / ROTHSCHILD & CIE / STANDARD & POORS /
UBS
#6 TOP RECRUITERS
TOP RECRUITERS
THEY HAVE ALSO RECRUITED
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