Are you ready to take your first steps towards landing your dream internship?
Whether you’re a first-year student looking to gain valuable industry experience or a final-year student preparing to enter the workforce, it’s never too early to start honing your internship skills 
UNSW Regulation Society, Finance Society and Personal Finance Club cordially invite you to our graduate recruitment session and case study on the 16th of March 2023.
During the event, you will have the exclusive opportunity to interact with Directors, Graduates and HR representatives from Macquarie. The session will cover what they do alongside valuable interview tips to help land your desired graduate position at Macquarie.
UBS offers to bail out Credit Suisse amidst global financial turmoil
• Swiss banking giant UBS has agreed to purchase Credit Suisse in an all-share deal valued at $4.8 billion.
• The acquisition includes government guarantees and liquidity provisions as well.
• It has been agreed that the Swiss National Bank will be offering UBS liquidity assistance of 100 billion francs while the government will guarantee potential losses of 9 billion francs.
What is the HSBC Women in Finance mentoring program?
The HSBC Women in Finance mentoring program is an annual mentoring program, supported by a range of sponsors in order to build meaningful relationships between motivated female finance students with successful finance industry professionals.
The RBA raises interest rates to an 11-year high, opens the door to a pause
• The RBA has raised interest rates for the 10th consecutive meeting, taking the cash rate target to 3.6%.
• RateCity has stated that the latest increase would be a $77 a month increase to repayments on a $500,000 home loan and double that on a $1 million mortgage.
• Borrowers with $500,000 mortgages will soon be facing monthly mortgage repayments near $1k larger than a year ago.
UK grocery price inflation hits record high as more stores impose rationing
• A measure of UK grocery price inflation soars as shop price inflation rose to a fresh high of 8.4% in February, up from 8% in January – driven by new highs in the costs of food.
• Fresh food prices rose by 16.3% amid shortages of staples such as tomatoes and broccoli, due to suboptimal weather conditions in southern Spain and northern Africa.
US Markets are set to increase their interest rates further into 2023.
• Markets now view it as probably that the Fed Funds rate will reach 5.25% to 5.50% in 2023.
• The Fed is now expected to hike rates at upcoming meetings in March, May and June according to interest rate futures.
• This is largely due to the idea that despite being past peak inflation rates, certain prices will continue to rise, thus more work needs to be done.
Have you ever felt left out because all your colleagues are laughing at memes about excel? Do you have aspirations of becoming a stock market god but know that you are being held back because you can’t use excel? If so then we have the perfect event for you.
The Finance and Banking Society is proud to present our first Excel workshop of the year.
Are you interested in learning how to land an internship at the Big 4? Or have you heard your friends talking about the Big 4, but not knowing what it means?
If you’re interested in a career in divisions including consulting, financial advisory, assurance and tax, or just want to learn more about career options in business, this is the event for you!
