<t>The fact that the job is asking for "experience with FIX-based trading systems" shouts out loud that this is definately not a quant nor even a quant-developer role.It's pure and simply an IT systems role.If you think that you can use this job - if you get it - as a springboard to a quant type of ...

<t>I too came originally from an engineering background from a british university where analysis is not part of the curriculum - not even at the PhD level at UK engineering departments.To seriously undertake mathematical finance in its various guises the level of entry is invariably at the masters l...

To answer your question - No.

<t>I thought this bank was sold to Bank of America then after major losses it was then sold to KBC financial products which is a Belgian bank.They have the most testing and gruelling interview sessions out of most of the banks.All these guys who work there are top notch people invariably with Phd's ...

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<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: ppauperQuoteOriginally posted by: aahmad31It's really just a marketing ploy made by Wilmott associates to spread the name of his firmboy, this together with your opinion's on the man's books !did he give you a wedgie when you guys were kids or something ?Nah - I much yo...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: HuishKI did the CQF (and C++ add on) course with Wilmott/7city Sep-Dec last year. At the time I worked for DrKW in Principal Finance/Securitisation, performing much of the desk's cashflow modelling. In the same way that my maths undergrad at Cambridge provided access to...

<t>I agree with doghead.Treatment is either too cursory or not in depth enough to be of real use.In this regard it mimics what 'Theory and Practice of Derivatives' by Wilmott failed to acheive,i.e. a practical book whose theory described therein can be directly appiled to real world analysis of the ...

<t>The CQF is hardly known in the city IB's.It's really just a marketing ploy made by Wilmott associates to spread the name of his firm.If you want to get into quantitative areas of employment, it's far better to do just go and do a masters degree which carries significant weight in terms of what yo...

<t>Is this really a serious question?If you are really a quant employed in an IB then I fail to see how you cannot know something about the trading activities.You should be able to go to some seminars arranged by traders (they usually do in major banks) and find out more about what they do.Failing t...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: ppauperWhether you like this book possibly depends on your background-- those people trained initially in the hard sciences (fluid mechanics, E&M, etc) like it a lot.I did physics and then engineering at uni,but found this book leaving more questions in my mind than...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: randomaxWell if its for S&T then be prepared for some puzzles and probability questions. The people are extremely cocky and might also try and stress you out with weird comments, make sure you don't loose your cool. Also if its for the fixed income side, brush up on...

<t>I cannot see why people like this book.They must complete beginners in the field of mathematical finance.The style although informal is the only good thing about this book.Reading chapters and even doing the exercises still leave you with that uneasy feeling that you still really haven't mastered...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: linuxuser99Why would you want to come to the UK and study the MiF when you've already got arguably the best master's (quantitative and/or business related) degree courses anywhere in the world in the US?Because 1. there is that "argueably" in there 2. study abroad is ju...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: playerPersonally I'd stick with Cambridge....Imperial is better than the Kings course..but kings has far hotter women both at the uni and on the course (which may or may not be important)....and as for LSE i dont think it has enough famous lecturers in financial mathema...