what are they? how many hours can one expect in front office, model validation in an IB and or in a hedge fund as a quant researchers?

how much demand is there for finance phds at these quant funds?

I would like to know when I can expect the websites of the programmes to show the placement of this years job market candidates? I hope the decision gets easier with a bigger sample

Why would you forget about Vienna?

<t>What would you think if they place someone at the same university where he/she finished the phd? Could this mean they couldnt place the student anywhere else or is it more likely that he/she is so good they want to keep the student?I dont know now the vienna placements seem kind of strange ... I ...

<t>@bearishyou indeed raise a very interesting point here... Where is the one with the pre-doc placement?Can one get a visiting assistant professor position without having a permanent one?@EconPhDTradingFor me LSE has quite a lot non academic placements (look for example academic year 2009/2010). Of...

<t>I think given enough data, the placements to US business schools should say something about the abiliy of the programme to place students says something about the programmes ability to do so... After all on average there should be a similar percentage of people wanting to go to the US in each pro...

<t>I was considering applying to vienna graduate school of finance and swiss finance institute in lausanne. Both have good financial support and the placement seems good for europe (check vienna placement swiss institute placement)... Am I missing something here? Does anybody have experiences with o...

<t>Of course I meant lucrative compared to careers in academia in other fields. I know you can not compare it to the salary in industry, but I think the lifestyle (at least for me) is much better. Because of familiy obligations I am not really in the position to go to the US right now. I am not talk...

<t>Hi all,I am considering starting a Phd in Finance in Europe. In the US a career as a finance academic can be quite lucrative... how is the situation in europe? I have heard that the pay is significatnly lower compared to US, but is the pay as a finance professor in a good business school,( say St...