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Will the real Paul Volcker please stand up?

Will the real Paul Volcker please stand up?

Who is the real Paul Volcker? Author William D. Cohan investigates the changing tone in policy of the influential former Fed Chairman since he was recently appointed chairman of the newly formed Economic Recovery Advisory Board under President Barack Obama. | Read More »
The Top 10 Things Practitioners Really Want from Financial Engineers

The Top 10 Things Practitioners Really Want from Financial Engineers

Teri Geske, Lecturer and Executive in Residence, UCLA Anderson MFE program shares with QuantNetwork top 10 things Wall Street firms want from a quant. | Read More »
Posted 02.05.2010

The Hollow Men of Financial Engineering

The Hollow Men of Financial Engineering

Sylvain Raynes follows his controversial essay on the sorry state of Financial Engineering education with another article where he offers suggestions to define the quant profession and how to fix the MFE curriculum.

Posted 02.03.2010

The Top 10 Things Practitioners Really Want from Financial Engineers

The Top 10 Things Practitioners Really Want from Financial Engineers

Teri Geske, Lecturer and Executive in Residence, UCLA Anderson MFE program shares with QuantNetwork top 10 things Wall Street firms want from a quant.

Posted 02.02.2010

Review of Claremont Graduate University’s Financial Engineering program

Review of Claremont Graduate University’s Financial Engineering program

Read reviews of the MSFE program at Claremont Graduate University by verified recent graduates. Share the review and invite others to submit one of their program.

Posted 01.31.2010

Tech trends to watch in 2010

Tech trends to watch in 2010

How the social networking, discussion forum, open API, freemium business models have changed the way we communicate and work online. A look at what tech trends will shape the web in 2010 and beyond.

Posted 01.29.2010

CME Introduces Populist Outrage Derivatives

CME Introduces Populist Outrage Derivatives

The CME Group announced the launch of a suite of products that quantify anger directed toward the US financial industry. Robert Spruill – financial engineer at State Street, shares his opinion on what he called “Populist Outrage Derivatives”.

Posted 01.29.2010

Review of CMU’s Computational Finance program

Review of CMU’s Computational Finance program

Read Carnegie Mellon University’s Computational Finance program’s reviews by recent verified graduates. Share the review and invite others to submit one for their program.

Posted 01.27.2010

MFE Education: Customer Oriented versus Traditional Education

MFE Education: Customer Oriented versus Traditional Education

“Should MFE programs view their students as customer or student?”. We invite our panel of directors and admission officers of various MFE programs to share their opinion.

Posted 01.26.2010

Interview with Ernie Chan, quant trader and author

Interview with Ernie Chan, quant trader and author

Ernest Chan is a quantitative trader and author of “Quantitative Trading: How to Build Your Own Algorithmic Trading Business”. He shares his experience in quant trading and advice to inspiring traders

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QuantNetwork Interviews

Interview with Ernie Chan, quant trader and author

Interview with Ernie Chan, quant trader and author

Ernest Chan is a quantitative trader and author of "Quantitative Trading: How to Build Your Own Algorithmic Trading Business". He shares his experience in quant trading and advice to inspiring traders
Interview with Dr. Emanuel Derman of Columbia University

Interview with Dr. Emanuel Derman of Columbia University

Dr. Emanuel Derman, author of "My Life as a Quant" and director of Columbia University's Master of Financial Engineering program answers questions on education, career for quant students.
Interview with Daniel Duffy of Datasim Financial

Interview with Daniel Duffy of Datasim Financial

Daniel Duffy is author of several programming books in quant finance. He is also a regular contributor on several quant communities (he goes by Lugh on QuantNetwork).
Interview with Dr. Peter Carr of Bloomberg

Interview with Dr. Peter Carr of Bloomberg

Dr. Peter Carr is head of Quantitative Research at Bloomberg and Director of NYU's Mathematical Finance program. He shares his advice for prospective students in quant finance.
Interview with Dominic Connor

Interview with Dominic Connor

Dominic Connor is a partner in P&D. He teaches C++ in the CQF program and has been recruiting for quant positions. Based on London, UK, Dominic is well known in the quantitative finance community, both via his work as a headhunter and a prolific poster on the Wilmott community.
Interview with Tim Grant of UBS

Interview with Tim Grant of UBS

Tim Grant is a Managing Director at UBS and an outspoken proponent for more quantitative talents in sales and trading. He shares his role at UBS, advice for students in MFE programs.
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