Anybody know where is this gentleman Adil Reghai now working ?I lost my contact witih him.

any idea ???

what's the ranking of these houses in Equity derivatives quant, structuring, trading arena ?Bear StearnsSGNomuraMLUBSWho pays well ? Which offers more relaxed environment and less politics ? Which is easy to get fired ?

what's the life for a hybrid trader like ? do they price lot of deals ? How to hedge these type of exotic hybrid ?

<t>What's the pros and cons of using pairwise correlation vs. single average correlation in pricing basket equity derivatives ?It is noted that for large basket, the practice is to use average correlation. Why ? Other than speed performance issue,is there any reason from trading perspective ?One thi...

do u get any response so far ?

<t>Nig,U are genius ! Totally agree. Some HH are quite nice and helpful, others are quite arrogant, depending on your luck.Well, usually I took the interviews by phone and is not easy. Chance is much higher if u meet the person face-to-face.life is not easy these days, tell you a story, there is a j...

GA,i don't have your new contact anymore, can you privately email to me, i have a fewimportant questions regarding quant jobs that I wish you can shed me some lightlooking forward to hearing from you.Best Rgds,Jobseeker(out of job for 3.5 mth already since graduation)

<t>Hi A & GA,You two are both trust-worthy guys and my friends in this forum.I do agree that to improve your chance of gettinga job, should be physically be at NY as nobody wants to spend money to see you.(as what GA said)However, A you are not wrong. From what I saw with my own eyes, all my cla...

Congratulation, GA !Hope u like your new position ...Jobseeker

Sure though I am still sucking ...But seems the job mkt. is getting little bit better ?JobseekerN.B. WIsh all of us good luck !

Totally agree with your words, it is a matter of demand vs. supply. The PHD is like a signalling certificate, separating the wolvesfrom the sheep ...But I won't give up ....Good luck to the others in this forum like me who is looking for opportunity ...Jobseeker

<t>Sometimes I just doubt if stuffs like measure theory, finite element is really needed for the quant job ? I don't mean to underestimateits importance in the academic curriculum, but I do feel that they may not be that cruical as required sometimes by the bank for a junior quant. Actually for my c...

<t>That's the trade-off, professionalism vs. too narrow field.Let's say you are a Java guru or Stoch. calculus expert, you can make a lot of $ but when the job market dries up, you are outof job.THis also applies to many positions in investment banks. I guess the reason is that nowadays after the me...

<t>If you hold a working permit in UK, good luck, perhaps those firms are still willing to help and listen to your bla bla bla ...If not, sorry, better don't count too much hope on them (due to the current job market condition)Just my 2 centsJobseekerI really hope my name, can one day, change to job...