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Risk Management Career Exit Options
Hi, I will be doing a summer internship within risk within an investment bank in London this summer. From the threads I have been going through, there are many discussions regarding exit options from Investment Banking, Sales and Trading, and Asset Management to PE, VC, and Hedge Funds. Just wanted...
Banking Risk to - Asset Management, Insurance, Private Equity, and Hedge Fund Risk?
Hi, I will be doing a Risk and Compliance summer internship in a middle-market bank in London. When applying for graduate schemes, I'd like to know the feasibility of moving from Banking Risk to other division risk departments (Asset Management, Insurance, Private Equity, and Hedge Fund). Is it...
Alpha Measurement in Macro
I've been a bit curious about how alpha is measured and preserved in the macro space. From my understanding in equity funds, once you compute how much of your return is attributable to the market risk premium using CAPM, the spread between your portfolio return and that is alpha. And then after...
Hedging Factor and Systematic Risk
Hey guys, a few of my college friends and I have been trading our own capital and seeing where it goes. Our general portfolio breakdown is 90-95% long equity positions and the remaining is options spreads, opportunistic option trades, and a stat arb strat we are hoping to take live. I'm more into...
Big 4 Audit or Credit Risk Internship
Hey guys, penultimate year math student from a semi target in the UK. I have summer internship offers from big 4 for audit and also from a fintech bank for credit risk, both which have suggested they will very likely offer me a grad job after if all goes well. However, I'm struggling to decide which...
Barclays Risk Analyst Internship
Just got an email invite for the final stage of my application for Barclays Risk team in New York for their Risk Analyst internship. Can anyone give me some insights into behavioral/technical questions to expect? I'm not privy to which specific risk team I'd be working with but I'm looking to get...
International Student Risk Management
International student in US with US bachelors in economics. Doing a masters in econometrics. Do risk management roles in banks sponsor? Cause in my experience unless you're front office US banks don't take internationals. (if at all)
Are unicorns real? I’m not convinced
I wish I could delete this post I don’t understand why this site wouldn’t have a function for deleting posts so I need to type drivel here. Anyways how’s everything going?
Seeking advice for Credit Risk at Top Tier BB (JPM/GS/MS)
Hello fellow chimps, recently got offered an FT analyst position at a top-tier BB (JPM/GS/MS) for their Credit Risk Analyst position. Roles and Responsibilities include: Performing necessary credit due diligence and analysis on borrowers and trading counterparties Reviewing and recommending for...
Careers/pathways in Market Risk?
Hi, I'm currently an incoming freshman at my state school (non-target) and have been doing some research and wanted to learn more about the Risk mgmt field. I currently plan on doing a dual degree in finance and math/statistics, and while I would say have good qualitative/relational skills, I would...
Best programming languages to work in Risk at a HF
Hi guys - Wondering which programming language I should dedicate my time to if I am looking to work on the risk team at a hedge fund? Would appreciate your colour too, pros and cons of each. Also, if you have resources you suggest I learn through, this would be welcome as well. Thank you!!
Syracuse Honors vs Rutgers Honors vs Fordham
I have been admitted to the Rutgers business school and the SAS honors program, Syracuse Whitman and the Honors college, and Fordham. I plan to work in the risk field but I also want to give myself a shot at IB/PE. Fordham would be the most expensive, being 80k more than Syracuse. I got really good...
Q&A - Breaking into the Asset Management Industry
Hi! Welcome to a free-for-all asset management Q&A sessions. Here is a little bit about myself and my background: -Current Vice President in quantitative risk at BlackRock, covering equity iShares -Previously spent 3 years at large asset manager in quantitative risk covering fundamental and...
Infrastructure PE - Risk Mitigation Strategies
Hey all, As someone who's only had experience with corporate PE, I'm trying to understand which strategies are used to mitigate risk in Infra PE transactions, especially after a transaction has closed e.g. are earnouts/milestones used, do previous owners get asked to keep a certain equity interest,...
Job in credit risk vs aggregate risk?
Hello everyone, I just wanted to know how would you choose between a job focused on credit risk (loans) and one on aggregate risk. Which one would most benefit a quantitative finance student who is looking for its first job in risk management? Thanks a lot in advance.
Risk management in IB vs Consulting firm
What are the main difference between a risk management job at an investment bank or banks in general and a risk management job at a consulting firm (KPMG, pwc…)?
Risk Management to Portfolio Management?
I have an offer from a Top 10 asset manager in their Infra PE arm in the Private Market Risk group. My end ambition would be to become a portfolio manager. Obviously risk is a good asset to have for a PM, but this role is more focused on investment risk (I.e. country & market assessments, stress...
Quant ALM risk management career opportunities?
I've been including quant ALM positions in my job search to expand my job prospects (currently in school). From what I can tell, there's a lot of model building and validation. Ultimately, I enjoy research so hope to end up in QR somewhere, but I figured this might be a solid way to work up to it if...
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JPM CIB Risk Division Placement
Hi guys, Just got a SA offer for JPM's CIB Risk division. There seems to be a placement process for the different divisions in the risk department. Had a few questions before I accept the offer: 1) What are some of the better types of Risk Management divisions to go into? Especially for career...
Murex, Numerix, First Derivatives: Working for a financial products and consulting services provider?
Does anyone have any clue on how the work is like working for these trading and risk/operations software tech providers as a consultant immediately after graduating? Like Murex, First Derivatives, Numerix etc. Couldn't find much about them online but I'm guessing they're better in work life balance...
Business Consulting - CFA or CIA - Advice please?
Hi guys, I am currently a risk advisory associate at a mid-tier company. Basically my work is wide-ranging from risk management to Internal Audit to management consulting. I do hold a Finance degree and well as a Master's in Finance and Investment. I am currently debating on whether to do CIA or CFA...
JPM CIB Risk Best Groups
Hey all, I'm an incoming summer analyst, and I just wanted to know the best groups at JPM in risk management. The intern placement process is going on right now, with networking kicking off next week. I know there are other discussions about the best JPM coverage groups, but I wanted some opinions...
JP Morgan IB Risk management question
JP Morgan Risk Management summer analyst question ( just a generic question about IB Risk management) Hi! So I’m a college student studying industrial engineering that surprisingly got past this stage to a risk management superday coming in 1 week. However I mostly applied to these positions...
GS Risk Summer Analyst Super Day Questions
Invited for a GS Risk super day tomorrow in the Dallas office. I was wondering if anyone has any insight on what I should be prepared for. For those of you who have had super days with GS Risk, what did they ask you? Was it a lot of technical stuff or behavioral stuff
T2 Consulting or GS Risk Internship?
[Cross-posted from IB forum - this is my first time using WSO, so please let me know if this is allowed] Hi all, I'm a current junior at a T25 university doing the internship search for next summer. I just received offers from a T2 consulting firm (think EYP or Deloitte S&O) as well as GS for the...
Application and interview tips for quant positions
Hi! I'm currently a financial engineering graduate student with a concentration in financial risk engineering. I started applying for full-time jobs already as many students have a job offer in hand when they graduate. I'm a little confused as to how to approach the right job position. I see many of...
Advice for a new index/risk guy
Hi guys, I’ve recently got an offer from an index/risk firm (S&P/Bloomberg/MSCI). I’d like to hear any career advice/warning you have for me. I’m thinking of enrolling in an MBA program (hopefully top 20. I took a free mock test and was 700 and 3.6 GPA so I think not impossible especially if I...
JPMorgan Market Risk Superday Prep
Hi everyone, I have a market risk superday with JPMorgan next week. I know I need to know things happening in macro economy and be able to elaborate on different indicators. What are some other technical questions that can be asked? How should I prepare for it? And can someone provide some insights...
Q&A: From BO/MO to FO in Buy Side Credit Strategies
I'd like to give back to the community, which has been extremely helpful along the way. I have recently landed a credit investment offer at a large institutional AM. Thinking some fellows on this forum may have similar backgrounds and are trying to get into FO roles too, I am happy to share a bit of...
Starting a Investment Club
Hello, fellow primates. This is my first post here after months of just reading. We are a group of three friends from the same university. We have studied and developed some theses and investment models together. We found out that in Brazil, the country we are from (but we are currently studying in...
Career Advice
Hi everyone, I'm a recent graduate and am looking for some career advice. I graduated from a semi-target school with a 3.95 GPA in finance. Right now, I'm in a temp role at a bulge bracket bank (Goldman Sachs/JPMorgan type) and am mostly working on regulatory capital reporting (CCAR/Basel III,...
Risk premiums in energy trading
Hello monkeys, I was wondering whether some of you know something about energy trading. Normally, when purchasing for your own portfolio one adds different types of premiums (for example imbalance and profile risks) to get to an ITP for your company, but what risk components are added if you sell...
London IB internship and placement opportunities for an HK undergrad
My situation is pretty complicated. Seems like I'm gonna pursue my undergrad at the CUHK (Quantitative Finance and Risk Management). Although I do consider going into sales and trading or quant, I also want to know if this degree and my language/culture profile would let me be a competitive...
CUHK Quantitative Finance and Risk Management job prospects
Recently I got accepted to CUHK's QFRM, my first choice in HK. A set of factors didn't let me apply for a business degree, and my passion for juggling numbers is not something I want to waste, so my choice fell on this program. What are my prospects in HK's IB? WSO zoo's views on this university are...
Rank these divisions by how competitive they are for summer internships.
Hi everyone! I'm applying to summer internships next year and thought it might be useful for me and others to find out which divisions are the most difficult to get into. What do you think? The divisions (randomised) are... - Risk Management - Asset Management - Compliance - Private Banking/Wealth...
From PE to IB?
Hi everyone, I few weeks ago I joined one of the biggest pension funds in Mexico (Over 50bn usd), specifically in the Private Equity division, as an Infrastructure&Energy Analsyt after being 2 years as a market risk analyst in another pension fund, so pretty good job in FO buy side as LP (Limited...
Entering Investment Banking or Risk Management in IB from another sector of financial services
Hi everyone, I have been interested in working in investment banking since university but when applying in my second and final years, I had no luck. I was fairly well prepared, but just lacked the knowledge and experience, as my university course wasn't finance centric. I am still very interested in...
Deloitte Consulting Strategy&Ops vs. JPM Risk Management (CIB Credit Risk)
I received full time offers from Deloitte Consulting's Strategy & Operations arm and JPM's Risk Management division. I know they're very different, so it's hard to compare. But if anyone could shed light onto what the culture/vibe of each firm is like, how they vary, exit opportunities, skillsets...
Professional pokerplayer looking for an internship
Hey guys, i graduated last summer from a mediocre uni in Germany (in business and economics) and moved to the UK to pursue my dream job of being a pokerplayer. I started playing while being in school, therefore i played during my studies and because i have been making decent money of it i never...
Common techniques to contain portfolio volatility and DDs at MM platforms (Millennium/Citadel/P72 or similar)
Would someone with actual work experience at a MM platform (Millennium/Citadel/P72/BAM or similar) be kind enough to offer a high-level overview of common techniques that are used to contain (a) portfolio volatility and (b) draw downs, to the platform's required parameters for a pod? I am thinking...
Commercial (Re)Insurance Broking & Risk Management: Career Experience, Advice, & Industry Pathways
Any fellow commercial insurance brokers on this site? I've seen the occasional discussion with commercial P&C and reinsurance underwriters, but interested to find out how many are on the brokerage side. I'm a year-and-a-half into a training program with a global insurance brokerage, where I support...
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Help to a confused student
Hi all. I did my bachelor's degree in Mathematics in Greece and now I am doing my master's in Financial Mathematics, at the London School of Economics (LSE). The application period has almost ended and I am worried a lot about my future. I have no prior working experience (no internships) and as a...
Salary expectations in Frankfurt?
A long shot but maybe someone here might know somethign about Frankfurt? My company is moving some jobs from UK to Frankfurt via brexit. Mid level VP in Risk with 11y of experience. Live and worked in NYC . I'm curious owhat i should expect for salary in Frankfurt? I know COL is much cheaper than...
Physical Oil Trading Basics (Part 1 of 2)
I have seen a few posts on the Commodities Trading forum asking about how petroleum trading is priced, hedged, etc. I was reasonably high up in Risk Management for a “major” trading company in Houston for a few years and am now running a hedge book at a smaller company, so I thought I may be...
Investment risk management salaries
Hello, What would be an appropriate salary for an investment risk manager with 3-4 years of experience? This is for a hedge fund.
P&C company is an asset manager or what?
I'm offered to become a CFO of a tiny P/C insurance company and wondering whether I'm sure about philosophy of this business. Company market themselves as a professional service provider, wiki says it's a financial service, and I think it's an asset manager. Do you have a better definition? (I have...
Is an insurance company an asset manager?
I'm offered to become a CFO of a tiny P/C insurance company and wondering whether I'm sure about philosophy of this business. Company market themselves as a professional service provider, wiki says it's a financial service, and I think it's an asset manager. Do you have a better definition? (I have...
EY FSO Advisory - Financial Services Risk Management. Opinions?
The work is mostly Basel risk management consulting for banks, funds, and insurance firms. What do you think about this gig? Is this better than FSO audit? Could this lead to a top 10-15 MBA? MBB consulting perhaps? Or switching to corporate banking? I know it says risk management so FRM is a no...
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