Rate these business schools for Master's in Finance.
I am applying to the following schools...
Stockholm School of Economics London School of Economics Boston University Master's in Investment Management Boston College NYU - global Master's in Finance with HKUST University of Edinburgh Oxford London Business School International University of Monaco - Master's in Hedge Funds
I want to go into a hedge fund so I am looking for finance programs that are geared towards investment management but I couldn't find many.... the only specialized programs I found were BU and Monaco University (Master's in Hedge Funds).
Is an economics degree worth more than a finance degree?
Also, based on my experience even though American universities are well known, it seems like European universities are much more challenging.... would it be more advantageous to be an American that attends a European university? How do American employers view this? It seems that not many Americans attend European universities and helps differentiate the candidate by broadening their world views? Any general thoughts on this matter?
From a European perspective start by getting rid of Edinburgh and Monaco from that list. They are non-targets.
Also, doing a "Master in Hedge Funds" is rather absurd. Do a proper master in finance and you can always gear it to the hedge fund industry requirements through the programme electives.
What program in LBS? if MBA, id go with that one.
Zero chance getting into a HF without experience.
In terms of US name recognition, I'd put the London Schools, Oxford, and Cambridge at the top of the list followed by NYU, then maybe Stockholm. After that, the options start to drop off. BC is a decent undergrad school, but it's not that strong in finance for grad students, IMHO.
If you're studying Financial Mathematics, specifically, NYU is considered very strong and probably deserves to be ranked #1. Otherwise, for a traditional finance degree, I am under the impression that the four UK schools are stronger, but will defer to ANT. (He is the expert on MSFs).
MFE will place into HF, MSF will not unless you have experience or redic connections.
For Hedge Funds (Especially UK) top choice goes to Cass Business School: MSc Investment Management.
They also offer MSc Finance, and MSc Quantitative Finance and Trading...
Beats LSE, Oxford, Warwick, Stockholm etc...
Perhaps in the UK. I work in a quantitative field in New York and recognize LSE, Oxford, and Cambridge- Cass rightly or wrongly does not have the same name recognition across the pond.
In any case, a CFA would serve OP well, too. Just recommend getting some experience working in sales, research, trading, risk management, or maybe PWM at a BB first. If you have something like that on your resume, you'll do a lot better getting recruited by hedge funds.
From a european perspective I would say go with one of the London/Oxbridge schools or SSE. Getting into SSE is quiet competitive but it would save you a lot of money and offers you the same chances for interviewing in London than the other schools do.
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i have no direct knowledge of the program you want to apply for. anyway my advice is not to apply at IUM monaco. we (students) have been forwarded fraudulent job vacancies, for instance. I expected a better control about such a serious issue
concerning the academic environment I didn't know that making playlists on youtube was part of a postgraduate education.... youtube. com/playlist?list=PL2596C47DB9EA3B08 (there's a space after youtube)
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