Help with college curriculums for IB jobs

[angryelf]

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I am concerned that his ability to analyze the income statement/earning projections of a company may be lacking if he does not take any advanced accounting courses. Does it not concern a future employer if he must teach new analysts all these skills from scratch?

All of the major banks start off their analyst programs with classroom training, complete with homework and tests. This will help those without an accounting background get up to speed. The rest is learned on the job.</p>

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Would they need to discuss if the quant team’s predictions were validated or require further improvement? If he has an indicator he would like to be included in the sophisticated quant model, how would he be able to convince the quant team to try it without having some in-depth understanding of what they do

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<p>No. Regulation has essentially made this impossible. Even if the regulation didn’t exist, he wouldn’t have anything close to the skill set necessary as a banker.
The closest an investment banker will have to any type of quant team will be with risk. Even then, you will stick to your respective roles. </p>

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I am just wondering if there are cases that an analyst would be involved in a deal with a foreign company, which will require substantial knowledge about the local market and even the language

It’s possible I guess, but I’d doubt taking a few international business classes would even be helpful in this regard. Studying abroad would be much more beneficial. </p>

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Harvard does not offer an accounting course for undergrads. Would your son therefore be disadvantaged by going to Harvard?

Harvard students can (any many do) take accounting courses at MIT, so your point is essentially null and void.</p>