Quant internships in Canada.

[Nano]

Do they even exist? Every search I've ran only shows internships in the U.S. If they do exist, how should I go about getting one? I'm currently a PhD student in engineering physics, so I don't even know if I would qualify for an internship...

 

[DanM]

The Ontario Teacher's Pension Plan for example, hires graduate students in quantitative disciplines as interns to work on their models.

 

[DMD]

Network, start reading up on quant finance, go to conferences, cold call, take a finance course and talk with finance/math finance professors at your respective university. Reach out through friends and family with any ties to the finance industry.

 

[kamikade]

Yeah they do exist. You can check placements of toronto MMF or waterloo MQF to see firms that hire quants. I know for sure Big 5 hire quants, insurance companies like sun life or manulife do hire quants for their modelling work. CPP investment board does hire quants. There are some more however it is a smaller market compared to the states.