Workout Clothes for Men You Can Work in: Hylete Apparel Review By Sam Campbell
Hands on with Hylete s Polo Shirts and Pants (Photo: Hylete)
As a business traveler, the holy grail of travel apparel is clothes that are comfortable to move in, yet doesn t give others the impression that you re on your way to an aerobics or gym session. Hylete may have struck gold in their range of workout clothes for men that have landed them in my must wear list the next time I m on a long-haul flight.
Hylete Ion Pants (Photo: Hylete)
Workout pants that can pass for Workplace pants
Quant Guide 2021: Paris-Sorbonne University/Ecole Polytechnique
Paris, France
The Master’s in Probability in Finance, hosted jointly by Sorbonne University and Ecole Polytechnique, climbs two places in this year’s Quant Guide, to 16
th – the third-highest European programme featured.
The course lasts one academic year, across two semesters and an industry internship. The first semester includes classes in probability and optimisation, derivatives, econometrics, and European Union markets. The second semester involves more advanced material, with classes on stochastic algorithms, US options, parallel computing, high-frequency trading and machine learning.
A set of introductory ‘refresher’ classes are also available, prior to the beginning of the first semester, for students who want to revisit the fundamentals of quant finance.
Risk.net
Minneapolis, US
When the University of Minnesota’s Master of Financial Mathematics (MFM) programme made its debut in last year’s
Risk.net Quant Guide, co-director Laurie Derechin made much of the utility offered by its popular evening classes, for students and faculty alike. Plenty in both groups, Derechin explained, had day jobs, and appreciated the opportunity to study after clocking off.
For 2020, the night courses have gained a new appeal: some students on the two-year programme haven’t been able to reach the US because of coronavirus restrictions, with many taking classes from their homes in China. That works well from a timing perspective, Derechin tells
Risk.net
Chicago, Illinois, US
Risk.net’s Quant Guide this year with a strong showing, ranking 15
th, thanks to its performance on the key metrics of average employment rate, graduate salaries and popularity among applicants.
Chicago’s programme, led by associate professor of mathematics Roger Lee, remains in high demand among prospective students. The school reports receiving 1,358 applications for its latest intake, making it one of the most popular participants in the guide. Of that large number of applicants, 68 ended up enrolling this year.
The master’s also reports a strong average starting salary of $101,920, and an employment rate of 95% across the last four years.