GS Quant VS Blackrock RQA
Hi,
Thank you for taking time looking at my post.
I'm quite new to the whole bakning world but have been studying financial math for a while and recently landed a FT with Blackrock RQA group and a summer analyst position for GS and their Strats group, both in London. Please share your thoughts, pros and cons about the positions.
What I concluded so far:
Blackrock
+ FT
+ Less working hours
+ Buy side
+ Will be doing risk management and quantitative investments => earn lot of experience.
+ Better exit opp, for quant HF/HF
+ BlackRock's reputation in Risk mgm
GS
+ Brand recognition
+ IB
+ Exposure to derivative pricing, hf trading, algo trading?
+ Slightly better salary
+ Easier with a transition to AM from IB then other way around
- Not FT
Thanks!