Aug
30
Want a Hedge Fund Job? Knowing About Wavelets Improves Your Odds
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Demand for quants is surging as antidote to lackluster returns
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King Street, Balyasny, Tudor are among hedge funds hiring
Job seekers with MBAs or experience as securities analysts no longer jump to the front of the hiring line. But if you’re nimble with partial differential equations or wavelets, hedge funds want you.
Hedge funds that have relied on people to make bets are hiring quants like never before in search of answers to lackluster returns. They’re playing catch-up to firms such as Renaissance Technologies and Two Sigma Investments, among the leaders in using complex mathematical models for investing…
Want a Hedge Fund Job? Knowing About Wavelets Improves Your Odds
