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The MathFinance Newsletter #143

The MathFinance Newsletter, Edition 143, July 03 2006.

Previous editions and this edition in html format can be found on http://www.mathfinancenews.com/.

In this issue:

  1. MathFinance Job Exchange
    1. HSH Nordbank Securities S.A., Luxembourg: Junior Portfolio Manager (m/w)
    2. Ph.D. Student and Postdoc in Mathematical Finance, Vienna University of Technology
    3. UBS Investment Bank: Analyst - VaR Prototyping & Historical Data
    4. Associate (m/w) Advisory für Bewertungsfragen im Financial Risk Management bei KPMG Frankfurt
    5. Mathematiker, Physiker oder Wirtschaftsinformatiker: d-fine GmbH, Frankfurt
  2. MathFinance Events
    1. Credit Derivatives/CDO Workshop, July 3 - July 4, 2006, Kaiserslautern Germany
    2. Einführung in Monte Carlo-Methoden und C++ im Financial Engineering, 10th-14th July 2006, HfB Frankfurt
    3. Bachelier Finance Society 2006 Fourth World Congress, August 17-20 2006, Tokyo
    4. The 3rd Fixed Income Conference, Amsterdam, 20 - 22 Sept 2006
    5. Latest Developments: Commodities & Commodity Derivatives by Professor Hélyette Geman, Central London, 2 - 4 Oct 2006
    6. Alternative Risk Transfer, Capital and Liability Solutions for Insurers: An Introduction to Modern Techniques in Liability Driven Investment, Risk Management & Capital Optimisation, Central London, 9 - 11 Oct 2006
    7. The Latest Developments: Interest Rate Derivatives & Hybrids Workshop, 27 - 29 Nov 2006, Central London
    8. Latest Developments: Credit Derivatives / Credit CPPI & Credit Hybrids, 4 - 6 Dec 2006, Central London
  3. MathFinance Resources
    1. Master of Quantitative Finance (M.Sc.) at HfB - Business School of Finance & Management
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  1. MathFinance Job Exchange

    1. HSH Nordbank Securities S.A.: Junior Portfolio Manager (m/w)

      Die HSH Nordbank Securities S.A. ist ein innovatives, expansives Spezialinstitut für Investments in Wertpapieren und verfügt über mehr als 25 Jahre Erfahrung am Finanzplatz Luxembourg. Als 100%ige Tochter der HSH Nordbank AG, Deutschland, bündelt sie die konzernweiten Aktivitäten des internationalen Portfolio Managements am Standort Luxembourg.


      Wir entwickeln uns dynamisch weiter und suchen deshalb zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt Unterstützung für das Portfolio Management im Tagesgeschäft

      Junior Portfolio Manager (m/w)

      Aufgaben:

      • Überwachung von Orderausführungen für strukturierte Kreditprodukte (ABS, CDOs, MBS, Kredit-Baskets)
      • Ansprechpartner für unsere internationalen Portfolio Advisor und Investmentbanken
      • Erfassung und Buchung der Geschäfte im Front-Office System Kondor+
      • Anfrage sowie Pflege der relevanten Stammdaten
      • enge Zusammenarbeit mit den angrenzenden Fachbereichen
      • Erledigung der im Tagesgeschäft anfallenden administrativen Tätigkeiten

      Profil:

      • abgeschlossene Bankausbildung oder Hochschulstudium mit Schwerpunkt BWL bzw. Wirtschaftsmathematik
      • mehrjährige Erfahrung im Middle- oder Backoffice im Bereich strukturierter Kreditprodukte
      • erste Handelserfahrung von Vorteil
      • gute Kenntnisse des Frontoffice Systems Kondor+ sowie des Informationssystems Bloomberg
      • ausgeprägtes Interesse für strukturierte Kreditprodukte
      • analytisch strukturierte Herangehensweise
      • sehr gute Englischkenntnisse
      • Einsatzfreude und Belastbarkeit sowie ein hohes Maß an Kommunikations- und Problemlösefähigkeit

      Wir bieten Ihnen am internationalen Bankenplatz Luxembourg eine Tätigkeit mit attraktiven Vertragsbedingungen, in der Sie mit hoher Eigenverantwortung und Gestaltungsspielraum in einem Team engagierter Kolleginnen und Kollegen arbeiten können.

      Ihre Bewerbungsunterlagen mit Foto und Zeugniskopien senden Sie bitte an folgende Adresse:

      HSH Nordbank
      Securities S.A.
      Personalabteilung
      Postfach 612
      L-2016 Luxembourg



    2. Ph.D. Student and Postdoc in Mathematical Finance, Vienna University of Technology

      Financial and Actuarial Mathematics
      Institute for Mathematical Methods in Economics
      Vienna University of Technology

      We are looking for:

      • A Ph.D. student in the area of numerical methods in finance for the newly established Christian Doppler Laboratory on Portfolio Risk Management (PRisMa Lab). The laboratory is located within the research group for financial and actuarial mathematics at the Vienna University of Technology, it is headed by Prof. Uwe Schmock. The laboratory is funded by the Christian Doppler Research Association, which is a non-profit association aiming to promote high-quality research, development and knowledge transfer in Austria. The research is carried out jointly with the Bank Austria Creditanstalt and the Austrian Federal Financing Agency (ÖBFA). Your main area of activity will be high-quality research of numerical methods in finance with a view towards practical applicability. The corresponding research module is headed by Dr. Reinhold Kainhofer.
      • A Postdoc in the broad area of credit risk modelling for the research project "Mathematics and Credit Risk", granted by the Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF).


      We offer you to work on the forefront of current mathematical research, within a highly active and distinguished research group (Prof. Walter Schachermayer, Prof. Uwe Schmock, Prof. Peter Grandits, Prof. Josef Teichmann, Dr. Friedrich Hubalek, Dr. Reinhold Kainhofer, Dr. Johannes Leitner) and in close cooperation with the specialists of our financial industry partners Bank Austria Creditanstalt and Austrian Federal Financing Agency. We expect you to have a strong background in financial modelling and the theory of stochastic processes or numerical methods in finance. Nevertheless, a high motivation and a strong desire to learn and adapt new material can fill almost any gap you might have in the requirements.

      There are no teaching duties associated with these positions. The start date is flexible and can be anytime in 2006 or in the first months of 2007, however, we plan to start soon. The duration of the laboratory will be initially for two years with an expected extension to seven years. The salaries for both positions are based on the FWF guidelines. We strongly encourage applications of female candidates.

      Your application has to be in English or German and should be sent by August, 18th, 2006. Ideally it should include:

      • Application letter, indicating your preferred start date,
      • Complete curriculum vitae,
      • List of publications and preprints (if any), links to online versions if available,
      • Copies of academic transcripts and certificates (please include a translation if these are not in English, German or French),
      • Letters of reference or contact details of academics who can provide a letter of reference upon request.


      If you send your application in electronic form, please include (a part of) your name in every file name and send it to the office address [spam save email] for printing.

      Contact details:

      Prof. Walter Schachermayer, Prof. Uwe Schmock, Dr. Reinhold Kainhofer
      Financial and Actuarial Mathematics
      Vienna University of Technology
      Wiedner Hauptstraþe 8-10/105-1
      A-1040 Vienna
      Austria
      eMail: [spam save email], [spam save email] or [spam save email]
      URL: http://www.fam.tuwien.ac.at/ (department) and http://www.prismalab.at/ (PRisMa Lab)

    3. UBS Investment Bank: Analyst - VaR Prototyping & Historical Data

      Investment Bank is a Business Group of UBS. As a leading global investment banking and securities firm, Investment Bank offers product innovation, top-quality research, advice and execution through the following Business Areas: Corporate Finance, Fixed Income, Equities, Interest Rates and Foreign Exchange. Headquartered in London, Investment Bank employs over 18,000 people worldwide, about 1,900 of which in Switzerland.

      Within UBS Investment Bank, Market Risk Control is responsible for the evaluation and measurement of the market risks that the Bank incurs: the exposures of trading positions to changes in market parameters. The Value-at-Risk method aggregates and assesses the Bank's global market risk exposures. It is the quantification of a possible loss caused by market moves with an estimation of the probability that such a loss will occur.

      Analyst - VaR Prototyping & Historical Data

      The role is to maintain and further develop the high standard methodical documentation on the internal model for market risk. The documentation is relevant to regulators and to the model approval and change process. The role further includes project work on market risk topics related to Basel II, e.g. risk model validation, parameterisation of the Value at Risk (VaR) model, stress testing and further refinements on VaR modelling for specific market risks.

      The following is your profile:

      • Good knowledge in Statistics (degree in mathematics, natural science or economics)
      • Analytic thinking and liking for model development
      • Thorough working stile
      • Experience in financial markets / products and market risk modelling is an advantage (ideally 2 - 3 years of relevant professional experience)
      • Fluent in English, especially very good command of written English
      • You are a team player and you like putting ideas into practice


      Interested? We look forward to receiving your complete online application.

      UBS AG
      Stephan Baumann
      HR Recruitment Services
      Tel. +41-44-236 00 06

      It starts with you.
      http://www.ubs.com/careers

    4. Associate (m/w) Advisory für Bewertungsfragen im Financial Risk Management bei KPMG Frankfurt

      Ihre Perspektive: Ist Risikomanagement bei Banken Ihr Thema? Dann sind Sie bei uns genau richtig.

      Ihre Aufgaben: Die Analyse und Entwicklung von Modellen für die Derivatebewertung und das Risikomanagement bilden Ihr Betätigungsfeld. Hier übernehmen Sie frühzeitig Verantwortung in Projekten zur fachlich-orientierten Beratung und Prüfungsunterstützung im Investment Banking, Treasury, Kreditmanagement, Risikocontrolling. Ihr analytisches Verständnis und Ihre Kreativität ermöglichen es Ihnen, innerhalb kurzer Zeit Problemstellungen zu strukturieren und zu lösen. Sie arbeiten in einem hoch qualifizierten und ambitionierten Team. Ihre Arbeitsergebnisse entwickeln und diskutieren Sie mit dem Mandanten, bei dem Sie Ihre Lösungsvorschläge in hochrangig besetzten Gremien präsentieren und vertreten.

      Ihr Profil: Sie haben ein Universitätsstudium der Mathematik, Wirtschaftsmathematik, Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen, Physik, BWL oder VWL mit quantitativem Schwerpunkt absolviert und Ihre überdurchschnittliche Qualifikation z.B. durch einen sehr guten Abschluss und/oder eine Promotion bewiesen. Sie haben Interesse an der Weiterentwicklung von Modellen, die die Bewertung und das Risikomanagement von neuen Produkten und in neuen Märkten ermöglichen. Der effiziente Einsatz numerischer Verfahren wie Monte Carlo Simulation und deren Umsetzung in C++ ist Teil Ihrer praktischen Erfahrung. Sie verfügen über außerordentliche analytische Fähigkeiten und haben großen Spaß daran, ständig neue Dinge zu lernen und zielorientiert umzusetzen. Sehr gute Englischkenntnisse setzen wir voraus. Sie sind sicher im Auftreten sowie team- und kundenorientiert. Ein Auslandsaufenthalt und/oder relevante Praktika runden Ihr Profil ab.

      Ihr Kontakt: Bewerben Sie sich online auf http://www.kpmg.de/careers

      oder senden Sie Ihre Bewerbung unter Angabe des Referenzcodes: AdvFestFSoJo50204504 an das

      Recruiting Team, KPMG,
      Klingelhöferstr. 18,
      10785 Berlin,
      eMail: [spam save email].

      Für weitere Rückfragen steht Ihnen das HR Service Phone unter 0 800 KPMG JOB (0 800 5764 562) zur Verfügung.

      Profitieren Sie von den Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten bei KPMG, einem weltweiten Verbund national selbständiger Mitgliedsfirmen. Neben abwechslungsreichen Projekten im In- und Ausland bieten wir Ihnen Raum für Ihre persönliche Weiterentwicklung. Mehr wissen, mehr können - bei uns hat Erfolg, wer team- und mandantenorientiert arbeitet und gleichzeitig seine persönliche Entwicklung vorantreibt.



    5. Mathematiker (m/w), Physiker (m/w) oder (Wirtschafts-)Informatiker (m/w): d-fine GmbH, Frankfurt am Main

      Sie haben in der Wissenschaft viel bewegt? Dann können Sie auch in der Wirtschaft viel bewegen! Davon sind wir bei d-fine fest überzeugt.

      d-fine ist mit über 150 Beratern und Büros in Frankfurt und London eines der größten auf die Finanzwelt spe­zialisierten Beratungsunternehmen in Europa. Wir fokussieren höchste naturwissenschaftlich-technische Kompetenz auf die anspruchsvollen Herausforderungen unserer Kunden.

      Wir beraten Banken, Versicherungen, Asset-Manager und Industrieunternehmen beim Aufbau ihrer Handels- und Risikomanagementsysteme sowie der zugehörigen Methoden und Prozesse – von der fachlichen Konzeption bis zur professionellen Implementierung, vom finanzmathematischen Modell bis zur real-time Schnittstelle, vom einfachen Kredit bis zum exotischen Derivat, vom Ratingsystem bis zur Portfoliosteuerung, von IAS 39 bis Basel II.

      Unsere Kunden schätzen unseren kompromisslos hohen Qualitätsanspruch und vor allem, dass wir diesen Anspruch auch realisieren. Das beginnt schon bei der Auswahl unserer Mitarbeiter (m/w). Wir suchen Sie als Mathematiker, Physiker und Wirtschaftsinformatiker. Sie besitzen einen exzellenten Hochschulabschluss, sprechen fließend Englisch und Deutsch und haben weit überdurchschnittliche mathematische Fähigkeiten. Sie haben darüber hinaus sehr gute IT-Kenntnisse und sind idealerweise bereits mit Statistik, Numerik und Finanzmathematik vertraut.

      Unbedingt erwarten wir von Ihnen analytisches Denken, ergebnisorientiertes Vorgehen und exzellente Kommunikationsfähigkeiten. Sie sind teamfähig, erfassen auch sehr komplexe Aufgaben schnell und können sich rasch in neue Umgebungen einarbeiten. Sie haben Beratungstalent, hohe Einsatzfreude und sind flexibel und belastbar.

      Selbstverständlich erhalten Sie eine intensive Einführung in Ihr zukünftiges Aufgabenfeld. Wir sind berühmt für unser anspruchsvolles Training auf höchstem Niveau, das wir in Zusammenarbeit mit führenden internationalen Universitäten wie z.B. der University of Oxford, der Warwick Business School, der Hochschule für Bankwirtschaft und dem Imperial College durchführen. Dabei können Sie sogar einen Master of Science (MSc) in Finanzmathematik erwerben.

      Wenn Sie in einem Team hoch begabter und hoch motivierter Kollegen mitarbeiten wollen, große individuelle Freiräume, viel Eigenverantwortung sowie hervorragende Entwicklungsperspektiven suchen, freut sich Yasemin Keles auf Ihre Bewerbung.

      Und durch unser flexibles Wohnortkonzept können Sie sogar Ihren jetzigen Wohnort beibehalten.

      Willkommen bei d-fine!

      d-fine GmbH
      z. H. Frau Yasemin Keles
      Opernplatz 2
      60313 Frankfurt am Main
      Telefon: +49-69-90737-0
      E-mail:[spam save email]
      Homepage:http://www.d-fine.de



  2. MathFinance Events



    1. Credit Derivatives/CDO Workshop, July 3 - July 4, 2006, Kaiserslautern Germany

      In cooperation with Montana Capital AG (Vienna) and ERSTE Bank (Vienna) Fraunhofer ITWM is proud to offer this workshop on Credit Derivatives and CDOs. This course will not only give a comprehensive overview about the state of art modelling techniques of credit derivates (starting from fundamental concepts to highly sophisticated mathematical models) but also an insight to complex products like CDO and CDO2 and new trends on the correlation market.

      This course will cover

      • The importance of credit modelling
      • From single name to correlated defaults
      • Copulas
      • CDO/ CDO2: From definition to state-of-the-art modelling
      • Analysis, Pricing and Hedging of CDOs
      • New trends in the correlation market


      Lecturers and Instructors

      • Dr. Ulrich Nögel (Fraunhofer ITWM, Financial Mathematics)
      • Dr. Horst Jordan (ERSTE Bank, Vienna)
      • Werner Krendl (Managing Director Montana Capital AG, Vienna)
      • Marc Windfuhr (Deutsche Bank - Global Markets, London)


      Duration

      Two days


      Date

      3-4 July 2006


      Location

      Fraunhofer ITWM, Fraunhoferplatz 1, 67663 Kaiserslautern Germany


      Cost

      999 EUR + VAT (Lunch included)


      Registration

      For registration of further information please contact:

      Dr. Ulrich Nögel
      Fraunhofer ITWM
      Fraunhoferplatz 1
      67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
      Tel: +49 (0) 631 31 600 4307
      Fax:+49 (0) 631 31 600 1099
      [spam save email]


    2. Einführung in Monte Carlo-Methoden und C++ im Financial Engineering , 10th-14th July 2006, HfB Frankfurt

      Christoph Becker und Uwe Wystup

      HfB - Business School of Finance and Management

Kursumfang

5 x 8 Stunden Unterricht inkl. Übung.
10.-14. Juli 2006, täglich 9:00 - 12:15 Uhr und 13:45 - 18:45 Uhr

Inhalt

    • Kurze Einführung in C (Transfer ihrer Basic / Fortran / Pascal o.ä. - Programmierkenntnisse nach C)
    • Ausführliche Einführung in das objektorientierte Programmieren mit C++
    • Einführung in Templates und die STL
    • Grundlegende Monte Carlo - Prinzipien
    • weiterführende Monte Carlo - Techniken zur Berechnung von Greeks und zur Varianzreduktion, Diskretisierungsschemata
    • Praktische Aspekte in der Programmierung: Effiziente Implementation, Fehlerbehandlung, numerische Stabilität
    • Realistische Rahmenwerke zur Optionsbewertung, dabei Einsatz von Design Patterns
    • Erstellung von DLLs und Add-ins für Microsoft Excel
    l

Adressaten

Berufseinsteiger im Bereich Financial Engineering, Studenten im Studiengang "Quantitative Finance" o.ä.

Benötigte Vorkenntnisse

Gute Kenntnisse in einer beliebigen Programmiersprache, z.B. Pascal, Basic, Fortran etc

Mitzubringen

Ihr eigenes Notebook mit installiertem C++ Compiler. Im Kurs behandelt wird nur das im Financial Engineering sehr beliebte Microsoft Visual Studio. Visual Studio Express ist kostenlos erhältlich von http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/.

Teilnehmerzahl

maximal 20

Kosten

1500 EUR
500 EUR für Studierende der HfB

Anmeldungen

nimmt Frau Klemens (klemens@hfb.de) entgegen. Ein Anmeldeformular gibt es hier. Anmeldeschluss :1. Juli 2006

  • Bachelier Finance Society 2006 Fourth World Congress, August 17-20 2006, Tokyo

    Notice: Submission Deadline Extended to 30th January from 16th January

    Due to internet server maintenance at Hitotsubashi University, BFS2006 website and e-mail server will be out of service from January 13th, 10pm to January 16th, 10am. Considering the possibility of any confusion possibly caused by the Internet server maintenance, BFS2006 4th World Congress Organizer will extend the deadline for the application submission from January 16 to January 30, 2006.

    General Information of Bachelier Finance Society 2006 4th World Congress

    Date: August 17(Thursday) - August 20(Sunday), 2006
    Venue: National Center of Sciences (Hitotsubashi University, ICS)
    [Address] 2-1-2 Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8439, Japan

    Plenary Speakers:
    • Peter Carr
    • Freddy Delbaen
    • Paul Glasserman
    • Monique Jeanblanc
    • Arturo Kohatsu-Higa
    • José A. Scheinkman
    • H. Mete Soner
    • Thaleia Zariphopoulou


    Special Speaker: Shinzo Watanabe

    Scientific/Organizing Committee:

    • René Carmona
    • Hélyette Geman
    • Shigeo Kusuoka
    • Marek Rutkowski
    • Steven E. Shreve
    • Nizar Touzi


    Local Organizing Committee:

    • Takeaki Kariya
    • Yoshio Miyahara
    • Katsushige Sawaki
    • Takahiko Fujita
    • Jiro Akahori


    Conference Organizer: Ryozo Miura (Hitotsubashi University, ICS)

    Deadline for Submission of Contributed Papers: January 16th, 2006

    Submission of Contributed Papers

    We invite both academics and practitioners to submit your contributed paper on all topics of mathematical finance for the Bachelier Finance Society 2006 Fourth World Congress (BFS2006 4th World Congress). Authors who wish to present a paper at the BFS2006 4th World Congress are requested to submit their application with the extended abstract to the conference organizer by January 30, 2006.

    For further information with regard to the submission procedure please refer to:
    http://bachelier.ics.hit-u.ac.jp/submission.html

    For Further Information

    Please contact BFS2006 4th World Congress Administration at [spam save email]

    BFS2006 4th World Congress Website: http://bachelier.ics.hit-u.ac.jp/index.html

  • The 3rd Fixed Income Conference, Amsterdam, 20 - 22 Sept 2006

    NH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    15% Earlybird Discount before 31st May.

    Due to the huge success of our previous two Fixed Income Conferences in Prague, WBS Training are pleased to announce that we will be heading to Amsterdam in September 2006. The three streamed format will be retained, with Credit Derivatives, Interest Rate Modelling and Hybrid Products streams. This year we will also have four workshops on Wednesday 20th September; Credit Derivatives Modelling, Credit Hybrids, Interest Rate Modelling & Interest Rate Hybrids.

    Confirmed Main Conference Presenter List

    • Claudio Albanese: Chair of Mathematical Finance, Imperial College London
    • Jesper Andreasen: Heads of Fixed Income Quantitative Research, Bank of America
    • Martin Baxter: Analyst, Fixed Income Quant Group, Nomura International, plc
    • Nordine Bennani: Head of Credit Derivative Quantitative Research, DrKW
    • Damiano Brigo: Head of Credit Models, Banca IMI
    • Aaron Brown: Head of Credit Risk Architecture, Morgan Stanley
    • Dariusz Gatarek: Glencore
    • Helyette Geman: Professor of Finance, University Paris Dauphine & ESSEC
    • Jon Gregory: Global Credit Derivatives: Barclays Capital
    • Patrick Hagan: Brevan Howard
    • Lane P. Hughston: Professor for Financial Mathematics, King's College London
    • Chris Hunter: Hybrids Trader, BNP Paribas
    • Alexander Jackson: Director, Global Credit Quantitative Analysis, Citigroup
    • Peter Jaeckel: Head of Credit, Hybrid, Inflation and Commodity Derivative Analytics, ABN Amro
    • Farshid Jamshidian: University of Twente
    • Jeroen Kerkhof: Vice President, Morgan Stanley
    • Raoul Pietersz: Senior Derivatives Researcher, ABN Amro
    • Vladimir Piterbarg: Head of Fixed Income Quantitative Research, Barclays Capital
    • Antoine Savine: Global Head of Derivatives Research, BNP Paribas
    • Lutz Schloegl: Fixed Income Quantitative Research, Lehman Brothers
    • Philipp Schonbucher: Assistant Professor of Risk Management, ETH Zurich
    • Jakob Sidenius: Senior Quantitative Analyst, Royal Bank of Scotland
    • Pedro Tavares: Head of Quantitative Credit Derivatives Analysis, Merrill Lynch
    • Domingo Tavella: Advisor HVB
    • Oldrich Vasicek: Founding Principal of KMV


    Wednesday 20th September
    Pre –Conference Workshop Day:

    • Peter Jaeckel: Interest Rate Modelling Workshop
    • Jon Gregory: Credit Derivatives Workshop
    • Philipp Schönbucher: Credit Hybrids Workshop
    • Claudio Albanese: Pricing Structured Products with Spectral Methods


    Workshop fee - £799:00 + NL VAT 19% (No Discount)
    Main Conference fee - £1599:00 + NL VAT 19% (10% Wilmott.com Discount)

    Contact:

    Neil Fowler
    T: +44(0) 1273 674400 F: +44(0) 1273 672333
    Email:[spam save email]


  • Latest Developments: Commodities & Commodity Derivatives by Professor Hélyette Geman, Central London, 2 - 4 Oct 2006

    In the context of exploding commodity markets, the goal of the course is to offer a thorough and detailed understanding of both spot and derivative transactions.

    The discussion will focus in particular on such fundamental issues as volume risk, forward curve, theory of storage. Plain-vanilla and exotic options on commodities will be analysed, as well as a real options approach to energy physical assets.

    Professor Hélyette Geman

    Day one: Fundamentals of Spot and Forwards / flash Futures Commodity Market

    • Instruments and Commodity Exchanges: LME, NYMEX, CBOT
    • Commodity Spot Markets: the Importance of Liquid Indexes
    • Shipping and Freight
    • Fundamentals of Commodity Forward and Futures Contracts
    • Theory of Storage and Convenience Yield
    • The forward curve as a key element when trading commodities
    • Spot-forward relationship and shape of the forward curve
    • Forward rates as expectations of future Spot rates


    Case study: Modelling the dynamics of the forward curve

    Day two: Commodity Options

    • Dynamics of Commodity Spot Prices
    • The unique features of electricity: incorporating spikes in the trajectories
    • The current bull cycle: mean-reversion or upward trend in energy commodity price processes?
    • Options on Commodity Futures Contracts
    • Plain-Vanilla Options on Commodity Spot Prices
    • Exchange Options


    Case study: Pricing a Fuel Power Plant and Tolling Rights as a Portfolio of Sparkspread Option Incorporating Emission Rights in the valuation

    Day Three: Advanced Topics

    • Inventory and Spot Price Volatility: the examples of Agriculturals, metals and Energy
    • Volatility Smile in Commodities: the Inverse Leverage Effect
    • Correlations between oil and natural gas prices: the case of the UK and continental Europe
    • Asian Options and Floating-Strike Asian Options: the example of the oil market
    • Calendar Spread Options and Gas Storage Valuation
    • Volumetric and swing options


    Case Study: Building binomial and trinomial trees to price swing options and interruption rights in the gas and electricity industry

    Contact:

    Neil Fowler
    T: +44(0) 1273 674400 F: +44(0) 1273 672333

    Weblink: http://www.wbstraining.com/php/events/showevent.php?id=97
    Website: http://www.wbstraining.com
    Email:[spam save email]

    Fees: Workshops: £999:00 + UK VAT
    Register to ANY ONE day TWO days or all THREE days of the workshop
    Register to ANY TWO days of the workshop and receive £200 discount
    Register to ALL THREE workshop days and receive £300 discount


  • Alternative Risk Transfer, Capital and Liability Solutions for Insurers: An Introduction to Modern Techniques in Liability Driven Investment, Risk Management & Capital Optimisation, Central London, 9 - 11 Oct 2006

    Summary:

    This note outlines a training programme in alternative risk transfer and related issues suitable for all of those wishing to gain a better understanding of this fast moving area.

    Objectives:

    The programme is designed to provide participants with a broad overview of contemporary issues for insurers in the capital markets/insurance cross over space. It covers risk transfer between the capital markets and insurers, alternative risk transfer, capital instruments and capital modelling, and the design of retail products for issuance by insurers.

    Attendees:

    Suitable for actuaries, underwriters, members of the treasury or risk management departments of insurers, insurance brokers, and anyone involved in alternative risk transfer or capital management for insurers. The course would also be suitable for regulators, lawyers, accountants, consultants, hedge fund managers and others seeking to broaden their knowledge of ART and related techniques.

    Background:

    Participants have some familiarity with either life or non-life insurance and basic financial mathematics.

    Duration:

    3 days, each day being available separately. The first day focuses on capital; the second on ART techniques for life insurers; and the third on non-life.

    Methods: lectures, group discussion, case studies and spreadsheet exercises.

    Presenter: Dr. David Murphy

    Day 1 – Capital: Requirements, Models, and Instruments

    • Introduction
    • Capital Structure
    • Regulatory and Ratings Agency Capital
    • Economic Capital Models for Insurers


    Day 2 – ART and Product Development for Life Companies

    • Introduction
    • Securitisation of Life Risk
    • Equity Risk for Life Insurers
    • Liability Driven Investment
    Day 3 – ART and Liability Management for Non-Life Companies

    • Introduction
    • Risk Transfer Between The Markets
    • Credit Risk, Financial Guarantees and Transformation
    • Risk-linked Financing and the Capital Markets


    Contact:

    Neil Fowler
    T: +44(0) 1273 674400 F: +44(0) 1273 672333

    Weblink: http://www.wbstraining.com/php/events/showevent.php?id=99
    Website: http://www.wbstraining.com
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    Fees: Workshops: £799:00 + UK VAT
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  • The Latest Developments: Interest Rate Derivatives & Hybrids Workshop, 27 - 29 Nov 2006, Central London

    Day 1: Interest Rate Modelling: From Basic - Hybrids Workshop

    Presenters:

    Dorje C. Brody: Royal Society University Research Fellow, Imperial College London
    Lane P Hughston: Professor of Financial Mathematics, King's College London

    Topics Covered:

    • Interest-rate modelling: the basics
    • Applications: short rate models, positive-interest models, chaotic models
    • Interest rate and foreign exchange hybrids
    • Conditional variance models for foreign-exchange volatility
    • Interest rate and inflation hybrids
    • Payout structures for inflation-linked hybrid products
    • Interest rate and credit hybrids
    • Market-information models for credit-linked structures


    Day 2: Latest Developments: Interest Rate Modelling Techniques

    Presenters:

    Claudio Albanese: Chair of Mathematical Finance, Imperial College London
    Dariusz Gatarek: Glencore International
    Fabio Mercurio: Head of Financial Models, Banca IMI
    Raoul Pietersz: Senior Derivatives Researcher, ABN Amro

    Topics Covered:

    • Stochastic volatility term structure models for callable swaps
    • Modeling challenges with callable swaps
    • The Swaption Smile and CMS Convexity Adjustments
    • Introducing the displaced diffusion LIBOR model with uncertain shifts
    • Approximations of Libor market model
    • Linear and Nonlinear Pricing of Swaptions
    • Generic and CMS Market Models and Measures
    • Extending LIBOR and swap market models


    Day 3: Latest Developments: Interest Rate Hybrid Products

    Presenters:

    Alain Chebanier: Head, FX and Commodities Derivatives Research, Deutsche Bank
    Messaoud Chibane: Senior Quantitative Analyst, Bank of America
    Chris Hunter: Managing Director, BNP Paribas
    Jakob Sidenius: Senior Quantitative Analyst, Royal Bank of Scotland

    Topics Covered:

    • On the Term Structure of Portfolio Loss Distributions
    • FX Hybrids Modelling
    • Modelling the long-dated FX smile
    • Skew dynamics on FX and interest rates
    • Impact of skew dynamics on exotics
    • Correlation Smile and Hybrid Pricing
    • Evolution of the Correlation Smile


    Fees: Workshops: £999:00 + UK VAT
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  • Latest Developments: Credit Derivatives / Credit CPPI & Credit Hybrids, 4 - 6 Dec 2006, Central London

    Day 1: Credit Derivatives: From Basic - Hybrids Workshop

    Presenter: Philipp Schönbucher, Assistant Professor, Risk Management, (ETH) Zurich

    Topics Covered:

    • Single-Name Credit Risk Models
    • Term structures of hazard rates and credit spreads, implied survival probabilities
    • Structural models, Merton, Black-Cox, Credit-Equity hybrids and latest developments in structural models.
    • Portfolio Credit Risk Models
    • Basic model-free Single-Tranche CDO pricing relationships
    • Copula models, Gauss copula, the market standard model, implied correlation.
    • Numerical techniques for factor models: Convolution, Fast Fourier Transforms
    • Numerical techniques for simulation models: Importance sampling, sensitivities with Likelihood-ratio methods


    Day 2: Latest Developments: Credit Derivatives Modelling Techniques

    Presenters:

    Jon Gregory: Global Credit Derivatives: Barclays Capital
    Lutz Schloegl: Fixed Income Quantitative Research,, Lehman Brothers

    Topics Covered:

    • Complete overview of Modelling Correlation Skews
    • The Gaussian Copula Model and Beyond
    • Correlation Market Dynamics and Skew Models
    • A Correlation Skew Model with Sensible Dynamics
    • Comparing Base Correlation with Market Dynamics
    • Latest developments in CDOs
    • Bespoke CDO Pricing- Determining the Correlation Skew from Portfolio Composition


    Day 3: Latest Developments: Credit CPPI & Credit Hybrid Products

    Presenters:

    Rishad Ahluwalia Structured Products Research, JPMorgan Securities
    Claudio Albanese: Chair of Mathematical Finance, Imperial College London
    Didier Campant: Credit Structurer, Associate Director, BNP Paribas
    Philipp Schönbucher, Assistant Professor, Risk Management, (ETH) ZURICH

    Topics Covered:

    • Market overview of Credit CPPI
    • Portfolio Insurance Strategies and CDOs
    • An introduction to Credit SPI/CPPI
    • The Loss-Market-Model: Pricing Portfolio-Credit - Interest-Rate Hybrids and exotic Portfolio Credit Derivatives
    • Applications of the Model: Forward-starting CDOs, Options on Indices, Options on Tranches, Hybrid Products with Credit Correlation Components.
    • Dynamic Credit Correlation Models and Hybrids
    • Intrinsic Credit-Equity Hybrids: EDSs and Convertible Bonds
    • Extrinsic Hybrids: Mezzanine Swaps and Credit Linked Options


    Contact:

    Neil Fowler
    T: +44(0) 1273 674400 F: +44(0) 1273 672333

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  • 10th Conference of the Swiss Society for Financial Market Research (SGF), March 30, 2007, Zürich

    http://www.fmpm.ch

    Publisher of the Journal "FINANCIAL MARKETS AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT"

    March 30, 2007, Zürich (SWX SWISS EXCHANGE)

    Call for Papers and Speeches

    Submission of a Paper

    We would like to invite both academics and practitioners to submit papers on all topic areas of financial market research by November 1, 2006. Papers must be in English. Please submit your paper via the online tool on our website www.fmpm.ch. Detailed information on the conference as well as the format requirements can also be found there. There will be a Best Paper Award.

    Submission of a Speech

    Additionally to the academic sessions the conference also features a practitioner's workshop with speeches on current trends in financial markets. Practitioners are invited to submit an abstract of their speech via the online application tool on www.fmpm.ch by November 1, 2006. Abstracts should be in English and should not exceed 1000 words. It should contain your name, address, phone number, and email address. Speeches must not be longer than 25 minutes.

    Registration

    There is no deadline for registration. The conference fee is 100 CHF. In case you do not register for conference participation beforehand, the walk-in rate amounts to 150 CHF. On March 29, 2007 there will be a pre-conference dinner in the restaurant Kaufleuten in Zürich. Please register through the online tool on http://www.fmpm.ch.

    For further questions please contact

    Dr. Matthias Muck or Miriam Begtasevic
    Wissenschaftliche Hochschule für Unternehmensführung (WHU)
    Dresdner Bank Chair of Finance, Burgplatz 2, D-56179 Vallendar
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