Hi all,I'm a graduate of Imperial BSc Theoretical Physics and LSE MSc Finance a year ago, I found myself too academic-oriented and not well-prepared enough to get any relevant working experience during study.With a goal to get into quan fin/structuring, in addition to applying to the coming graduate programme, I need to ask some advice what else can I do to higher the chance of getting into the industry. I was considering also apply a MFE, which possibly can turn out to be the phD route; or I'm also wondering if anyone knows about boutique structuring firms so that I can apply to if exist(like boutique M&A firm)? Hope someone can point me the right way.Kind regards.

Personal study and personal projects. Code some things in a real programming language, write up some data analysis, post these things on your webpage.

katastrofa, thanks for the advice! That's pretty inspirational. I'm in fact working in a technology firm now, and all my past working experience was in IT as well involuntarily (not meant to be in a bad way), and the more I have on the CV the more I provoke the HR's suspicion about my motivation in Finance. So thanks for the suggestion, by writing my own site that reports about quan fin would defintely be something unique, I wonder if there's any similar site that I can look into as a quick reference? and I wonder what type of data analysis will be of interest to the world of quan people or finance people? Appreciated.

QuoteOriginally posted by: katastrofaPersonal study and personal projects. Code some things in a real programming language, write up some data analysis, post these things on your webpage.no.internship is the way to go. OP is probably considered "smart" and "academic" and now needs to proof he can function in a real-world environment / team situation.

CrashedMint, You've very rightly pointed my problem out. Academic wise I actually have a considerable performance, obtained a high distinction from Imperial, including 80+ to highest 98% of modules such as advanced mathematics/statistical physics/Quantum Mech/Special, General Relativity/Computational Physics (C++) etc, while from LSE I also got distinction and merits as well for Financial Enginnering and other asset markets modules. That aside I have no experience in ibank (all in IT) and that made me very difficult to emphasis my motivation to get into banking during the CV screening process, so my strategy as stated in the original post title is "Structuring Boutiques"; I wonder, in this world of structuring/quan fin industry, is there any boutique firms that I can apply to? It seems to me majority of securitising deals are managed by BB.While well-known that hedge-fund hires only sophisticated banker? I wonder if there are any do graduate hiring that I can apply to?Thanks for any advice as I'm quite perplexed about my prospect!

try a CTA like Aspect Capital or Winton.

QuoteOriginally posted by: daveangeltry a CTA like Aspect Capital or Winton.Why would a CTA need a structurer? Seems like a role at a bank or one of those asset managers like blackrock etc.