Career Opportunities
| Quantitative Strategist or Modeller | Structurer | Derivatives Trader | Risk Manager | Fund Manager | Financial Analyst |
| Apply quantitative models to analyse, price and hedge a whole range of financial instruments from the vanilla to the exotic. | Package financial assets and derivatives into structured products to suit specific investment needs of companies and individuals. | Trade financial derivatives in over-the-counter markets and exchanges. | Monitor and manage financial-related risks, advise management on the level of risk and recommend mitigative courses of action. | Manage funds of investors through intelligent investment in portfolios of financial assets. | Perform rigorous data research and statistical model testing to support projections of financial trends and volatilities. |
Who hires quants, structurers, derivatives traders, risk managers or analysts?
SMU has a comprehensive job placement scheme to connect our MQF students to many employment opportunities. The results of our annual survey show that SMU MQF graduates mostly find jobs in investment banks, commercial banks, asset management companies, financial IT firms, consultancies, investment research/advisory firms, insurance companies, exchanges, regulators, brokerages, financial data providers, and oil companies. For some current examples of quantitative finance jobs, please refer here.
Some of the companies that have hired our MQF graduates:
| Company | Job Scope |
| Barclays Investment Bank | FX Option Products Control |
| Deutsche Bank | Products Control |
| Credit Suisse | Credit Risk, Market Risk Analysts |
| JP Morgan | Quantitative Analyst (Market Risk) |
| OCBC | Senior Quantitative Analyst |
| Standard Chartered | Senior Business Analyst, Capital Solution |
| MayBank Asset Management | Quantitative Investment Analyst |
| Glencore | Commodity Trader |
| Octagon Capital Management | Trader |
| Octagon Advisors | Associate Market Risk Consultant |
| AIG | Analyst |
| RSC Capital | Research Analyst |
| Tschach Solutions GmbH | Analyst, Chinese Carbon Markets |
| Numerix | Software Specialist |
