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I asked this question before but did not receive an answer. However, I'll just throw it there and you may want to try it. The University of London International Programme offers BSc degree in Math and Econ (Mathematics and Economics (BSc) | University of London International Programmes). I...

Many good universities in Canada are not well-known in the US. That can be somewhat a disadvantage when you apply to US schools. If your goal is a top school in the states, you should try to get a couple of years of work experience, and improve your programming skills. Are you from UM?

You can find some current MQF students or MQF alumni on linkedin and shoot them an email. I have talked to 3 of them and they were extremely helpful and friendly.

Sorry I do not work specifically in risk department, so I cannot tell you what you will be required as an intern. However, I came across some informative risk management threads on this forum so you can look them up and start from here. Another way is go on Linkedin, find alumni/students in your...

Yeah I was about to say what Ken said. Bay Street is very small, if someone reads this and wants to find out who you are, they will find out in 5 mins. You do not want to show up first day at work and get mocked by people. To be honest, I automatically do not like you if you happen to be my...

I was wondering if anyone has heard about the University of London International Programme? Apparently it offers several distance learning degrees (you can complete the entire degree remotely) and one of the leading institutes (institutes that provide curriculum and learning materials) is LSE...

Thanks. That type of work would definitely require some high level of math. I am not sure if I know you but I work in real estate and real estate structured products (cmbs, and direct real estate debt)

I was curious about quant strategist role. Is that the role that you make suggestions of how the fund should allocate its capital? For example: Let say you work for an international equities fund and your models suggest that Japanese economy will outperform Canadian economy. Hence your fund...

Assuming the developer job is an IT job then take the quant job if you wanna be a quant. Don't chase prestige, at the end of the day, prestige does not mean anything. Most people outside of finance don't know the different between the two anyway. People in finance may be impressed by GS more...

JulianT: yeah thats what I do too, I quote a comparable yield of government bond then add the spread to get the interest rate for clients. There are usually bonds with the same (or close to be the same) structure with small gap between the two maturity date for us to calculate a comparable...

Thanks Julian, I did the same thing as well. I was just wondering if it is a good way to solve this problem. So they use the same technique on trading desk if 2 bonds have the same (or close to be the same) structure? I also thought about this: Calculate the forward rate R of the entire time...

Hello everyone, I came up with a yield calculation question today. It does not seem to be hard but somehow I was stuck with it. Hope someone can shed a light on this. If you are given 2 bonds at different maturity dates and different coupon yields. Say, first bond matures on June 1, 2019, 3...

I talked to an acturial consultant before and IIRC his job is fit into what you have described. He reviews company expansion plan, model cashflows and determine whether the company uses its assets efficiently. He also determines risk level associated to the project. After all, he works woth...

Cool, make sure you read other suggestion/advice on quantnet how to strengthen your application besides taking many math/programming course. Good luck :)

Of course, given that you have a good technical background. Most programs ask you to have at least calculus 3 and calculus based probability. Remember, it is at least. If you want to be competitive for good programs, you need to have more than that.