This is a 3-day event focusing on the latest developments, challenges and opportunities that lie ahead within quant finance. With the increased expectation of some IBORs discontinuation and the increasing regulatory requirements related to benchmarks, a more robust fallback provision and a clear transition plan for benchmark-linked derivatives is becoming paramount for the interest rate […]

With the increase in bond issuance in 2020, credit is playing an important role in portfolios. The current credit market environment, characterised by uncertainty and persistent structural inefficiencies is rich in relative value credit investment opportunities. The panellists will be discussing how firms can take advantage of this new environment with the right data, analytics and technology.

The calculation of XVAs is highly complex. One of the key challenges of XVAs is that adjustments need to be calculated on a portfolio basis rather than trade by trade. This requires dealing with a large number of computations and orders of magnitude more calculations for accurate results. A number of factors influence the speed of XVA computations, including the size of the portfolio, the amount of market data, and the configuration of the Monte Carlo simulations themselves.

Every year, the Quantitative Finance Conference organized by WBS brings together professionals, researchers, academics, and leading experts in quantitative finance from all over the world to share and discuss their knowledge and experiences, new perspectives, and innovations in the industry.

The IBOR reform represents one of the biggest challenges facing financial services firms. Successful management will require significant change and strategic risk management. Preparing for the transition will require firms to establish a strategy to assess the impact and navigate transition risks. Is your firm ready?

Regulators, internal stakeholders, customers, and investors are demanding more transparency with understanding of front office, risk, and capital models - from trading algos, capital models to counterparty risk models that incorporate statistical learning approaches. Transparency demands are required not only at an analytical level, but also in development workflows and lifecycle activities associated with risk models and data. With these developments, one imperative that we believe to be significant in the coming years is the emergence of next-generation risk technology powered by data science approaches.

Quantifi's annual New York capital markets conference is designed to facilitate discussion amongst delegates from banks, asset managers, hedge funds, clearing houses and industry bodies on how to successfully address the competing challenges arising from regulatory and market forces. Join senior practitioners from across the industry for an afternoon of unique insights and sharing of best practices.

Following the credit crisis of 2008, tranche trading all but disappeared; it is now back with gusto. For example, bespoke tranche trading reached $80 Billion issuance in 2018, and continues to grow rapidly. Although a far cry from pre-crisis level, there are encouraging signs for the market’s revival.

Quantifi Director of Research, Dmitry Pugachevsky, will be discussing IR model considerations for XVA calculations at the HSBC North America Quant Symposium.

To date, the players enabling the market for crypto assets have been primarily FinTech startups. As the market is maturing customers are looking to traditional financial institutions to provide access to this asset class.

Forward-looking investment management firms are searching for ways to outperform their peers. The firms that we see succeeding are executing, based on a combination of focused business models, agile operational competency, and strong cost discipline, especially around core investment and risk functions.

Quantifi will be exhibiting at RiskMinds International 2018.

Quantifi will be exhibiting at Quant Insights 4th Annual Conference in London.

In today's environment, market participants need to be able to respond to new regulatory processes and technological change. Regulatory reform in the shape of MiFID and Basel lll is increasing the cost of capital, impacting operations and profitability, and driving the need to more accurately measure risk. By effectively responding to a changing environment, firms can take advantages of new opportunities.

In today's environment, market participants need to be able to navigate and respond to new regulatory processes and technological change. Regulatory reform in the shape of MiFID and Basel is increasing the cost of capital, impacting business models, operations and profitability, and driving the need to more accurately measure risk.

Quantifi will be exhibiting at Comrisk 2018 in London.

FRTB is set to revolutionise current market risk practices, placing emphasis on the coordination of operational, risk and data management processes as well as systems and technology. To best respond to these new demands, banks need to make the right strategic and technology decisions and assess the impact on operations and processes across risk, front office, finance and IT.

SCI’s Synthetic Securitisation Seminar provides an in-depth exploration of how synthetic securitisation is being utilised to transfer risk, achieve capital relief and create bespoke investment opportunities in the post-financial crisis environment.