<t>QuoteI was actually more interested in the profession that "is much more interesting and much more lucrative than the type of work you are describing". I just could not think of any off hand I guess most people when they hear "Quant" immediately think of derivative modelling in relation to the un...

<t>QuoteIs there a market niche for a HH who specialises in newbies ?I remember several years ago falling for a website that claimed to be such a thing.All online forms and no personal contact, suffice to say I never heard anything back.Regarding sources of jobs:Wilmott (obviously!) , eFinancialcare...

<t>Blade / VarsaniI know of two students who were sponsored by banks to do the course at Imperial. I believe they had both been working for several years previously, so the moral seemed to be "work first - then study". The banks themselves often fund other types of study programs CFA, ACCA and so to...

<t>JabairuStork - I agree and am very keen to see more quant action going on, unfortunately the majority of traditional fund managers in the larger houses view quant analysis as little more than tracking errors or p/e screens! Its in the smaller houses where they do some good stuff (DE Shaw and Firs...

<t>MJs post was describing quants on the sell side of the finance community.The label "quant analyst" gets applied (mistakenly in my opinion) to a number of positions on the buy side as well. The buy side being the clients of the sell side (eg fund managers). Anyone that works with numbers here seem...