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I'm in a similar situation, would like to know any firms that are hiring now? What sort of base salary should I be looking for? Any preparation before going on the training programme?

Just finishing a masters course in finance/mathematics and would appreciate a careers forum for jobs in the city. Any views?

Haven't traded with them, however, a friend complained about the slow execution times.

Does anyone curently trade with cantor index and if so what your opinion of them is?

As I have just started to browse Elite trader over the last few weeks, I was interested if anyone knows what the approx ratio is for professional traders (front office staff, proprietary traders for small hedge firms, exchange houses) to private personal traders. In other words, are there...

Skynet you wouldn't happen to be called skyrats on another forum?

Should have mentioned that the position will be at their London office.

Does anyone know anything about the culture or more information that I can obtain from Instinet's website. I have an interview shortly for a graduate junior sales trader position.

daniel m, the masters course has focussed a great deal on derivative pricing (following classical text books such as Hull and Wilmott) as well as providing a strong introduction into risk management, macro economics and financial markets technical analysis. Therefore, as with most people...

Thanks for your remarks. The poll has no meaning - just mild humour :) The position is with the London office - it would be foolish for me to apply to the French office since I'm not completely fluent in French. Will the London office be focussing on my education (I also have a 1st...

I currently have an interview for a money market trader and would like to know as much about the firm as possible. As I'm a recent MSc in financial mathematics graduate, I have little practical knowledge in trading and would appreciate further advice from seasoned traders or better still if...