Financial Risk Management OR MSF?
An international student wants to get a job in the US. Which one is more helpful?
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I work in risk management for more than 3 years now (but no in US). I would say that MSF would be better. All the institutions hired a bunch of risk managers in recent years. This is why it is getting too crowded. I can see that also based on the number of job advertisements, which declined dramatically now. I am also receiving less calls from headhunters (also from the US). MSF will be much broader and give you plenty of options where to pursue your career.
Risk Management at F500 Utilities Co vs. MSF (Originally Posted: 07/10/2010)
In a nutshell, I am mulling an offer from a large (top-5) US utilities company that would begin on August 1st. This would be my second job out of college (09 graduate) and given my interest in ultimately breaking into energy trading- this would be an excellent start.
That being said, I was seriously considering entering an MSF program starting next year, and accepting this position would all but kill my interest in doing so. Possible MSF choices include LSE, Vandy, or BC. I think this route could put me in the drivers seat to get a sweet job in a year's time- and make me more marketable in the future.
My ultimate goal is to be an energy trader or IB analyst. What would you do?
*Currently working as a Portfolio Analyst at a F500 student lender.
Take the job. You can break into banking from an MSF, but a lot of people go the F500 route. Unless you love finance and cannot handle anything but banking I say make money vs get in debt. Economy is still shaky and you have a decent job. I know a lot of people who went your route and now do energy banking or trading.
I think you would be stupid for turning down the chance to study at a top school in England with the near guarantee of a better job.
Wow, the quality of posts on this site keep going down the tubes.
Why not do both? Accept the job and then apply to the MSF programs. See what programs you can get accepted to and then reevaluate your options at that point.
What I mean to say is that it would be foolish to deny the job offer based on the assumption that you will certainly get into LSE or Vandy, not get into any of your top programs, and then be left with neither of the options you've proposed.
I agree with San Franciscan get some work experience and then go for it.
Wouldn't MBA be better than MSF for IB? Why not take the job, give it a shot for a few months, if you like it, put off applying to school until next year until you decide banking vs. trading, so you can get the degree that makes the most sense. If you hate the job after a few months, then apply for MSF as SanFranciscan suggested.
Never knew we ranked Utilities companies now. Top 5!
I agree with Anthony lots of energy folk have done a stint in risk.
Also Energy Trading does not even hire that many MSF folk, MSF folk become fundumental analysts and strategists creating weather maps, power grids, energy stacks, pipeline flow maps etc...
Financial risk management (Originally Posted: 11/01/2012)
I'm currently a junior of SUNY Binghamton, I intend to work in Financial Risk management. I passed CFA lv 1 - What's kind of company I should work for?? - Should I take FRM or CFA or Master in Finance (computational finance)
I think the third option is good. You seem to have things figured out!
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