Barcap competency question

"Describe a recent development in the Investment Banking industry. What implications might this development have for the division to which you have applied?"

Applying to trading, would appreciate any inspiration :-) thanks

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Answer the question yourself. It's not fair that we do it ourselves and then you expect someone to just answer the question for you because you're too lazy to look around the net for 10 minutes.

 

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