Career Opportunities
The Investment Banks are increasingly interested in hiring PhDs from science and engineering for analytical roles, for econometrics and for technology sectors. This is mirrored by PhD students seeking challenging and well-paid careers in the financial services industry.

Workshop
To assist both groups, UCL is organizing 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 across London University, or potential part-time PhDs from within the Financial Services industry

Topics and Speakers

1.50-2.00 Welcome – UCL (Philip Treleaven)

2.00-2.20 Career Opportunities in the Capital Markets – Merrill Lynch (Marc Lagadec)

2.20-2.40 Algorithmic Trading – Deutsche Bank (Giuseppe Nuti)

2.40-3.00 Architectural Challenges in Electronic Trading – Goldman Sachs (Jon Butler, Tom Waite)

3.00-3.20 Research Realities – BarclaysCapital (Eamonn Long)

3.20-3.40 Derivative Product Modelling – HSBC (Piotr Karasinski)

3.40-4.00 Tea

4.00-4.20 What PhDs do at Citigroup – Citigroup (Alex Jackson)

4.20-4.40 Why RBS need you – RBS (Stephen Norman)

4.40-5.00 Life in Financial Services for the Mathematically Minded – Aspect Capital (James Walker)

5.00-5.20 Credit Suisse One Bank project – Credit Suisse (Mackie Fung)

5.20-5.40 Computational Finance in Investment Funds – Orbis FM (Francis Chiu)

5.40-5.50 The Careers Group University of London Networking Opportunity – UCL Careers (Karen Barnard)