Manav Mehra, an alumnus of MSc in Financial Engineering, shares how he picked up crucial skills at Nanyang Technological University’s (NTU) Nanyang Business School to make a career transition from engineering to the financial industry as a professional quant analyst.
Finance professionals in the industry’s top jobs find themselves having to deal with an ever-increasing amount of data, products, regulations, and technological disruption. Individuals who possess multi-disciplinary expertise in finance, computing, and mathematics are well poised to stay ahead of the curve and navigate this uncertain and dynamic environment. If you are looking to pivot your career into this profession, equipping yourself with these skills is critical. This is where a master’s degree in financial engineering can pay dividends.
I realised that looking for an internship opportunity amid Covid-19 was a tall order as internship opportunities had practically dried up. As such, I was only cautiously optimistic when I started looking for a suitable internship to hone my skills. I shortlisted a few opportunities, one of which was with Harveston Asset Management as a quantitative research intern.
Michelle Fu is a quantitative analyst at macro hedge fund Astignes Capital. Her job scope includes but is not limited to developing fixed income and FX derivatives analytics tools, carrying out alternative data analysis and evaluation, backtesting trading strategy and analysing performance.
On a day-to-day basis, she communicates with the investment team to explore opportunities that incorporate quantitative analysis into the trading process, conducts research by reading papers and backtesting, follows news and reports to keep up with market activity, and develops quantitative tools/dashboards that help investment teams to make trading decisions.
“I wanted a course that would deep dive into advanced computational concepts, programming tools and models. These could help me embark on a career in fintech,” she says.
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