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by jf88
April 21st, 2013, 1:31 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Quant in Market Risk career prospects and possible ways of achieving them
Replies: 17
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Quant in Market Risk career prospects and possible ways of achieving them

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: tu160From my experience MR is not really a good place for quant. Top people at MR have no interest in internals of models and prefer to use models as black boxes to control exposures. They mostly value business, macro-econ skills and big picture view. MR employs quants ...
by jf88
April 21st, 2013, 1:27 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Quant in Market Risk career prospects and possible ways of achieving them
Replies: 17
Views: 12748

Quant in Market Risk career prospects and possible ways of achieving them

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: capafan2QuoteFrom my own experience, usually only a few selected people get to do interesting work, the rest is doing all the grunt work. In order to get to do the interesting work you need either outstanding potential or to be a manager and then you can more or less se...
by jf88
April 21st, 2013, 1:17 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Quant in Market Risk career prospects and possible ways of achieving them
Replies: 17
Views: 12748

Quant in Market Risk career prospects and possible ways of achieving them

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: slackerQuoteOriginally posted by: jf88Hi all,Anyway, the role seems far less mathematical than the western counterpart and is more about validating other people's work rather than doing our own thing! ...Long story cut short, I expect my days to be filled with bland, un...
by jf88
April 21st, 2013, 1:05 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Quant in Market Risk career prospects and possible ways of achieving them
Replies: 17
Views: 12748

Quant in Market Risk career prospects and possible ways of achieving them

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: neuroguyCareers dont just 'progress'. You need to know what you want, how to get it and be prepared for any necessary efforts or sacrifice. Sounds like you need to figure out, from the ground up, what you want out of LIFE. Career motivation can only stem from that.If yo...
by jf88
April 18th, 2013, 1:13 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Quant in Market Risk career prospects and possible ways of achieving them
Replies: 17
Views: 12748

Quant in Market Risk career prospects and possible ways of achieving them

<t>Hi all,I recently joined a South East Asian local bank as their quantitative analyst in their market risk department. I was initially filled with excitement by the many perceived opportunities to learn because despite graduating with a BSc and MSc in Applied Mathematics from two top 10 (THES) ran...