Career advice, which msc??

[Mick]

Hi everyone,
I am planning to apply for a Msc related to finance, though I am still not sure which one will suit best and offer better career prospects.
I am currently studying bsc in economics (we have had many modules covering quantitative subjects such as statistics and financial mathematics). Since I've always had an interest in finance and quantitative subjects and so far I have obtained excellent results in my quantitative modules I recently have thrown my hypothetical future education into quantitative finance.

My question is:
is a msc in financial mathematics a better option to start a career in finance or would it be better just to do a msc in finance? I am not expecting any "magic formula to get a finance job" of course, I would just like to receive some opinions from people who have gone through either one or both.

thank you

 

[Azamat Bagatov]

is a msc in financial mathematics a better option to start a career in finance or would it be better just to do a msc in finance? I am not expecting any "magic formula to get a finance job" of course, I would just like to receive some opinions from people who have gone through either one or both.

For that, you first need to know and then tell us what kind of job in finance you're exactly looking for.

 

[Keith Tan]

"better career prospects"? Msc finance.

why? with your background in economics, you stand being placed in a wide range of roles since msc finance will train you in a wide variety of financial domain. You could venture into investment banking, corporate finance, treasury, hedge funds, analysts.... these roles require less quantitative skills. IMHO, financial mathematics requires a fair amount of programming skills to implement mathematical models, if that is okay with you.

 

[Mick]

"better career prospects"? Msc finance.

why? with your background in economics, you stand being placed in a wide range of roles since msc finance will train you in a wide variety of financial domain. You could venture into investment banking, corporate finance, treasury, hedge funds, analysts.... these roles require less quantitative skills. IMHO, financial mathematics requires a fair amount of programming skills to implement mathematical models, if that is okay with you.

you got my point,

the point is I would like to step into the industry perhaps with an interniship to understand which job I could suit better. During my undergraduate academic career we focused on fundamental analysis and issues related to the valuation of firms therefore I would like to apply to an interniship which could introduce me to a career as a financial analyst, and I wasn't sure the Msc in financial mathematics, even though I enjoy the subject and maths, is the right choice to prepare myself (academically speaking) although quantitative techniques are undoubtely useful.

 

[Mick]

For that, you first need to know and then tell us what kind of job in finance you're exactly looking for.

I am sorry, I didn't mention about the job, I would like to develop a career as a financial analyst.
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