Recent content by stubarny

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Hi, I keep coming accross VBA jobs specialising in "pricing" for investment banks. Please could someone tell me what these jobs actually do? Why would an investment bank need to price products? - surely the market exchanges set the prices offered to buyers and sellers? Thanks, Stu

Fund Accountant, VBA programmer, C++ programmer also search indeed.co.uk for "hedge fund" and "investment bank" and have a trawl through for inspiration.

Hi everyone, Please could you tell me how realistic it is for me to look for a part-time VBA role in a hedge fund or investment bank - 3-4 days a week would be ideal. (I'd be looking in London or Geneva). Thanks Stu

Happy Christmas eveyone, I'm considering setting up a 'managed account' for myself through a limited company. I would then get the limited company GIPS verified to establish a track record. Despite lots of reasearch the practicalities of setting up and runnign an investment account management...

Many thanks everyone for your help before. Given that 2008 involved holding down a day job, running two businesses and passing the CFA level 1 exam I thought it was best to hold off starting an investing track record until now. I'm considering taking the 'managed account' route and becoming...

Sorry I was unclear - the 3-4% I mentioned was what I would be willing to cash in per year from a portfolio to live on, and that £30-40K per year isn't that great despite the headline £1million sounding like a lot of money. I have backtested over a 30 year period and traded for 3 years. Total...

Thanks fifty2aces, > what differentiates a long-only hedge fund from a mutual fund? Would it not just be > an expensive mutual fund? I'm just trying to keep admin costs to a minimum - my understanding is that mutual funds are more expensive to administrate than hedge funds. >2-3 years of...

Hi everyone, I'm looking to set up a long-only hedge fund, build up a performance record and then look for investors in about 3 years time. This will be funded by about GB£1million of my money from selling a business. My questions are: 1) Is £1 million enough to be credible? Will potential...