Quant opportunities in Canada

[AlgoCan]

Hi all,

I am seeking quant opportunities in Canada, I know it is a much smaller market than US but for personal/professional reasons this is my choice.

I have an Engineering PhD background (Telecom), and I am currently a Post-Doc (less than 2 years). I have familiarized myself with IB industry through reading books and blogs, self-studied quant finance (Hull, Shreve etc), followed the market for well over a year (WSJ) and have a reasonably solid math/statistics knowledge. I have several years of experience using MATLAB and have a working knowledge of C/C++.

What is the best approach for me to break into IB?

 

[TraderJoe]

Go to Waterloo and get a MS in Math Finance for $5 K. It is really a superb program. If you want to spend lot more cash, go to U. Toronto and do MSMF. York also gets good placement in Toronto with their MBA concentration in Quant Finance.

 

[AlgoCan]

Very interesting proposition, specially the Waterloo MS seems an excellent value for money ...

But this means 2 more years of being student. I really want to jump start a career, and on the job training seems another good option to me..but the problem is how to get the job in the first place? I have no reservation of starting from the most junior position, but recruiters consider a PhD (without direct IB experience) overqualified for entry-level analyst type positions, and under-qualified!! for associate level positions..yet another dilemma...

 

[count_onme]

Any updates in this?

 

[Jayanthan]

Being a quant is different from being in IB.How did u get familiarize with IB. Would you mind to share with those resources with every body else?

Have u tried through your school career services?

 

[Jayanthan]

Go to Waterloo and get a MS in Math Finance for $5 K. It is really a superb program. If you want to spend lot more cash, go to U. Toronto and do MSMF. York also gets good placement in Toronto with their MBA concentration in Quant Finance.

Why is it toooo cheap?