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I'd like to give back to the community, which has been extremely helpful along the way. I have recently landed a credit investment offer at a large institutional AM. Thinking some fellows on this forum may have similar backgrounds and are trying to get into FO roles too, I am happy to share a bit of...
08 May 2021
Hi guys, Just got a SA offer for JPM's CIB Risk division. There seems to be a placement process for the different divisions in the risk department. Had a few questions before I accept the offer: 1) What are some of the better types of Risk Management divisions to go into? Especially for career...
26 Jun 2022
I have seen a few posts on the Commodities Trading forum asking about how petroleum trading is priced, hedged, etc. I was reasonably high up in Risk Management for a "major" trading company in Houston for a few years and am now running a hedge book at a smaller company, so I thought I may be able to...
03 Jun 2018
[Cross-posted from IB forum - this is my first time using WSO, so please let me know if this is allowed] Hi all, I'm a current junior at a T25 university doing the internship search for next summer. I just received offers from a T2 consulting firm (think EYP or Deloitte S&O) as well as GS for the...
03 Nov 2021
Hello all, I am a less of a contributor on this site but think it makes sense to post my experience in the field of Market Risk and everything around it from a career point of view if it ends up helping few members. Happy to take questions, ask away... I spent about eight years in this function...
23 Jan 2016
Hey guys, i graduated last summer from a mediocre uni in Germany (in business and economics) and moved to the UK to pursue my dream job of being a pokerplayer. I started playing while being in school, therefore i played during my studies and because i have been making decent money of it i never...
26 Aug 2020
Hi! I'm currently a financial engineering graduate student with a concentration in financial risk engineering. I started applying for full-time jobs already as many students have a job offer in hand when they graduate. I'm a little confused as to how to approach the right job position. I see many of...
31 Jul 2021
Hi guys, I am currently a risk advisory associate at a mid-tier company. Basically my work is wide-ranging from risk management to Internal Audit to management consulting. I do hold a Finance degree and well as a Master's in Finance and Investment. I am currently debating on whether to do CIA or CFA...
13 Feb 2022
Hi everyone! I'm applying to summer internships next year and thought it might be useful for me and others to find out which divisions are the most difficult to get into. What do you think? The divisions (randomised) are... - Risk Management - Asset Management - Compliance - Private Banking/Wealth...
13 Mar 2021
My situation is pretty complicated. Seems like I'm gonna pursue my undergrad at the CUHK (Quantitative Finance and Risk Management). Although I do consider going into sales and trading or quant, I also want to know if this degree and my language/culture profile would let me be a competitive...
02 Apr 2021
JP Morgan Risk Management summer analyst question ( just a generic question about IB Risk management) Hi! So I'm a college student studying industrial engineering that surprisingly got past this stage to a risk management superday coming in 1 week. However I mostly applied to these positions because...
09 Jan 2022
Hi everyone, I'm a recent graduate and am looking for some career advice. I graduated from a semi-target school with a 3.95 GPA in finance. Right now, I'm in a temp role at a bulge bracket bank (Goldman Sachs/JPMorgan type) and am mostly working on regulatory capital reporting (CCAR/Basel III,...
07 May 2021
Recently I got accepted to CUHK's QFRM, my first choice in HK. A set of factors didn't let me apply for a business degree, and my passion for juggling numbers is not something I want to waste, so my choice fell on this program. What are my prospects in HK's IB? WSO zoo's views on this university are...
13 Mar 2021
Would someone with actual work experience at a MM platform (Millennium/Citadel/P72/BAM or similar) be kind enough to offer a high-level overview of common techniques that are used to contain (a) portfolio volatility and (b) draw downs, to the platform's required parameters for a pod? I am thinking...
24 Aug 2020
I have accepted a Risk Management job at a large (too big to fail) bank in NY, i-banking division. 1. What is the job like in terms of hours/pay/experience/exit opportunities? 2. How difficult is it to move into a hotter division, say, i-banking or LevFin? Do you know anyone who moved from middle...
16 Mar 2018
Hi all. I did my bachelor's degree in Mathematics in Greece and now I am doing my master's in Financial Mathematics, at the London School of Economics (LSE). The application period has almost ended and I am worried a lot about my future. I have no prior working experience (no internships) and as a...
21 Oct 2018
Hi guys, I've recently got an offer from an index/risk firm (S&P/Bloomberg/MSCI). I'd like to hear any career advice/warning you have for me. I'm thinking of enrolling in an MBA program (hopefully top 20. I took a free mock test and was 700 and 3.6 GPA so I think not impossible especially if I work...
19 Jul 2021
Hello, fellow primates. This is my first post here after months of just reading. We are a group of three friends from the same university. We have studied and developed some theses and investment models together. We found out that in Brazil, the country we are from (but we are currently studying in...
09 May 2021
Stress testing in the context of Bank Holding Corporations (BHC) or what is formally known as the Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) is an annual exercise conducted by the Federal Reserve (or relevant Central Banks) and refers to the series of assessments and tests that examine the...
05 Sep 2014
Hi everyone, I few weeks ago I joined one of the biggest pension funds in Mexico (Over 50bn usd), specifically in the Private Equity division, as an Infrastructure&Energy Analsyt after being 2 years as a market risk analyst in another pension fund, so pretty good job in FO buy side as LP (Limited...
10 Mar 2021
Any fellow commercial insurance brokers on this site? I've seen the occasional discussion with commercial P&C and reinsurance underwriters, but interested to find out how many are on the brokerage side. I'm a year-and-a-half into a training program with a global insurance brokerage, where I support...
15 Mar 2020
Hi everyone, I have been interested in working in investment banking since university but when applying in my second and final years, I had no luck. I was fairly well prepared, but just lacked the knowledge and experience, as my university course wasn't finance centric. I am still very interested in...
20 Feb 2021
"There she is, that beautiful blonde from Wharton", you say to your colleague as she comes in. She looks amazing and smells great despite being the only female in the trading pit. Yet she has a character of class, trades gracefully, and a strong resilience. After some time of trapping flies with...
29 Sep 2012
I'm having a really tough time deciding between continuing with my unpaid search fund internship or pursuing a paid fixed-income risk management internship in LA. The partner I'm working for at my search fund told me I need to think about the long-term vision of my career (My end goal is HF/PE) and...
16 Mar 2018
Hello monkeys, I was wondering whether some of you know something about energy trading. Normally, when purchasing for your own portfolio one adds different types of premiums (for example imbalance and profile risks) to get to an ITP for your company, but what risk components are added if you sell...
22 Apr 2021
Nassim Nicholas Taleb's [NNT] latest book, Antifragility discusses how institutions can survive through chaos and diversity. In a lengthy interview with Reason's Nick Gillespie he indirectly promotes capitalism and simplifies his message by saying, "...I want errors to be multiplied, that's it." He...
31 Mar 2013
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30 Jan 2019
Hi, I am a current student studying Math and Econ. After I graduate from my current school, I will be studying Operations Research two more years. I have been pursuing the actuarial field, but I also want to break into the finance industry at the same time. 1) I have passed two actuarial exams (P...
03 Dec 2015
recently listened to what i thought was an interesting discussion between Nassim Taleb and Russ Roberts (turns out i cannot post links as i am new to this site, but if you go to econtalk and search "Taleb on skin in the game" you should be able to find the podcast) in it, taleb argues that ethics...
05 Jan 2016
I'm offered to become a CFO of a tiny P/C insurance company and wondering whether I'm sure about philosophy of this business. Company market themselves as a professional service provider, wiki says it's a financial service, and I think it's an asset manager. Do you have a better definition? (I have...
10 Aug 2018
A long shot but maybe someone here might know somethign about Frankfurt? My company is moving some jobs from UK to Frankfurt via brexit. Mid level VP in Risk with 11y of experience. Live and worked in NYC. I'm curious owhat i should expect for salary in Frankfurt? I know COL is much cheaper than NYC...
15 Oct 2018
I am a sophomore at Baruch College majoring in Applied Math. And I am interested in a career and a summer analyst internship next year in credit risk at a BB IB. I heard that Baruch is recruited heavily for middle or back office. Front office not so much. Since risk is middle office I want to know...
25 Jan 2016
Hey guys, Recently interviewed for a performance attribution/risk management job at a large investment manager (Janus, Franklin Resources, StateStreet, PIMCO, etc.), and was wondering what the going rate for entry level hires would be in this capacity? The job is not in NYC, so I'm struggling to...
08 Oct 2012
The work is mostly Basel risk management consulting for banks, funds, and insurance firms. What do you think about this gig? Is this better than FSO audit? Could this lead to a top 10-15 MBA? MBB consulting perhaps? Or switching to corporate banking? I know it says risk management so FRM is a no...
11 Jul 2018
I'm looking into risk management, specifically with a BB. I've searched through some threads but It looks like not a lot of people here went down that road. I'm talking about credit risk not market risk. Any insight? hours/lifestyle/pay/exit opportunities? From what I've learned so far... Hours...
24 May 2011
The deadline to submit applications for the 2018 FINCAD Women in Finance Scholarship is Saturday, June 30 at 11:59pm EST. Please plan accordingly. -- 2018 has been a significant year for women, who have been at the center of various political, economic and social changes across the globe. FINCAD...
19 Jun 2018
FINCAD is now accepting applications for the [Women in Finance Scholarship 2018, a program designed to promote outstanding women in the field of finance, particularly those pursuing careers in the capital markets and/or financial risk management. This has been a significant year for women, who have...
06 Jun 2018
FINCAD is now accepting applications for the Women in Finance Scholarship 2018, a program designed to promote outstanding women in the field of finance, particularly those pursuing careers in the capital markets and/or financial risk management. This has been a significant year for women, who have...
06 Jun 2018
Row call! Who here is in Calgary (and more broadly Canada)? I work in business development for a midstream / marketing company. Been at it for just over 3 years now. It's been a great experience with lots of exposure and responsibility (crude oil and ngl/lpg). Been thinking about long term...
25 May 2011
Hi everyone, I am very new to Wall Street Oasis, and have decided to join the community for some advice/second opinion. I am currently on my second year as an Institutional Credit Risk Management Associate in a renowned multinational bank, and I would like to know how I can make the shift to Hedge...
22 Feb 2018
I'll be working in risk management at a BB and I'm curious what type of exit ops are available after two years? This is a credit risk position, so it's IBD-focused (not a market risk position, which deals more with S&T). I've heard that risk management analysts can get into distressed debt shops,...
03 Mar 2010
An HR lady at one of the top investment banks(think GS,DB,MS) approached me with this opening today. ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES: · Calculate the daily sweepings of the risks and book the transfer trades · Setup and run risk scenario analysis for X-Gamma exposure across all trading books globally ·...
18 Oct 2012
Is the P/E ratio the next head to roll off today's market guillotine? What are the new market metrics which will mark the next generation of financial analysis? As usual the critiques are more abundant then proposed solutions. Ben Levisohn: The stock market's average price/earnings ratio, meanwhile,...
22 Sep 2010
Hey all, wanted to ask opinions on an offer I received 2 weeks ago. I go to a semi target state school, and received an offer from a top BB (GS, MS, JPM) in credit risk management, where I have the option to work on product management with a specialization in a product (Equity derivatives, FX,...
23 Dec 2011
Long term goal is to be in HF, perhaps portfolio mgmt. or PE Short term goal is to be in IBD. Currently a junior going for a summer intern position. Recruiting season is coming to a close for me. I am at target Ivy (harvard/Wharton, one of those two) What should I take this summer: equity research...
03 Mar 2011
Here's the deal - I completed undergrad in 2008. Top-25 school, 3.5, varsity athlete, ran a successful business in college. Last December I passed CFA Level I. Right now I work in a dead end job. It's financial reporting, nobody has ambition or has gotten raises in forever, and 2 of my coworkers...
11 Jun 2010
I am an engineer am starting my second year of MBA this spring. I have been concentrating in Energy Risk Mgmt to transition from engineering and break into S&T in Houston. My dilemma - I can tailor my program to concentrate solely in ERM by taking electives in Energy Futures, Swaps, Options,...
13 Jan 2011
I am starting to read Trading in The Zone by Mark Douglas. I read it last summer during my SA stint and was not trading. Was just curious if anyone else had read it or is interested. The book is about the factors that influence traders and differentiate good traders and bad traders and why the best...
30 Jun 2009
Hello, What would be an appropriate salary for an investment risk manager with 3-4 years of experience? This is for a hedge fund.
10 Aug 2018
I'm offered to become a CFO of a tiny P/C insurance company and wondering whether I'm sure about philosophy of this business. Company market themselves as a professional service provider, wiki says it's a financial service, and I think it's an asset manager. Do you have a better definition? (I have...
10 Aug 2018
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