Take this as a good advice you trashtalking quant wannabe. Neither risk mgt nor front office quant work are as glamorous as you may think. They are dead end jobs too. I now trade and am very happy with that. Both FRM and PRM are credentials for the same boring thing and to lead a discussion on which exam is more "glamorous" is really f*cking stupid.

QuoteOriginally posted by: Gmike2000FRM is a low hanging (yet respected) fruit, I recommend it to anyone who does not yet have CFA or comparable credential to spice up his resume.I have never heard of the PRM exam until this thread came about. It may be thougher, but does that make it better? Think about it: Risk management is very very boring and neither FRM or PRM will move you up to the top of the food chain. Go get your CFAs.Neither risk mgt nor front office quant work are as glamorous as you may think. They are dead end jobs too. I now trade and am very happy with that. Both FRM and PRM are credentials for the same boring thing and to lead a discussion on which exam is more "glamorous" is really f*cking stupid.I have to agree with that other fellow. GMike sounds like a fool. I will not say as to which certification is "better" , but there is lots of crossover between the curriculum for such Risk Management certifications and Quantitative Finance (in general). After all, one is a subset of the other.