UCL: Career Opportunities for PhD/Postdocs in Investment Banking - Wednesday 18 June 2008

The Investment Banks are increasingly interested in hiring PhDs from science and engineering for analytical roles, for econometrics, for quantitative analysis and for technology sectors...

This is mirrored by PhD students seeking challenging and well-paid careers in the financial services industry.

Workshop:
Following the very successful PhD workshop in 2007, which attracted 300 attendees, UCL is organising again a workshop to bring together experts from the financial services industry to present their work and to discuss opportunities for PhDs.

The workshop is open to any interested PhD student or Post Doc. from leading Universities, or students applying for PhD admission.

Topics and Speakers:
Speakers from major investment banks will include: Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, HSBC, BarclaysCapital and Royal Bank of Scotland, as well as leading investment funds.

Among the Topics covered are: The structure of the Financial Services Industry, Algorithmic Trading, Analytics & Risk, Empirics: Econometrics, Stats, Signals & AI, Derivative Product Modelling, Quant Trading, Algorithms and Financial IT.

Contact:
Due to popularity if you are interested in attending it is important for you to register with Ben Colvill at UCL...

Ben Colvill
UCL Graduate School
Email: ben.colvill@ucl.ac.uk 
Phone: 020 7679 0051

Banking Science Website:
If you are interested in pursuing a career in investment banking, please upload your CV to our web site www.bankingscience.com used by leading banks and funds seeking to employ PhDs.

If you have any questions about the workshop please contact:

Yonita Carter
Banking Science
Email: yonita@bankingscience.com
Phone: 020 7679 0359