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MFE for a job in structuring?

Miles Adkins

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Hello all,

I'm 24 years old.

I currently work as an assistant portfolio manager at a novice quant hedgefund (basically factor exploration/investing).

I have a degree in finance from a non-target.


After 2 years of working at an investment management firm managing $40m, I am bored.

I feel that I have developed a lot of knowledge, however I am not passionate about figuring out how to outperform the market.


One area of finance that I always wanted to look into was structuring/market risk either at an investment bank or a large corporation in need of derivatives expertise.

What would be the optimal educational background for one these roles?
 
I know someone who went to a top MFE and then got a job as a structurer.
 
Most people that I know are not passionate about their jobs in finance. Not sure why you grouped structuring and market risk together, but the most frequent hires in structuring are still MBAs.
 
What I ment by market risk is I would want to:

work for a corporation who is looking to hedge certain market exposures
create an optimal hedging solution
go to an IB to implement such solution

I guess that position might not even be available in a corporation.
It sounds like the corporation would just go straight to the bank to come up with a hedging solution
 
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