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by AliM
September 16th, 2004, 12:45 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: King vs City (Cass) Msc Fin Math
Replies: 12
Views: 178722

King vs City (Cass) Msc Fin Math

<r>Quant Msc prgrammes Barclays Global Investors are targetting:<URL url="http://www.cass.city.ac.uk/media/stories/story_8_1148_39164.htmlMSc"><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.cass.city.ac.uk/media/storie ... 64.htmlMSc">http://www.cass.city.ac.uk/media/stories/story_8_1148_39164.htmlMSc</LINK_TEXT></URL...
by AliM
September 16th, 2004, 12:40 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: MSc Financial Engineering at Birkbeck
Replies: 7
Views: 177741

MSc Financial Engineering at Birkbeck

<r>there's no difference in level of maths required - as expected given we all use the same textbooks.if you want even more maths, check out the Msc in Financial Mathematics from CASS, but the MTF programme teaches you all the maths you NEED to understand TRADING and STRUCTURING of derivatives produ...
by AliM
September 16th, 2004, 12:27 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Rate these part-time M.Sc.'s
Replies: 11
Views: 177138

Rate these part-time M.Sc.'s

<r>check these out:<URL url="http://www.cass.city.ac.uk/media/stories/story_8_18491_39164.htmlhttp://www.cass.city.ac.uk/media/stories/story_2_26_41613.html"><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.cass.city.ac.uk/media/storie ... 41613.html">http://www.cass.city.ac.uk/media/stories/story_8_18491_39164.htmlhttp...
by AliM
August 7th, 2004, 2:16 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Msc in Finance: Imperial or Cass??
Replies: 6
Views: 191080

Msc in Finance: Imperial or Cass??

<r>Aspect Capital, KBC (financial prods and Hedge Fund division), DrKW (program trading), Commerzbank (quant research), BGI (advertised in Financial Times for students from THREE of CASS's Masters degree programs), Goldmans, Merrills, JPMorgan, Morley Fund Management (who are using CASS for in-house...
by AliM
August 7th, 2004, 2:13 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Cass MTF for 2004 entry
Replies: 6
Views: 190942

Cass MTF for 2004 entry

<r><URL url="http://www.cass.city.ac.uk/media/stories/story_1_26_39164.htmlsee"><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.cass.city.ac.uk/media/storie ... 64.htmlsee">http://www.cass.city.ac.uk/media/stories/story_1_26_39164.htmlsee</LINK_TEXT></URL> above link to answer your question. BGI put out a BIG add in FT...
by AliM
August 7th, 2004, 2:08 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Msc in Finance: Imperial or Cass??
Replies: 6
Views: 191080

Msc in Finance: Imperial or Cass??

<r>check out this link....regarding recent BIG add for BGI - amongst the best in quant active management?<URL url="http://www.cass.city.ac.uk/media/stories/story_1_26_39164.html"><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.cass.city.ac.uk/media/storie ... 39164.html">http://www.cass.city.ac.uk/media/stories/story_1...
by AliM
May 12th, 2004, 1:15 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Best way to trade cointegrated vol series?
Replies: 13
Views: 192048

Best way to trade cointegrated vol series?

straddles work for me
by AliM
May 9th, 2004, 2:43 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: CASS/City Msc Quantitative Finance
Replies: 9
Views: 190645

CASS/City Msc Quantitative Finance

<t>i'm about to finish the MTF course. (part-time). its not an easy option. its rigorous and hard work, but provides an excellent grounding in quant finance - from stoch calculus/maths finance with John H and Nick Webber, to Structuring Derivs with Prof Harry Kat, to excel VBA derivs pricing techniq...
by AliM
May 9th, 2004, 2:43 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: CASS/City Msc Quantitative Finance
Replies: 9
Views: 190645

CASS/City Msc Quantitative Finance

<t>i'm about to finish the MTF course. (part-time). its not an easy option. its rigorous and hard work, but provides an excellent grounding in quant finance - from stoch calculus/maths finance with John H and Nick Webber, to Structuring Derivs with Prof Harry Kat, to excel VBA derivs pricing techniq...
by AliM
May 9th, 2004, 2:24 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: CASS MTF/IM vs Birkbeck Fin Engineering/Finance
Replies: 19
Views: 195379

CASS MTF/IM vs Birkbeck Fin Engineering/Finance

i'm about to complete MTF program at CASS. great course, thoroughly enjoyed it...very good reputation with employers, excellent lectures, students and facilities.only downside is expense, at around £19k its expensive, but a great investment.
by AliM
May 9th, 2004, 2:24 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: CASS MTF/IM vs Birkbeck Fin Engineering/Finance
Replies: 19
Views: 195379

CASS MTF/IM vs Birkbeck Fin Engineering/Finance

i'm about to complete MTF program at CASS. great course, thoroughly enjoyed it...very good reputation with employers, excellent lectures, students and facilities.only downside is expense, at around £19k its expensive, but a great investment.
by AliM
February 28th, 2004, 2:53 am
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Review or Introductory Article on Portfolio Optimization
Replies: 1
Views: 189975

Review or Introductory Article on Portfolio Optimization

<t>start with Grinold and Kahn......the "bible" of i-management....for mean-variance shi*for portfolio opt allowing for downside risk/higher moments, there's some stuff by Gustavo Athayde (eg "Building a mean-downside risk portfolio frontier" - c the book "managing downside risk in fin markets" by F...
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