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Bloomberg, PRM, Series 7, etc. |
| Message Name: |
Hiring Decisionmakers |
| Date Posted: |
11/19/2003 |
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That number does surprise me. Assuming you were looking at firms that cover fixed income, I would expect every firm to do credit research. I would also think that about every firm should have some quantitative research regardless of if it is titled quantitative. For instance, structured products (ABS, MBS, etc) fit under quantitative. I would recommend using a Bloomberg to do the search for quant research. Just type JOBS GO and search through the different sections. There are three that will include these jobs and without Bloomie in front of me I don't remember them. I think S&T, Banking, and Finance/Econ are the three titles that are most likely to have what you are looking for.
Also, unless you are looking at BB's the FI research depts are likely to be relatively small. I would not doubt if there are not separate heads of distressed & Quant research but rather just one head of research at most small firms. As far as writing to heads of depts and getting rejected and writing to another, I would say go for it. The worst that can happen is they don't hire you the second time either. Most should not care if you are applying to more than one group, in fact at my firm some groups do both structured products and credit analysis so the applying to both quant and credit would not be viewed negatively.
Sorry, I have never heard of mbaauthority.com. |
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Is an analyst--i.e. an individual formally published by a FI Research division as a research professional (e.g. a fixed income analyst covering healthcare--a person of deciding influence, as far as hiring is concerned? Where do the analysts figure in the hierarchy in a fixed income division? Below a VP?
-S
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