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Hi,
First of all I want to congratulate you on the wonderful forum. It's very useful indeed.
At the moment I am studying MSc "Investment management" Part-time in a not very widely recognized university in Eastern Europe. I have topics in Risk management and Derivatives and expect GPA over 3.7 (out of 4). My undergrad. is "Finance" with only two semesters teaching math and one - statistics. Definitely I don't have sufficient math and programming background. I have enrolled in CFA Program and I was wondering if earning the FRM designation would enhance my profile for enrolling in MSc in Financial mathematics or related afterwards. My plan is to finish with my present MSc at the end of the year. Then to enroll in FRM Program and in the middle of 2014 to obtain CFA and FRM (I think I will pass all exams from the first time). I suppose I will have some working background in financial industry (may be not in a quant role) in that point of time. Additionally I will have enough time to cover the topics in mathematics, computing, statistics and econometrics and to be ready for the admission.
So do you think that FRM would help me? My assumption is that it is more quant oriented than CFA and additionally I am highly interested in the field of Risk Management. Any profile enhancing alternatives? All advices will be highly appreciated.
First of all I want to congratulate you on the wonderful forum. It's very useful indeed.
At the moment I am studying MSc "Investment management" Part-time in a not very widely recognized university in Eastern Europe. I have topics in Risk management and Derivatives and expect GPA over 3.7 (out of 4). My undergrad. is "Finance" with only two semesters teaching math and one - statistics. Definitely I don't have sufficient math and programming background. I have enrolled in CFA Program and I was wondering if earning the FRM designation would enhance my profile for enrolling in MSc in Financial mathematics or related afterwards. My plan is to finish with my present MSc at the end of the year. Then to enroll in FRM Program and in the middle of 2014 to obtain CFA and FRM (I think I will pass all exams from the first time). I suppose I will have some working background in financial industry (may be not in a quant role) in that point of time. Additionally I will have enough time to cover the topics in mathematics, computing, statistics and econometrics and to be ready for the admission.
So do you think that FRM would help me? My assumption is that it is more quant oriented than CFA and additionally I am highly interested in the field of Risk Management. Any profile enhancing alternatives? All advices will be highly appreciated.