Is anyone aware of programs offering distance PhD in financial economics, preferably in the UK.

I am a buyside quantitative analyst running a long only equities fund on Pan European basis. Do you look at candidates who require work authorisation for the US.

Hi,does anyone know of good headhunters in amsterdam. Or any prop trading firms who are willing to recruit overseas candidates.Thanks

Hi,Does anyone have good books / papers which explain how to measure short term market risk, used for equity portfolios which could have long and short positions and then how to develop them to incorporate derivatives.

<t>Hi,I have the variance covariance matrix which I use to compute the VAR of a portfolio. I would like to use the same matrix and the weights to compute the expected shortfall for the portfolio. Can someone explain me how to go about doing this. I want to compute the expected shortfall at the 5% VA...

Can someone explain the TRIN strategy and how it can be used for intraday trading.

Are there any books / webpages where one could find such brainteasers as an exercise once in a while.

Hi,Does any university in UK offer part time PhD, so a person who is working overseas can also get a PhD degree. I travel to UK about 4 times a year and am interested if there is anything that I can do without quiting my job. I guess it should be easier with the internet.Best Regards

Hi,Has anyone come across courses / conferences to deal with nonlinear methods in finance and / or high frequency data analysis applied to financial markets.

Hi,I would like to change my line of work and get into credit derivatives research. Any pointers how one can go about starting out on his own in this area.

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<t>Hi,I am looking for some courses in Financial mathematics which can give me a certification and also help me organise my knowledge. The problem is that I am not in the US or UK. So I would appreciate if anyone can guide me to distance learning courses. I travel to UK twice a year so I could take ...

<t>I am also looking to do some research work in my spare time. I am an MBA with an engineering background. I have very strong programming skills having worked at a software firm developing systems in C++ and Oracle. If someone would have any projects that they need some helping hand on, I would be ...