Hi,

I currently work in a finance related job and study economics as well.
I would like to hear your opinions on which books/websites/tutorials
and skills are recommended and often used in the world of finance. I
most specifically would like to hear about what specific skills i.e.
programming, presentation, reporting, is required in investment banking
and related business. What helped you the most, or what do you think
will be helpfull? Any suggestions will be apreciated!


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Hi,

I work doing Excel RAD in the back-office of an investment bank in London.
Of the standard Excel functionality our traders seem to like pivot tables for
slicing & dicing data the best.

Our pricing stuff (fixed income & equity) is in the main bespoke stuff built
in-house. For the funkier stuff VBA tends to be the glue as only C++ xll's
will calculate stuff quickly enough.

A book I've been trying to work through recently that is quite good is
'Excel Add-in Development in C/C++' by Steve Dalton. Sadly people keep giving
me work to do ... so I've not made much headway.

Regards,

Chris.

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"erikhs" wrote:


Hi,

I currently work in a finance related job and study economics as well.
I would like to hear your opinions on which books/websites/tutorials
and skills are recommended and often used in the world of finance. I
most specifically would like to hear about what specific skills i.e.
programming, presentation, reporting, is required in investment banking
and related business. What helped you the most, or what do you think
will be helpfull? Any suggestions will be apreciated!


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Chris Marlow Wrote:
Hi,

I work doing Excel RAD in the back-office of an investment bank in
London.
Of the standard Excel functionality our traders seem to like pivot
tables for
slicing & dicing data the best.

Our pricing stuff (fixed income & equity) is in the main bespoke stuff
built
in-house. For the funkier stuff VBA tends to be the glue as only C++
xll's
will calculate stuff quickly enough.

A book I've been trying to work through recently that is quite good is
'Excel Add-in Development in C/C++' by Steve Dalton. Sadly people keep
giving
me work to do ... so I've not made much headway.

Regards,

Chris.

--
Chris Marlow
MCSD.NET, Microsoft Office XP Master


"erikhs" wrote:


Hi,

I currently work in a finance related job and study economics as
well.
I would like to hear your opinions on which books/websites/tutorials
and skills are recommended and often used in the world of finance. I
most specifically would like to hear about what specific skills i.e.
programming, presentation, reporting, is required in investment
banking
and related business. What helped you the most, or what do you think
will be helpfull? Any suggestions will be apreciated!


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Thank you very much for the info! I think the VBA/c++ could be an
interesting angle.

Best Regards

Erik


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