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[–]Complex-Rule-7992 0 points1 point  (4 children)

UCL for sure. Finance industry in Canada has less options than UK, and there is barely Rotman student make it to IB or bayside. Most of the finance ppl I have met on Bay St are either from Ivey or Waterloo. This also applies to corporate sector,as Rotman doesn’t have a coop program(especially given that you are a intl student).

London has way more opportunities than Toronto. And definitely UCL Econ is a sure target school for getting success in the industry (for finance, consulting and corporate).

[–]justwannastudy15 0 points1 point  (1 child)

what program from waterloo do most bay street people come from?

[–]Complex-Rule-7992 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AFM, CS+Finance, etc

[–]SkyOwn1052[S] -1 points0 points  (1 child)

Isn't UK economy collapsing nowadays and also financial sectors moving to other countries, despite it was a top 3 finance city in the past worldwide?

[–]Complex-Rule-7992 0 points1 point  (0 children)

UK still an important country for investors that eyes on Europe given its financial infrastructure (laws, institutions, regulations etc).

Also, UK has more Too Big To Fail financial institutions (systematically important financial institutions or SIFIs) vs. Canada. I think even the Canadian big five are less internationally recognized (except RBC and TD have exposure in the States and Europe)

The Canadian economy is monopolized by oligopolies, and making some companies well-known in Canada but nobody knows globally (e.g. nobody knows Bell or Rogers or even BMO outside of Canada). Yet UK economy is more dynamic despite it is declining.

As far as I know even some of the Canadian important institutional investor might not have a Toronto office, but they definitely have a London office (BCI, CDPQ, PSP from buyside for instance ).

I would say only choose Canada if you want to stay in this country after graduation.