Berkeley MFE Blog

At Haas, we understand that the success of our program is also based on how well our students do post MFE. Today I am happy to introduce you to Victor Kong, a typical MFE13: hardworking, persistent and very inn...

The field of financial engineering is fascinating. More fascinating is the range of creative talent I have met for the last 14 years as executive director of the Master of Financial Engineering Program at the H...

Knowing what you want to do before enrolling in an MFE Program is not necessarily the best thing...We want to make sure our applicants understand we don't necessarily look for those who know what they want; we ...

Those of you who know me know I like bragging about our students! Clearly, the Berkeley MFE brings top notch students into this program. To give you an example of the types of students we look for, I thought I ...

Opportunities are growing at the SEC, OCC, the OFR and the CFTC, and the jobs posted are extremely interesting and intellectually challenging for graduates from the best finance programs. In the current environ...

Robert Reich, former US Secretary of labor, and Professor of public policy at the University of California at Berkeley, wrote an article on “Graduates in for harsh lesson on ailing economy” which was published ...

Dealing with MFE graduates means dealing with very smart and ambitious individuals who want to ascend the ladder right away. Sometimes, some new graduates do not fully realize that it takes time and knowledge o...

Regulation will affect compensation and, of course, bonuses. We have already seen an increase in the base salary of individuals at all levels, from associate to managing director. Bonuses will no longer be “as ...