Masters in finance jobs are expanding in fintech firms

Masters in finance jobs are expanding in fintech firms, catalyzed by a 15% rise in algorithmic trading volumes this quarter. Skills in Python-based portfolio optimization are highly rated by hiring managers responding to rapid trade execution needs. Still, there are signs that AI models are becoming competitive with humans. Another benchmark, published Thursday, Sept. 25, by OpenAI, showed that expert human evaluators preferred an AI's work to human work 47.6% of the time on 220 tasks including designing a sales brochure for a property and assessing images of a skin lesion. OpenAI also found that the performance of its models has increased substantially in a short space of time, more than doubling in their “win rate” against humans between June 2024 and Sept. 2025. Length : Because of a typical 2-year commitment, students have to forego working during the program Venture capital hiring for masters in finance jobs is up by 18% in Q2, driven by AI and clean tech start-up valuations outperforming historical medians.