Скачать или смотреть Career Talk: Quant Finance w. Christian Kahl, Fincad

This is an interview about Careers in Quant Finance with Christian Kahl, MD, Head of Product Strategy and Client Service at Fincad.
We will explore:
His own career and how he got started in finance after mathematical studies.
The changing landscape of quantitative finance education
What he's looking for in a candidate
Quant Opportunities

ABOUT CHRISTIAN AND FINCAD
Christian holds a PhD in Maths and his career spans 20 years in various roles in quantitative finance.
Fincad is a leading provider of advanced valuation risk solutions for derivatives and fixed income analytics

TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Career Talk: Quant Finance w. Christian Kahl, Fincad
00:17 Introducing Christian and Fincad
02:10 From Maths studies to Quant in finance
03:29 The evolution of quantitative finance education
04:43 The diversity in quant careers
07:37 Christian's approach to recruiting Quants

QUOTES
Back in those days, a lot of people entered the domain of quantitative finance from a PhD background in mathematics and physics. Part of which is the fact that there wasn't a formal education in financial mathematics, quantitative finance, and definitely a lot less than what we've seen today.

Quantitative finance (quant) is a term very widely used across the industry. There are quantitative analysts that sit on the sell side of trading floors writing quantitative libraries in C plus; there are quants in hedge funds supporting various forms of trading activity, trying to get an edge on the market; there are also quantitative analysts in various forms, across risk departments advisory boards, and so forth.

Client communication is a core aspect of day to day activity [in my team], which somewhat lessens the burden of deep technical skills. It requires us to strike a balance of communication skills as well as technical education.

I'm a great fan of hiring for talent and potential. And what I'm looking out for in a candidate is a curiosity in mathematics and the skills to learn new things.
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