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At my previous firm, when colleagues had bad luck w/ H1B visas, many went to Canada for work and did quite well. Toronto is a dynamic city, with a lot of energy and growth, which to me (completely uninformed), seems largely due to smart immigration policies. To build on long gamma's point, there's a lot going on there. When Loonie was strong to the dollar post crisis, Canadian insurance companies bought up US asset managers (e.g. Manulife / John Hancock). It's not a traditional money center, but there is plenty going on there. When I was coming up through middle office on buy side, word on the street was canadian market was pretty saturated w/ CFA charterholders, so you kind of needed one even for a back office job. Not sure how much sell side is going on there, but agree w/ [USER=37529]@longgamma[/USER] 's points. Still, probably easier to go from US to Canada w/ top MFE degree than Canada to US w/ mid ranking degree. Personal reasons are no joke, though. Take those seriously.

<blockquote data-quote="Onegin" data-source="post: 277505" data-attributes="member: 33957"><p>At my previous firm, when colleagues had bad luck w/ H1B visas, many went to Canada for work and did quite well.&nbsp; Toronto is a dynamic city, with a lot of energy and growth, which to me (completely uninformed), seems largely due to smart immigration policies.&nbsp; To build on long gamma&#039;s point, there&#039;s a lot going on there.&nbsp; When Loonie was strong to the dollar post crisis, Canadian insurance companies bought up US asset managers (e.g. Manulife / John Hancock).&nbsp; It&#039;s not a traditional money center, but there is plenty going on there.&nbsp; When I was coming up through middle office on buy side, word on the street was canadian market was pretty saturated w/ CFA charterholders, so you kind of needed one even for a back office job.&nbsp; Not sure how much sell side is going on there, but agree w/ [USER=37529]@longgamma[/USER] &#039;s points.&nbsp; Still, probably easier to go from US to Canada w/ top MFE degree than Canada to US w/ mid ranking degree. Personal reasons are no joke, though.&nbsp; Take those seriously.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Onegin, post: 277505, member: 33957"] At my previous firm, when colleagues had bad luck w/ H1B visas, many went to Canada for work and did quite well. Toronto is a dynamic city, with a lot of energy and growth, which to me (completely uninformed), seems largely due to smart immigration policies. To build on long gamma's point, there's a lot going on there. When Loonie was strong to the dollar post crisis, Canadian insurance companies bought up US asset managers (e.g. Manulife / John Hancock). It's not a traditional money center, but there is plenty going on there. When I was coming up through middle office on buy side, word on the street was canadian market was pretty saturated w/ CFA charterholders, so you kind of needed one even for a back office job. Not sure how much sell side is going on there, but agree w/ [USER=37529]@longgamma[/USER] 's points. Still, probably easier to go from US to Canada w/ top MFE degree than Canada to US w/ mid ranking degree. Personal reasons are no joke, though. Take those seriously. [/QUOTE]

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