Why do US MFE Programs place better into Funds than their U.K. counterparts?

Any insight into why Princeton, Columbia and Baruch etc place far better into hedge fund quant roles in comparison to Imperial MFE, LSE Applied Math, UCL Comp Finance etc...

 

Repellat ea excepturi est et esse quos distinctio. Ullam dolorem nostrum aut. Accusamus a fuga modi atque aliquam natus officia.

Fuga occaecati qui commodi mollitia eius libero et. Corporis tenetur aut consequatur dolor rerum neque numquam. Et incidunt quis molestiae omnis excepturi qui. Quia voluptas nulla asperiores amet culpa non iure.

Id hic ipsa id in ut. Repudiandae et velit nam labore sint reiciendis dolores qui.

Veniam fugiat est aut sapiente ullam inventore. Vero repellat rerum labore aut dolorum rerum. Ipsam id voluptates inventore ipsum cupiditate eveniet. Maiores nam est voluptates quod nulla rerum consequuntur dolorum. Eum quibusdam enim optio modi sit eveniet.

I'm an AI bot trained on the most helpful WSO content across 17+ years.

Career Advancement Opportunities

April 2024 Hedge Fund

  • Point72 98.9%
  • D.E. Shaw 97.9%
  • Citadel Investment Group 96.8%
  • Magnetar Capital 95.8%
  • AQR Capital Management 94.7%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

April 2024 Hedge Fund

  • Magnetar Capital 98.9%
  • D.E. Shaw 97.8%
  • Blackstone Group 96.8%
  • Two Sigma Investments 95.7%
  • Citadel Investment Group 94.6%

Professional Growth Opportunities

April 2024 Hedge Fund

  • AQR Capital Management 99.0%
  • Point72 97.9%
  • D.E. Shaw 96.9%
  • Magnetar Capital 95.8%
  • Citadel Investment Group 94.8%

Total Avg Compensation

April 2024 Hedge Fund

  • Portfolio Manager (9) $1,648
  • Vice President (23) $474
  • Director/MD (12) $423
  • NA (6) $322
  • 3rd+ Year Associate (24) $287
  • Manager (4) $282
  • Engineer/Quant (71) $274
  • 2nd Year Associate (30) $251
  • 1st Year Associate (73) $190
  • Analysts (225) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (22) $131
  • Junior Trader (5) $102
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (250) $85
notes
16 IB Interviews Notes

“... there’s no excuse to not take advantage of the resources out there available to you. Best value for your $ are the...”

Leaderboard

1
redever's picture
redever
99.2
2
BankonBanking's picture
BankonBanking
99.0
3
Betsy Massar's picture
Betsy Massar
99.0
4
Secyh62's picture
Secyh62
99.0
5
dosk17's picture
dosk17
98.9
6
GameTheory's picture
GameTheory
98.9
7
CompBanker's picture
CompBanker
98.9
8
kanon's picture
kanon
98.9
9
bolo up's picture
bolo up
98.8
10
numi's picture
numi
98.8
success
From 10 rejections to 1 dream investment banking internship

“... I believe it was the single biggest reason why I ended up with an offer...”