WorldQuant: Become a Research Consultant & qualify for earning USD 1000 within a month. Register Now!!!!
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Webinar:
Be sure to attend the Webinar (https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/rt/2859054951103332353)
to get the details and latest insights. Please find the details for the Webinar below.
v Date: 6th July, 2015
v Time: 4:30 PM
v Topic: Information Session on WorldQuant Challenge
v Complete your registration on Websim for Alphathon (Alphathon)
Thanks,
Madhuri Tambe
Manager Recruitment, Virtual Research Center
WorldQuant Research (India) Private Limited
1102, 11th Floor Hiranandani Knowledge Park, Technology Street
Hiranandani Gardens, Powai
Mumbai 400076, India
M: 9920393081
Dear Students,
Building on the success of the previous years’, WorldQuant announces again “The Research Consultant Program”, as a part of our Industry-Academia interaction. In past, successful contestants were awarded a monthly stipend of up to INR 50000/- across various universities. This time, we look forward to hire more part time Research Consultants offering many additional incentives.
Who is eligible?
v All students pursuing Graduation/Post Graduation in Mathematics / Physics / Engineering /MBA irrespective of the branch, year of study or CGPA/CPI are eligible to participate in the contest.
Competition and Awards:
v We plan to organize an accelerated global level competition, ‘Alphathon’ where you would develop predictive trading models (alphas)
v Alphas would be developed using our web-based financial markets simulation platform called WebSim
v Alphathon runs from July 4, 2015 – September 17, 2015
v Top performers in this competition shall be eligible for a Part time Research consultant contract with WorldQuant and a lucrative one-time special stipend similar to a sign-on bonus.
v The competition is set over three levels, Gold (10000 points), Silver (5000 points) and Bronze (1000 points).
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Participants reaching Gold level in less than 30 days |
Part Time Research consultant contract (up to INR 50, 000/- per month) + up to USD 1000 sign-on bonus (one-time)* |
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Participants reaching Gold level in greater than 30 days but less than 45 days |
Part Time Research consultant contract (up to INR 50, 000/- per month) + up to USD 700 sign-on bonus (one-time) * |
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Participants reaching Gold level in greater than 45 days but less than 60 days |
Part Time Research consultant contract (up to INR 50, 000/- per month) + up to USD 400 sign-on bonus (one-time) * |
Top scorer on the global Alphathon leaderboard will be eligible for USD 5000 ! *
USD amounts will be converted to local currency before distribution, where applicable, at a rate determined by the firm
Webinar: Be sure to attend the Webinar (https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/rt/2859054951103332353) to get the latest insights. Please find the details for the Webinar below.
v Date: 6th July, 2015
v Time: 4:30 PM
v Topic: Information Session on WorldQuant Challenge
v Requisite: An internet connection
v Complete your registration on Websim for Alphathon
Registration
v Please register yourself by clicking on ‘Apply Now’ on this page: https://www.worldquantchallenge.com/alphathon. You can also find more details about ‘Alphathon’ on this link.
v We strongly encourage you to register yourselves right away after attending the webinar and obtain hands on experience in developing trading models (alphas) during your ongoing summer vacation.
v There is a lot of help available on the WebSim website and this will provide you a head start for the competition when it starts on 4th July 2015.
v To help you with the competition, we have lined up multiple training sessions through online webinars during the competition timeframe.
v After registration, please login to your account and make sure you check the ‘Events’ page regularly. For an updated schedule please visit: https://websim.worldquantchallenge.com/events
About Part-time Consultancy Program:
v Research consultants will have an opportunity to learn the science of “predictive” quantitative modeling of financial markets.
v Gain exclusive access to our web-based financial markets simulator and high quality market data to sharpen your own quantitative investment models. Also get guidance from our quant experts.
v Opportunity to earn formula-based compensation depending on performance and/or usage of the models that you submit.
v Top performers might have an opportunity to get full time position with us upon graduation.
This is a great chance to leverage your mathematical and programming skills to break into the investment management industry. We look forward to your participation!
* No consulting opportunity nor any compensation is guaranteed; any engagement as a Research Consultant is subject to satisfactory completion of background checks, execution of a consulting agreement and other applicable requirements in the discretion of the Sponsor.
For competition details and guidelines see https://www.worldquantchallenge.com/challenge
Thanks,
Madhuri Tambe
Manager Recruitment, Virtual Research Center
WorldQuant Research (India) Private Limited
1102, 11th Floor Hiranandani Knowledge Park, Technology Street
Hiranandani Gardens, Powai
Mumbai 400076, India
M: 9920393081
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