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Quants still misunderstood

31 August 2010

7city Learning, the financial services training company that offers the Certificate in Quantitative Finance, has found that the role of quants is no better understood in the firms they work for than it was a year ago.

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The second annual survey of CQF alumni conducted in June found only 33% of survey respondents felt there was a greater understanding of the role of quants in their institutions than there was a year ago. Two thirds felt understanding was the same or less than a year ago.


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