Math 5800 sec. 018

Fall 2015

Financial Math Practitioners Forum

Wednesdays, 5:45 to 8:15 PM

MSB403

Visitors Welcome

Financial Services Industry Map (Viewing Copy)

Financial Services Industry Map (Print Copy)

Functions View--Cash Flow View--Historical View--Core Business View

SCHEDULE

Sept. 2 Introduction to Financial Services Industry

Sept. 9 7:00 to 8:00 PM Introduction to Financial Services Industry

Sept. 16 Introduction to Financial Services Industry

Sept. 23 Introduction to Financial Services Industry

Sept. 30 Introduction to Risk Neutral Valuation Models Summary of Risk Neutral Model Concepts

Oct. 7 Introduction to Risk Neutral Valuation Models

Oct. 14 Introduction to Risk Neutral Valuation Models

Oct. 21 Introduction to Risk Neutral Valuation Models

Oct. 28 Introduction to Risk Neutral Valuation Models

Nov. 4 6:00 to 7:30 PM Introduction to Commodity Derivatives

Roza Galeeva, Morgan Stanley slides (Contact: mehebet@yahoo.com)

Nov. 11 7:00 to 8:15 PM Private Equity, What Do We Do? How Do We Do It?

Marc Reich, Principal, Ironwood Capital http://ironwoodcap.com/ (reich@ironwoodcap.com)

Nov. 18 5:45 to 7:00 PM A Stress-Testing Model of Interest Rates

Jim Bridgeman, former CFO, Aetna International Inc

Dec. 2 5:45 to 7:00 PM Portfolio Risk Management Investment Management.pptx

Shahid Farooqi, Director of Investments, UConn Foundation

Dec. 9 7:00 to 8:15 PM Hedging and Risk Management for Indexed Annuities

Nick Mocciolo, Symetra Nick.Mocciolo@symetra.com

There is no final exam

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Really not cheap, but still good, student subscription to The Financial Times at https://sub.ft.com/spa_stu/