Job Opportunities Update in the Financial Industry for Students with Quantitative Background – With Skills and Strategies in Preparing for the Application and Screening Process Date: 30/10/2014 (Thursday) Time: 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Target: Final Year Undergraduate (Statistics / Risk Management / Actuarial Science), MStat, RPG Venue: RR301 Speaker: Mr. Herman Chan Director of Careers and Placements, HKU Cedars (05-13)
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Job Opportunities Update in the Financial Industry
for Students with Quantitative Background
– With Skills and Strategies in Preparing for the
Application and Screening Process
Date: 30/10/2014 (Thursday)
Time: 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Target: Final Year Undergraduate (Statistics / Risk
Management / Actuarial Science), MStat, RPG
Venue: RR301
Speaker: Mr. Herman Chan
Director of Careers and Placements, HKU Cedars (05-13)
Herman Chan
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1. Outline
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• Job opportunities update – current and up to 2nd semester, 2015 (estimate).
• Other job opportunities (not open posting)
• preparation for online application, phone interviews, aptitude tests, office/panel interviews, assessment centre
FT All final year of an undergraduate or master’s program (graduating in May/June 2015)
25/08/14 03/10/14
Credit Suisse Product Control Industrial Attachment Program Intern (non summer) All between junior and senior years at a 4-year program (year 2 or 3 students)
25/08/14 03/10/14
Credit Suisse Summer Analyst Summer All
penultimate year of an undergraduate or master’s program (graduating in December 2015 or May/June 2016)
Intern (non summer) Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science, or Quantitative Finance
Master’s or PhD students (non MBAs) 12/09/14 03/10/14
DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited Management Associate Programme FT All N/A 17/09/14 09/11/14
Deutsche Bank Global Analyst Training Program FT All N/A 30/09/14 05/10/14
FIL Investment Management (Hong Kong) Ltd Fixed Income Graduate Program FT Maths, Physics, Finance, Accountancy N/A 24/09/14 26/10/14
Goldman Sachs Summer Internship Opportunities Summer All penultimate year students 28/08/14 various
Hang Seng Bank Limited Internship Programme 2015 Intern (non summer) All N/A 04/09/14 31/10/14
Hang Seng Bank Limited Management Trainee Programme FT All N/A 12/09/14 15/10/14
HSBC Contract Analyst, Global Banking & Markets FT relevant disciplines recent graduates 04/09/14 ASAP
HSBC
Graduate Opportunities: 1. Global Banking and Markets - Graduate Analyst 2. Hong Kong Management Associate Program - Commercial Banking 3. Hong Kong Management Associate Program - Retail Banking and Wealth Management
FT All N/A 17/09/14 TBC
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HSBC
Summer Opportunities: 1. Global Banking and Markets - Summer Analyst Internship 2. Co-op Student Program - 6 months 3. Industrial Placement Program - 8-12 months
Summer All penultimate year students 17/09/14 TBC
J.P. Morgan 2015 Investment Banking Spring Semester Analyst Internship Program
Intern (non summer) Business graduate in the summer of 2016 05/09/14 21/09/14
J.P. Morgan Full-time Program FT All N/A 05/09/14 various
J.P. Morgan Summer Internship Program Summer All penultimate year students 05/09/14 various
Jane Street Asia Limited Internship in Quantitative Trading, Quantitative Research
Intern (non summer) Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics or Science disciplines are preferred
N/A 28/08/14 12/09/14 31/10/14
Jane Street Asia Limited Full Time Opportunities in Quantitative Trading, Quantitative Research
FT Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics or Science disciplines are preferred
N/A 28/08/14 12/09/14 31/10/14
Macquarie Capital 2015 Summer Internship Program Summer Accounting, Business, Economics, Engineering, Finance and Law
penultimate year students 26/09/14 01/12/14
Morgan Stanley 2015 Summer Internship Program Summer All students graduating between December 2015 and Summer 2016
05/09/14 08/11/14
Nomura International (Hong Kong) Limited 2015 Investment Banking – Full-time Analyst – Hong Kong
FT All N/A 22/09/14 28/09/14
Nomura International (Hong Kong) Limited 2014 Investment Banking – Part-time Semester Internship Program – Hong Kong
Intern (non summer) All students graduating in 2016 22/09/14 28/09/14
Nomura International (Hong Kong) Limited Summer Internship Program Summer All penultimate year students 22/09/14 14/11/14
Standard Chartered Bank 1. International Graduate Programme 2. Fast Track Graduate Programme 3. Graduate Hire
FT All N/A 22/09/14 ASAP
UBS Investment Bank Graduate Program FT All N/A 29/08/14 04/10/14
UBS Investment Bank Summer Internship Program Summer All penultimate year students 29/08/14 14/11/14
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Current Jobs (from Oct)
Company Position Job Type Target Students Other Requirements Posting Date Closing Date
China International Capital Corporation Limited Graduate Positions FT All N/A 03/10/14 16/11/14
China International Capital Corporation Limited ST Intern (Sales &Trading Department) Intern (non summer) All Year 2 or 3 students 23/10/14 30/10/14
Citibank (China) Co., Ltd. China Management Associate Program FT All N/A 21/10/14 ASAP
Debtwire Asia-Pacific, Hong Kong Research Intern (Part-time) PT Accounting, Economics or Finance N/A 29/10/14 12/11/14
HSBC Hong Kong Industrial Placement Intern (non summer) Computer Science and Engineering N/A 15/10/14 ASAP
J.P. Morgan Graduate Positions in Quantitative Research FT Maths, MFE, Physics, Engineering or Computer Science
postgraduates enrolled in a PhD, Master or equivalent
28/10/14 ASAP
J.P. Morgan Intern Positions in Quantitative Research Summer Maths, MFE, Physics, Engineering or Computer Science
postgraduates enrolled in a PhD, Master or equivalent
28/10/14 ASAP
Morgan Stanley Summer Analyst - Investment Management Marketing
Summer All penultimate year students 28/10/14 08/11/14
Ping An of China Asset Management (Hong Kong) Company Limited
Portfolio Associate FT Finance/Accounting/Business, and related subject is preferred
Engineering, Finance, Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, Electrical Engineering, Financial Engineering or any other related field that is highly analytical and quantitative
Engineering, Finance, Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, Electrical Engineering, Financial Engineering or any other related field that is highly analytical and quantitative
N/A 03/10/14 ASAP
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3. Normal Trend (2nd sem)
(Dec 2014 – May 2015)
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3.1 Smaller Companies
• e.g., Hedge funds (e.g. SAC), PE firms, analytic
consultants, research centre of large international
asset management companies (based in Shenzhen)
3.2 Technical Jobs of Major Banks
• Random, come up
• Credit Risk SWAPS, Bond & Bond Derivatives
(Traders, Analysts, Institutional Sales)
3.3 Specialized Quant Jobs in European Banks
• e.g. SG: 2012 Infrastructure Derivative
Financing Analyst. (Team based in Australia &
hire HK staff).
• A HKU UG in Statistics & Physics got an offer.
Now in Jefferies as I-banker in IPO.
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3. Normal Trend (2nd sem)
(Dec 2014 – May 2015)
3.4 Other opportunities via networking
• e.g. Goldman Sachs 2012/13 Strategic Private
Equity Investment Analyst
• e.g. 2013:
Rothschild Shanghai M&A/IPO team Analyst
• e.g. 2014: A private equity firm is hiring junior
analysts (need 1 year investment analysis and
modelling experience)
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3. Normal Trend (2nd sem)
(Dec 2014 – May 2015)
4. Other Potential Job Opportunities,
Cold Calls, Networking
• Milliman: Actuarial, “cold calls”, networking
• Oliver Wyman: Financial Risk/stability, actuarial
• Mercer: consulting
• Hedge Funds: SAC
• Big 4 actuarial consulting: PNC, Deloitte, EY (EY contact in
• Assessing parameters: Expression fluency, organization of idea, participation, quality of contribution, acceptance of/by the group, influence on direction and outcome