I have 3 offers on the table: Market Risk Manager at a BB, Market Risk Manager at a top prop shop (e.g. Optiver, IMC, SIG, DRW) or a Quant Analyst (trading/research) at an Investment Manager. What would you take and why?
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Congrats. Market risk manager as a developer or desk manager? And what kind of research is involved as a quant analyst, generally aiding the development of pricing models, or portfolio construction? I would say all three offers have great exit opportunities. My opinion is that trading/research quant analysts have a better chance to grow technically and I would choose the quant analyst.
Yeah, so the risk roles are desk manager positions so a little more high level. The research involved with the Quant Analyst role is finding trading signals for their investment strategies and analyzing market themes. For the risk roles, I want to keep the door open to get back into trading (I was a Quant trader in the past). I'm wondering if the brand/prestige of the BB is better to have on the CV?
Op, trying to follow up what you ended up taking
Ended up taking the BB Market Risk role but have since gone back into Quant Trading/Research. If I had my time again, I would've taken the Quant Analyst role (easy to say in hindsight).
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