What are the job opportunities between a BSc Finance and a BSc Economics?

Honestly accounting and finance or finance would probably be better because alot of I banks like finance as the degree is quite useful were as with economics the degree is quite theoretical so normally economics graduates are at the back end of an I bank. TBH either one from a good target uni will be good enough and job prospects are endless.

Firstly, for IB the subject you study literally doesn't matter at all. I even know people with music degrees who are on front-office grad schemes at IB's. Just do whatever degree you think you'll be most interested in at the best possible uni you can do it. Generally economics is picked by students as it's typically more technical and academically rigorous than subjects like A&F, whilst also still providing knowledge about the economy and some finance, but honestly any subject will be okay as long as it's at a top uni.

No idea why the above poster seems to think that economics grads end up in the back office of an IB more than other subjects, this is completely untrue in my experience. If anything, economics grad skills most closely match S&T and Research desks rather than back office desks. I worked in IB in a front-office grad role for about 2 years and quite a lot of my colleagues were Econ grads.

To answer your questions, there's essentially no difference in recruitment prospects between straight Econ and Econ&Fin. Other factors are way way more important and these make this distinction negligible at most.

How about for Quant funds, Venture Capital, Hedge Fund surely on the buy-side a finance-related degree is more desirable

Firstly, for IB the subject you study literally doesn't matter at all. I even know people with music degrees who are on front-office grad schemes at IB's. Just do whatever degree you think you'll be most interested in at the best possible uni you can do it. Generally economics is picked by students as it's typically more technical and academically rigorous than subjects like A&F, whilst also still providing knowledge about the economy and some finance, but honestly any subject will be okay as long as it's at a top uni.

No idea why the above poster seems to think that economics grads end up in the back office of an IB more than other subjects, this is completely untrue in my experience. If anything, economics grad skills most closely match S&T and Research desks rather than back office desks. I worked in IB in a front-office grad role for about 2 years and quite a lot of my colleagues were Econ grads.

To answer your questions, there's essentially no difference in recruitment prospects between straight Econ and Econ&Fin. Other factors are way way more important and these make this distinction negligible at most.

Hello
You seem rather knowledgeable in courses and unis. Please may I ask a question. What’s troublesome for me may be a simple answer from yourself. I’ve applied for courses in the Maths and Finance section. I’ve applied and need to consider accepting Liverpool, city uni of London, Nottingham & Manchester uni. I live in London but happy to travel and move. Thanks.

Which specific courses at each uni?

Thanks for responding..
Liverpool - F/Y Mathematical Sciences. Following to Maths & Finance

City - FY Maths. Then Maths & Finance.

Manchester - maths & finance. With FY

Nottingham - Music.! (This is my biggest strength but not as a career)

Will it really make a difference at a job interview if I come from City or Liverpool. Putting aside Manchester as that is high end Russell.
Really appreciate your sincere guidance.
My predic. BCC

Okay this is just my opinion so don't solely rely on it, hopefully it will help the other research your doing on them tho.

I think Liverpool is meant to be decent for maths with finance despite Liverpool being one of the worst Russel Group unis. Have surprisingly seen a few from maths course there in finance, you basically never see anyone from their economics courses for example.

I personally wouldn't recommend City too much as it's overall uni brand is weak. But it has a good location and so if it saves you a lot of money and finances are an issue then it wouldn't be terrible but would be particularly good either, just average.

Manchester is the obvious strongest out of these. Their maths department is really good, their business school also is decent at things like quantitative finance but not sure whether you can take any modules from there. It's also got the best social scene out of the ones mentioned which shouldn't be understated.

Nottingham - I'm not really sure what to say lol. If you wanna do a music degree go there from your choices, if not then go to the others?

Naturally I assumed FY indicates a foundation year, given your predicted grades? It's worth noting that all investment banks have minimum a-level requirements for their internships and grad schemes which are AAB/ABB. So even from a good uni, you wouldn't be able to apply to investment banks for example with BCC. Obviously it's easy for me to say but if you want any shot at IB, you need ABB at the very very minimum. Alternatively, there are lots of other organisations that hire maths grads that are less restrictive on a-level grades like the big 4, actuarial firms, wealth management firms, etc.