Thoughts on the Credit Indices/Macro Credit Desk (CDX, CDX vol, tranches, etc.)?
Been hearing a bit about the desk and was curious if this is a good place to start a career? How does it compare to rates, fx, or equity vol? Ideally looking for a quanty desk and would love to move to a hedge fund.
Knew the macro credit intern this summer and easily one of the smartest in our intern class. I think they ended up choosing macro credit over rates vol actually if that answers your question
Bump. Interested in macro credit and equity index vol. How are these looked at?
Bump. Desk placements starting up soon and interested
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How would someone trading these products transition to the buyside? Is there macro credit funds or do they have to take a 'regular' macro pm seat vs someone who has been traditionally trading rates or fx surely this is somewhat of a disadvantage?
Not everything needs to be an exit opp
Have seen exits to credit funds, macro funds, RV funds, and even quant from macro credit. It really depends on the specific product you are trading, but the desk will commonly take RV positions cross markets (i.e. credits vs rates, credit vs equities, US credit vs European credit, etc.), which I think is appealing to a lot of shops. Noticed a general trend with the desk that the “quantier” the product the more likely you are to break into the buyside (CDX vol or tranches is better than vanilla on the run CDX). Macro credit is great, but would advice building a more technical background to try to get placed on one of these more technical products if hedge funds are your ultimate goal.
Hey Mate, Im an incoming BB S&T intern this summer and you seem really informed. Would appreciate some advice if it was ok to PM?
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