HIGHLIGHTS
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Risk versus Portfolio Management
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Review of Princeton’s Master in Finance program
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Jim Gatheral leaves Merrill Lynch to join Baruch...
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Review of MIT Sloan Master in Finance program
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Pricing ABX index for Newbies
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Review of Georgia Tech QCF program
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Review of Claremont Graduate University’s Financial Engineering program
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Review of Certificate in Quantitative Finance (CQF) program
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Review of UC Berkeley MFE program
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Review of Baruch College’s Financial Engineering program
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 aspiring traders
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
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
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
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
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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