| 20-01-2015 10:24 PM |
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Actually, you can just pick any local bank, maybe DBS website and take a look at the people on top on the board. You can see that many of them are actually math, econs or even humanities grads, there are even a couple of philosophy graduates. There are more of these guys than there are business graduates on the board. Which is quite embarassing for biz grads seeing that they number in their intake in local universities number in the hundreds, whereas there are significantly less philosophy, math and econs graduates combined...
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U got any idea how big is the econs cohort in the 3 uni? And discounting life sci, math has one of the most ppl in the fac of sci.
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| 20-01-2015 07:15 PM |
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How you know? U in IB? Did you even take math degree in the first place.
Eh TS, stop listening to all the ******** here. Like one poster advice, go check linkedin profile and get some clues or if got chance go network and ask the head hunters the requirements instead of listening to some losers here.
FYI, alot of losers (including me) come here to rant and make ppl life miserable coz our life also miserable haha.
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Actually, you can just pick any local bank, maybe DBS website and take a look at the people on top on the board. You can see that many of them are actually math, econs or even humanities grads, there are even a couple of philosophy graduates. There are more of these guys than there are business graduates on the board. Which is quite embarassing for biz grads seeing that they number in their intake in local universities number in the hundreds, whereas there are significantly less philosophy, math and econs graduates combined...
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| 20-01-2015 09:51 AM |
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This is complete BS. Math majors have a HUGE advantage in Sales & Trading and market risk.
As long as you get First Class Honours with your math degree, you will get called up for at least 1st round interview for S&T and risk jobs.
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How you know? U in IB? Did you even take math degree in the first place.
Eh TS, stop listening to all the ******** here. Like one poster advice, go check linkedin profile and get some clues or if got chance go network and ask the head hunters the requirements instead of listening to some losers here.
FYI, alot of losers (including me) come here to rant and make ppl life miserable coz our life also miserable haha.
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| 20-01-2015 09:48 AM |
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the only one kpkb-ing here is u.
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U then stfu. I am advising youngsters who havent grown any cock hair to be realistic thinking in planning.
What contributions do u have except a 1 line sentence noobshit
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| 19-01-2015 11:35 PM |
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Originally Posted by tastoon
My dream job is to get into investment banking as a market risk analyst.
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First of all, find out what the heck is investment banking. Market risk has nothing to do with IB. Just because a market risk analyst work at a bank doesn't mean it has anything to do with investment banking.
Clue: find out what is a TRADER.
Answer: market risk analyst calculates the TRADER's portfolio risk. It's totally not related to investment banking.
So many idiots here talk big but know nothing. Don't trust any of these suckers and do your own research.
Linkedin is a good tool. Go Linkedin and search for "market risk analyst" and see what qualifications these people have. Good luck.
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| 19-01-2015 11:23 PM |
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My opinions are as follow (may not be fully accurate):
- NUS Mathematics majoring in QF: Very difficult to get into IB or Banks in general with a math degree.
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This is complete BS. Math majors have a HUGE advantage in Sales & Trading and market risk.
As long as you get First Class Honours with your math degree, you will get called up for at least 1st round interview for S&T and risk jobs.
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| 19-01-2015 08:39 PM |
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Ma de u dont even know what you want to do with ur career, how can you be in IB doing market analysis. If I am ultra HNWI, I also scared to let u advise me. Today u tell me US market good to invest, after u read bloomberg and hearsay from ppl in salary.sg, u say China market good to invest.
Yo wake up dude. If u know u gt the brain and skills (i highly doubt it since most losers are here including myself, coz winners r out there winning and only losers come here to kpkb) go accept the challenge of going into IB. If not stuck it out with ur BA accountancy and live a life as an average joe.
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Chill.. I think OP's fine. After all, OP said it's a dream job. It's alright to dream big, especially since he/she is still at an early stage. But yes, it's definitely not going to be easy at all. Entering the business courses in local Uni is equivalent to competing against the smarter and more motivated students in Singapore. Getting into IB is, of course, an extremely tough journey.
OP, you mentioned that you want to enter 'investment banking as a market risk analyst'. Not sure if you know about this, but fyi, there is a difference between the following careers:
1) Investment banking analyst: The one that pays really well. Extremely long hours and tough to get in though. --> Front office
2) Market risk analyst: Pays decently, but far off from what an Investment banking analyst receives. Nevertheless, still tough to get in from the local Unis. --> Middle office
3) Market risk analyst in an Investment bank: Similar to #2, but in an investment bank (e.g. Goldman, Barclays, etc.). Tough to get in. Pays decently, but like #2, far off from what an IB analyst receives --> Middle office
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| 19-01-2015 07:34 PM |
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Ma de u dont even know what you want to do with ur career, how can you be in IB doing market analysis. If I am ultra HNWI, I also scared to let u advise me. Today u tell me US market good to invest, after u read bloomberg and hearsay from ppl in salary.sg, u say China market good to invest.
Yo wake up dude. If u know u gt the brain and skills (i highly doubt it since most losers are here including myself, coz winners r out there winning and only losers come here to kpkb) go accept the challenge of going into IB. If not stuck it out with ur BA accountancy and live a life as an average joe.
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the only one kpkb-ing here is u.
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| 19-01-2015 11:26 AM |
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wow... this is demoralising haha.. looks like reality just smacked me right in the face. There goes NUS quantitative finance.. . i guess i will be sticking with NUS bba acc.. looks like a safer route to me. Anyway, thx guys,this is really enlightening.
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Ma de u dont even know what you want to do with ur career, how can you be in IB doing market analysis. If I am ultra HNWI, I also scared to let u advise me. Today u tell me US market good to invest, after u read bloomberg and hearsay from ppl in salary.sg, u say China market good to invest.
Yo wake up dude. If u know u gt the brain and skills (i highly doubt it since most losers are here including myself, coz winners r out there winning and only losers come here to kpkb) go accept the challenge of going into IB. If not stuck it out with ur BA accountancy and live a life as an average joe.
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| 19-01-2015 06:49 AM |
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Originally Posted by Unregistered
Don't listen to all the bs. Follow your own guts and due diligence.
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Similarly, listen to advices like these to your own risk.
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