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Future of Econ/Finance Grads in the Hedge Fund Industry?
There was a similar post from 10 years ago but wanted to get some up-to-date responses Since hedge funds and a lot of trading jobs today are dominated by quants, do people with an econ/finance degree without or with little programming knowledge have any potential in the HF industry? A lot of...
Future of Discretionary/Fundamental Hedge Funds
Hey Everyone, We all know that AI is literally revolutionizing a lot of things in the finance industry, so just curious to know what you all think about the future of fundamental hedge funds. Are quant funds going to outperform them in the long run? Will fundamental funds cease to exist in the...
Macro quant research options
Hi all, I'm considering career options in macro quant (medium term, week - months holding period, not short term high Sharpe stuff). I'm wondering about the pros and cons of being a QR on a pod at a big MM. Seems many places operate in a semi-systematic fashion, so the kind of role would be signal...
Breaking into New York hedge funds (Jane Street, DE Shaw, Two Sigma, etc.) as a University of Wisconsin student quadruple majoring in Finance, Mathematics, Computer Science, and Data Science
Hello, I am a student at the University of Wisconsin majoring in finance, computer science, data science, and mathematics. I am interested in breaking in to top tier hedge funds as a quant trader/researcher and am wondering what I should be doing to reach that goal. Will I have any shot at landing...
Baruch College MFE program
Is Baruch College the golden ticket for quants to land roles at hedge funds? Not from the states but am intending on purusing a MFE over there once I graduate. Baruch is a lot more accessible in terms of cost and seems to have the best numbers with starting salary etc, also seems like an extremely...
Has someone done the CFA Data Science for Investment Professionals Certificate?
Hi, I am currently a junior in AM and I am almost done with my CFA I came across this certificate. I am in a quantamental Long Short fund and data science skills are highly appreciated even if we have dedicated quant and data science teams as support. Has someone done the certificate and thinks it...
Quant PM vs senior quant position
My brother underwent an experienced hire and got an offer from a multimanager platform as a quant PM.(Think of Millenium or Balyasny,) Another offer is a senior quant position from a centralised quant firm (Think of Citadel Securities or DE Shaw ). Which will you choose and why ?
Senior Quant vs Quant PM offer choice
Helping my brother to ask an offer choice question (Since he doesn't use the platform.) He previously worked at a smaller quant fund for 4 years and was quite successful with 2 to 3 mature quant strategies produced by him. But that fund does not have good compensation, so he decided to interview for...
MS Quant Trading (IED) vs. GS Quantitative Investing (QIS)
Which role is better for a summer internship: Morgan Stanley Institution Equity, Derivatives Trading & Structuring Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Quantitative Investing Strategies I am looking for a more quant focused role and ultimately hope to end up working at a quantitative position at a hedge...
Jane Street vs Optiver Internship (Summer 2023)
The title pretty much sums it up, what's the best of the two firms for a summer internship (with the goal of getting a full-time offer afterwards) ? It seems that Jane Street has a better culture and a lower turnover, while Optiver seems to have better compensation in general. Does anyone have...
"First tier" vs "Second tier" quant firm
Hi there, I have a quant internship offer in London. The firm is quite well-known, but would be considered "second tier" by many people (think Point72/Cubist, DRW, SquarePoint, GSA Capital). I was wondering how much do I miss out on in terms of experience (and long-term benefit for my career)...
New/emerging crypto funds need for technology and infrastructure
Currently a research+trading systems infrastructure engineer at a liquid long/short crypto fund. This question is for other new or emerging crypto fund managers (discretionary or systematic) who do not yet have an engineering team or tech talent on board to build out the research + trading system...
RenTech New Hires: PhD in what exactly?
I've read from a variety of sources that RenTech frequently recruits from PhD's in pure/applied math, physics, comp-sci, etc. but beyond an occasional reference to "information theory" or "machine learning" I haven't found much information about what these PhD's were actually doing. I'm mostly...
Fundamentals v. Quant? All Perspectives Welcome
Hey everyone ✌🏿 Jumping straight to it --currently at a target school studying Data Analytics + taking an IBM Data Analysis cert this semester. My school's program is focused heavily on R, Excel, SQL, and Tableau, and the IBM cert has 70 hours worth of Excel, Python, IBM Cloud computing, and...
Level of CS required for quant hedge fund
I am currently a high school junior looking to study mathematics at a (hopefully top) university in the UK or the US. I want to work at a quantitative hedge fund company like Citadel, and I was wondering how much CS I would need. Is it enough just to know how to programme with languages like Python...
Quant Trading / Quant Research
Hi WSO - hoping someone can shed some light on these two areas of finance. I've found bits and pieces of information, but no detailed breakdown of the two. Understand that there's also some variability in what the titles mean at different firms. Particularly interested in learning: What do these...
Solo quant trading
Not in real estate, currently a math student Theoretically, is it realistically even possible for one person to start there own prop trading firm? I understand this would mean identifying a strategy, algo development, backtesting, going live, managing risk, and continuous research. Lets assume AUM...
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I'm in the middle of signing up for courses for my 2nd year spring, and I'm not sure if I should pursue
Fundamental Analysts at Quant Shops
Hi, I've seen some experienced fundamental analysts working at relatively high profile quant shops. What are the rationales for the quant shops to employ the fundamental analysts? What would be their primary responsibilities? Are they treated with "respect" (of course would be dependent on the...
Quantitative Hedge Fund PM Career Path?
Hello everybody. I am currently a senior in high school, and will be attending a strong semi-target starting this fall. I plan to major in both finance and mathematics. Recently, I have been researching quant funds. I would like to one day work in a quant hedge fund, and hopefully one day become a...
Strategy & ops role at a hedge fund
I have an on-site with a well known quant fund for their Strategy & Ops team in New York. I've enjoyed my convos so far and the mandate for the team seems broad (as expected). 1) Anyone with personal experience working for a hedge fund on a similar team? Curious to learn what your exp was like 2)...
Systematic Trading firm in San Francisco or Bay Area?
Hi there, I wonder if anyone knows anything about systematic (quant) trading funds in San Francisco or Bay area? Or are there any IB trading units over there? I would imagine the area would have a lot of these funds given its quanty and techy nature. Who are the established players there? And how...
Already too late to learn HFT programming?
Hello world... Swept away by the financial press' tsunami-like reaction to Michael Lewis's Flash Boys, I was reading a great commentary on FT about how the markets need to be fixed, in order to regain investor confidence and trust. Great article from people who really know what they're talking...
American Idol for Hedge Funds
Raising capital for start-up funds could be a painful process, especially for some quant managers who trade on complex algos and have a hard time selling themselves to investors. Now there's a way to bypass the "selling" part: Three guys started a company called "Battle-Fin" , which hosts...
Ren. Tech and other funds
I usually try to avoid posting such general topics but because these hedge funds are so secretive I figured I might as well post this. I have been doing some serious thinking about where I want to end up in finance. I just listened to James Simons video on WSO and I was moved. Besides his awesome...
Need help researching Quant driven strategies/firms
Can someone directed me to sources/articles with information on the strategies employed by DE Shaw , Two Sigma etc I just need some basic reading materials on the strategies employed by these firms.
Is a Masters or Phd practically required for quant funds?
To succeed at a place like Citadel or DE Shaw, do you need to have a math, physics, compsci, etc. grad school degree? Would you be at a significant advantage if you didn't?
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