Recent content by UNSW WSC - Scotty

Probably best to youtube it.

In terms of a post-grad qualification after you're bachelors, you'd be better off doing your CFA. You only need a degree to qualify for entry and a lot of IB's look for people working on it/achieved it. You can even put on your resume that you've done say 1st year CFA (goes for 3 years) and...

Re: UNSW Wall Street Club - First meeting (Free Beer) This is a less events focused club, more experience/prepping for your first interview. UNIT has some of this but we're a bit more niche.

Re: UNSW Wall Street Club - First meeting (Free Beer) No, Jordan Belfort is not invited to our event.

UNSW Wall Street Club - First meeting (Free Beer) Deleted - see reason below.

Thanks again all for the responses, sounds like we'll have a good crew. Just announcing to get things started we'll be having a free beer sesh (my shout) next week. It's a chance for people to get to know each other, talk about what experience they're after and work out if the club is right...

Take financial products courses (so you know what stocks, bonds, derivatives etc are in detail), investment analysis & portfolip management (self explanatory), few macro econs (so you know terminology and some basic econs) & basic accounting (so you can read financial reports when released)...

Re: Economics vs Econometrics vs Quantitative Business Analysis vs Financial Mathemat I have an economic degree myself and am doing msc of fina maths at unsw so happy to give my 2 cents. What career path are you going down? If you want to go for a big 4 bank/accountant, econs or QBA probably...

Why not do both? Start at the retailer to earn some money and build a track record. You want to be seen as hard working, willing, realiable etc. You can drop off from the retailer to do the internship. If you've been a good worker your boss will understand (he knows Kmart isn't your...

Thanks obliviousninja for your interest I've checked my interest and don't seem to have a message from you. I will look out for it Scott

Getting some good responses already. Glad to see so many people interested in the industry. If you want a senior position in the club I would advise you to contact me asap. There will be plenty of analyst positions but I will not be opening more than 3 portfolio manager roles. Scott

All else equal, an institution will prefer a HD student over a D student. But given you have a degree with a D, you'll have so many more opportunities it won't matter. If you're really worried or have a specific place in mind. Think about what else you can do to put yourself in front. Think...

I used to do that but yeah, doesn't work at uni. For me what worked was : i) listen to lecture/go through the notes ii) go through tutorial questions iii) repeat ii and go through notes for more examples. Basically practising the examples was key for me. Nothing else works. I also use tutors...

Hi Louiis You should look towards subjects such as accounting & corporate finance & valuation. Plus naturally, units concerning financial markets & products. Best advice: Use your network to find someone that's made it into the industry and get their recommendation. Scott

Hi All My names Scott Shuttleworth, I am a part time msc financial mathematics student at UNSW and an equity analyst by trade. I'm starting up a new club for those who wish to join the funds management industry. Here you'll learn how to analyse the markets, learn to make trades and have...