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by cocopong
February 25th, 2008, 6:10 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Quant roles in US vs Asia, UChicago in Singapore and starting age - your opinions please.
Replies: 6
Views: 61353

Quant roles in US vs Asia, UChicago in Singapore and starting age - your opinions please.

<r>Add to the list a new program held jointly by NUS and Columbia: DOuble Professional Degree in FInancial Engineering, one from NUS and one from COlumbia.The Professional Degree is supposedly a POST-MASTER qualification, and one of the admission criteria is candidate must already have a MSFE or equ...
by cocopong
October 15th, 2007, 7:13 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Brigo and Mercurio's fascinating careers!
Replies: 7
Views: 65169

Brigo and Mercurio's fascinating careers!

<r>No problem kid.If you actually read the preface of IRM 1st ed, you would know that they started as quant analysts at Banca IMI.<URL url="http://books.google.com/books?id=nmmAZLwtQywC&pg=PP1&dq=Interest+Rate+Models:+Theory+and+Practice&sig=5IlagddWLnsiF2YMfddcnjcNvDk#PPR7,M1"><LINK_TEX...
by cocopong
October 15th, 2007, 6:26 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Brigo and Mercurio's fascinating careers!
Replies: 7
Views: 65169

Brigo and Mercurio's fascinating careers!

Brigo's abridged experience:Banca IMI, Milano. From October 1998 to June 2007. Head of Credit Models.Banca Intesa, Milano. February 1997-October 1998. brigo stayed at Banco IMI for almost 10 years. He was head of credit models when he left, not when he joined.There's no catch. Get a grip kid.
by cocopong
February 7th, 2007, 1:04 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Too many Chinese students
Replies: 274
Views: 99703

Too many Chinese students

<t>DCFC,For someone with a decent education, I must say your latest comments are both parochial and unnecessary.Maybe it's because deep down, you know that your country's once supremacy had died away with Kipling and his "white men's burden". Schadenfreude at work too perhaps.I'm surprised how silly...
by cocopong
February 7th, 2007, 1:03 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Too many Chinese students
Replies: 274
Views: 99703

Too many Chinese students

duplicate
by cocopong
January 24th, 2007, 1:45 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Entry level quant salary in JP Morgan
Replies: 17
Views: 88970

Entry level quant salary in JP Morgan

what about similar role (associate level) in nyc?
by cocopong
November 8th, 2006, 6:37 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: First round interview with DB Asia
Replies: 0
Views: 88609

First round interview with DB Asia

Wonder if anyone here interviewed with DB (Asia) for the Associate program? It was mentioned in the email that 2nd round invites will be sent from early to mid Nov. I had my 1st round two weeks ago in SF but have heard nothing since. Just wanna know if I'm already drop from their list.
by cocopong
November 1st, 2006, 5:09 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Written tests at first round interviews
Replies: 5
Views: 89868

Written tests at first round interviews

<t>I think the test is mandatory. the schedule for the day is such: breakfast, test, talk (and marking of test), lunch. After lunch, those who did well in the test will proceed with the 1st round face-to-face interview, and those who didn't, well, can have their lunch in peace (and frustration).I th...
by cocopong
November 1st, 2006, 4:58 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Written tests at first round interviews
Replies: 5
Views: 89868

Written tests at first round interviews

Are you attending the SF regional day too?From what I know, it has 4 parts: Math, Finance, Brain Teasers and Computing. You can choose any 3 sections, which with 10 questions each.All the best.
by cocopong
July 6th, 2006, 10:42 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Application for MFE (2007)
Replies: 11
Views: 101894

Application for MFE (2007)

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: swoop2Pgeek.. you are right, and honestly I have wondered about that myself (it may be because of the self-selection that happens in these sort of specialized programs) . I think this may change in the coming years, as Quant finance becomes mainstream -for e.g., last ye...