Christopher Westwood
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Reflections on a year of placement
Reflections on a year of placement. Recently I finished my yearlong work placement at Alcentra. It has been a whirlwind 12 months and I have learned so much. As my time as both a placement student and a student blogger...
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A is for Alcentra: The (almost) A-Z of my placement experience
A – Alcentra. The obvious place to start this list. Alcentra is an Asset manager in the fixed income space with 4 different investment strategies: Direct Lending, Liquid Credit, Structured Credit and Special Situations. B – Bonds. As a fixed...
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Making the most of placement
Hello and welcome back to my blog. My name is Chris, and I am currently doing a 12-month work placement at Alcentra in London as part of my Economics course. Something that I think is worth discussing is all of...
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Day in my life on Placement
Hello and welcome back to my blog – it’s been a couple of months since my last post and today I’d like to take you through a normal day in my life on Placement – from when I wake up...
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Starting a placement at an Asset Manager
Hi, my name is Chris, and welcome to the first entry to my blog. In May I concluded the second year of my Economics degree and now I’m out in the real world, doing a year-long work placement. I am...