LSE v LBS master's in finance for a 32 year old

Hi everyone, I have a choice between these two schools for a msc mif part time programme. I am 32 and a chartered accountant with an audit/back office of a bank background (product control). I want to get into equity sales/research but maybe potentially also work on the buy-side.

  • which name carries better - lbs or lse?
  • which has better placement opportunities as I know london business school has a great network
  • lbs starts next year, whilst Lse starts now. Should I wait for lbs bearing in mind my age ..or just go for lse, which is doesn't require any work experience and is a slightly more immature course in terms of style of teaching and focus on a final end of year exam
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LBS MSF is specifically for midcareer not as usual earlycareer MSFs are

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