Career Advice

[Ignacio Jimenez Navarro]

Good Morning guys,


I am currently working as an Investment Banking Analyst in a prestigious boutique based in Madrid. However, I want to change my career to a more quantitative field like quantitative finance (trading, research or asset management).


I just should be honest with myself, I have a Bachelor of Finance from a prestigious university in Spain ( Spain does not have any top university such as Oxford, Cambridge, etc.) but a Bachelor of Finance is not enough to become a quant.


To follow my dream, I have decided to come back again to university to study a Bachelor of applied statistics. In addition, I passed FRM and CFA L1 last year. The program covers stochastic calculus, linear algebra, time series, and programming (C++, R, Python, GRETL, SPSS, etc.)


Do you think that this is a good idea?


PD: I know that M&A is prestigious and well-respected, however is not a place for me (hours, people, etc)

 

[Varun Dubey]

I highly doubt if a second bachelors will move you towards that field.

 

[Tom Sun]

Like Varun mentioned, it's probably better to get into an MFE program. Your second bachelor seems like it would lay a good foundation for MFE. But if you took some quantitative courses in your Bachelor of Finance, I'd suggest try for a Masters program instead of a second bachelor.