Goldman Sachs: GSAM and FICC (special situations group)

xanadu · December 18th, 2005, 4:19 am

Anyone have any experience there or with people there that could provide insight into those groups (overall talent level, culture, etc)? ThanksX

Valderama · December 23rd, 2005, 6:27 pm

Which group in GSAM? They have a great quant group that runs hedge funds. They're supposed to be one of the largest hedge fund group in the US, and their return their returns have been outstanding. http://money.cnn.com/2005/09/01/markets ... /index.htm

needaclue · December 23rd, 2005, 9:24 pm

How do all these groups relate to the Quantitative Strategies or Quantitative Resource Group which is mentioned on their website. Somehow only the google cache of this survives:-1d3QmCxnoJ:www.gs.com/careers/inside_goldman_sachs ... s%22&hl=en

needaclue · December 23rd, 2005, 9:32 pm

somehow the link didn't fit in the previous post and i cannot edit it. just google 'goldman sachs quantitative group' and click on cache of the first result.

Valderama · December 24th, 2005, 2:17 pm

I was talking about the quant ressources group (quantitative strategies + quantitative equities)

twofish · December 27th, 2005, 10:50 am

My very limited and probably incorrect impression is that most quants at Goldman-Sachs are scattered throughout the organizations, but that QRG and QS are groups which are separate from both each other and the other groups at GS. In particular, I've heard people refer to QRG as a "fire brigade" and "where the super-quants live." Also, I've gotten the impression that the groups and roles in GS are a lot more flexible than in other places.Would be really interested in comparing notes with people via PM.