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I have friends doing FINS2624 (portfolio mgmt)..they havent really bitched about it so I assume it isnt that hard.
To clarify, you need a CR in FINS2624 to do FINS3775 Research Methods in Finance (its a prerequisite)
To clarify, you need a CR in FINS2624 to do FINS3775 Research Methods in Finance (its a prerequisite)
i think wen ur in uni and u feel ur smart, doing the harder courses will be more benificial for u, thats the main appealing thing about actuary, and even now that many are conquering it, the challenge has been risen to law/commerce(actuary) - IMO you should find out the hard ones and go for them, rather then find them out and avoid them 
u wanna do finance, ull be competing with finance/law - which is already MILES ahead, then actuary/finance and ofcourse actuary/law.... so doing accounting finance alone is going to leave much to be desired...
u wanna do finance, ull be competing with finance/law - which is already MILES ahead, then actuary/finance and ofcourse actuary/law.... so doing accounting finance alone is going to leave much to be desired...
Portfolio Mgmt isn't hard, there's some Excel work so some VBA programming would be handy (but hardly needed). RMF is just reading literature and doing basic stats work. You do RMF if you plan to do Honours or postgrad, but if you're up to it, it's not that hard either.§eraphim said:
And CR means Credit. If a dumbo like me can do them, you can too.
going for graduate jobs in finance, its mostly level playing field whatever degree you get, there's no real difference or advantage if you have an LLB or Actuarial studies tagged on - sure the employer may percieve you to be smarter, but you'll have to prove it to themaditya said:i think wen ur in uni and u feel ur smart, doing the harder courses will be more benificial for u, thats the main appealing thing about actuary, and even now that many are conquering it, the challenge has been risen to law/commerce(actuary) - IMO you should find out the hard ones and go for them, rather then find them out and avoid them
u wanna do finance, ull be competing with finance/law - which is already MILES ahead, then actuary/finance and ofcourse actuary/law.... so doing accounting finance alone is going to leave much to be desired...
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lol i don't think you can comment on actuarial studies unless you've done itaditya said:i think wen ur in uni and u feel ur smart, doing the harder courses will be more benificial for u, thats the main appealing thing about actuary, and even now that many are conquering it, the challenge has been risen to law/commerce(actuary) - IMO you should find out the hard ones and go for them, rather then find them out and avoid them
u wanna do finance, ull be competing with finance/law - which is already MILES ahead, then actuary/finance and ofcourse actuary/law.... so doing accounting finance alone is going to leave much to be desired...
it isn't easy and many aren't conquering it
It's true that you don't know how hard a subject is until you've tried it.
I believe that actuarial subjects are overrated for difficulty though - I've gone through a lot more pain and suffering for my maths subjects than my actuarial ones this semester (and suspect I did worse in the former!), and Affinity can attest to the fact that I'm fairly good at maths
(And my overall average in actuarial subjects is higher than my overall average in maths subjects too!)
I believe that actuarial subjects are overrated for difficulty though - I've gone through a lot more pain and suffering for my maths subjects than my actuarial ones this semester (and suspect I did worse in the former!), and Affinity can attest to the fact that I'm fairly good at maths
(And my overall average in actuarial subjects is higher than my overall average in maths subjects too!)
wtf... i was saying that actuary is hard and yet many MORE are doing it to say 5 years ago.... hence the increase in competition... and what u said minai about the level playing field........ that is some weird stuff... because ur not level at all... mergers and aquisitions - finance/law BIG ADV.... actuarial... mad quant skills... i dno maybe my perception of finance is incorect or narrow - but basicalli finaince for me is the IB jobs... not the portfolio management things... more quantative skills are found in actuary than in accounting finance....
You said you have to prove to them how smart u are... thats exactly wat im saying... that u should do the harder subjects to prove to them that u are a cappable human being... despite not having the more difficult degree...
and again... for the record... by no means was i saying that actuarial studies was easy....
You said you have to prove to them how smart u are... thats exactly wat im saying... that u should do the harder subjects to prove to them that u are a cappable human being... despite not having the more difficult degree...
and again... for the record... by no means was i saying that actuarial studies was easy....
hey shush! just cz ur cruising and getting HDs!maniacguy said:I'm going away for a few days, so I can stir up an argument on the way.
Replace "test of potential" with "formality" and "performance" with "a challenge" to get a better sentence
Hmm... I was expecting more responses to a deliberately inflammatory remark.
It's no fun if nobody's going to reply, so in the interests of not confusing Year 12 students who will show up to try and find out stuff, I'll clarify that it's not a formality, but it's not the hardest thing in the world. I would rate Accounting 2B, for instance, as much harder than actuarial (though it was pretty interesting stuff).
I'll also point out that in general (there are exceptions), harder stuff = interesting stuff, so you should consider the ill-effects of boredom when looking for easy subjects.
It's no fun if nobody's going to reply, so in the interests of not confusing Year 12 students who will show up to try and find out stuff, I'll clarify that it's not a formality, but it's not the hardest thing in the world. I would rate Accounting 2B, for instance, as much harder than actuarial (though it was pretty interesting stuff).
I'll also point out that in general (there are exceptions), harder stuff = interesting stuff, so you should consider the ill-effects of boredom when looking for easy subjects.
As an actuarial student, you should be promoting its valueAffinity said:
Besides, a lot of the stuff we learn is useful in a number of industries, not limited to insurance (see the President's Address from the new President of the IAAust for examples)
I am only spreading sacchi's messagemaniacguy said:As an actuarial student, you should be promoting its value
Besides, a lot of the stuff we learn is useful in a number of industries, not limited to insurance (see the President's Address from the new President of the IAAust for examples)
And, from memory, Helen martin said something along the lines - we're trying to promote the idea that actuaries are business problem solvers.
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