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by DONUT
April 25th, 2006, 8:44 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Court decisions and arbitrage
Replies: 17
Views: 110550

Court decisions and arbitrage

<t>Let's assume there is a big pharmacy company taken to court and you know that tomorrow will be the big day of decision. You know that if the company looses the trial, it will cost them a lot of money and their share price will fall quite badly. On the other other hand if the company wins the tria...
by DONUT
April 25th, 2006, 8:32 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Court decisions and arbitrage
Replies: 0
Views: 108382

Court decisions and arbitrage

by DONUT
April 8th, 2006, 2:54 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Thesis with quanto options - big problem
Replies: 0
Views: 110946

Thesis with quanto options - big problem

<t>Hi everybody,I am currently working on an emperical analysis regarding quanto options ... I am doing a Bachelor degree, have already secured an Analyst position for this fall and now I am really struggling with my thesis (I didn't expect it to be that complicated) .... I have to finish this thesi...
by DONUT
March 20th, 2006, 3:12 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Derivatives Marketing
Replies: 4
Views: 114622

Derivatives Marketing

<t>This is an entry position ... this means that you won't sell products ... at least at the beginning. Depending on your experience and qualification, I think this is a very good starting point as you first of have to get a feel for the products ( sensitivities, etc..) and watch senior sales person...
by DONUT
March 18th, 2006, 11:17 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Derivatives Marketing
Replies: 4
Views: 114622

Derivatives Marketing

It really depends on the company.... there could be quite different positions behind this title ... could be really only markerting (brochures, presentations, back testing), but also more a sales or structuring role ... you have to ask
by DONUT
March 14th, 2006, 3:22 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Modeling tools for students - which one is affordable and useful?
Replies: 6
Views: 115471

Modeling tools for students - which one is affordable and useful?

Thanks for the repliesI have already checked out Matlab, however on their webpage it looked to me that only a limited number of options types are supported. Can someone clarify? @DavidJN Thanks for the good suggestion ... I might try this out if there is no easier way
by DONUT
March 14th, 2006, 8:49 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Modeling tools for students - which one is affordable and useful?
Replies: 6
Views: 115471

Modeling tools for students - which one is affordable and useful?

<t>Hello, for a research project I am looking for a tool that can help me to calculate the following:-price and imp vol for american style options-price, imp correl and imp vol for american and european style currency translated and quanto options.Anyone has a good idea which software has this featu...
by DONUT
March 13th, 2006, 2:55 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Recruitment event for PhDs
Replies: 1
Views: 115287

Recruitment event for PhDs

<r>For all the PhD community out there this might be of interest for you (found on efinancialcareers)Recruitment event for PhDs 13 Mar 2006 As a sign of investment banks' growing interest in PhD graduates, more of the top banks are participating in a recruitment event in April specifically for PhDs....
by DONUT
March 2nd, 2006, 9:56 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: SGCIB assessment center
Replies: 1
Views: 116455

SGCIB assessment center

<t>Hello,I am invited to attend the SGCIB assessment centre in Paris. As part of the assessment centre, each person has to do a presentation on the following topic:“When considering the present and anticipated growth in the "Asian emerging markets" of China and India, is the interest of Western fina...
by DONUT
February 21st, 2006, 12:29 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Options on Brent crude oil Futures - where can I find historical prices
Replies: 3
Views: 120435

Options on Brent crude oil Futures - where can I find historical prices

Just for anyone who is intersted ... i found some data for brent future options on Datastream
by DONUT
February 18th, 2006, 1:21 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Options on Brent crude oil Futures - where can I find historical prices
Replies: 3
Views: 120435

Options on Brent crude oil Futures - where can I find historical prices

<t>Hello,I am doing a research project and need historical downloadable data of option prices for different brent futures. I have got access to Reuters, Bloomberg and Datastream. So far, I have tried Bloomie and Reuters and couldn' find (downloadable) data. Does anyone know whether you can find the ...
by DONUT
February 3rd, 2006, 2:15 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: What would you do - Graduates
Replies: 0
Views: 119903

What would you do - Graduates

<t>Hello,I have got an interview for the graduate programm with SGCIB coming up and after having quite a bit experience with derivatives sales, I am starting to doubt whether I still really want to "pitch" my interview for a derivatives sales role. I have done a sales internship in a leading Derivat...
by DONUT
February 3rd, 2006, 1:22 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: SG interview??
Replies: 8
Views: 121942

SG interview??

Go on www.sgcib.com ...then click on careers .... a new page opens .... click on SGCIB Graduate Programmes
by DONUT
January 31st, 2006, 2:46 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: SG interview??
Replies: 8
Views: 121942

SG interview??

SO, what programme you are interested in? I definetly want to go for Capital Markets
by DONUT
January 30th, 2006, 6:39 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: SG interview??
Replies: 8
Views: 121942

SG interview??

<t>Hi, i have got one coming up as well.... I am not sure either whether it is HR or someone from the business... anyway on the website it says that you should be prepared to demonstrate your skills+knowledgewhat i think is really important...-what programm are you interested in (e.g. capital market...
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