Analysis
Quant Guide 2020: Boston University (Questrom School of Business)
Boston, Massachusetts, US
Quant Guide 2020: University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, US
Quant Guide 2020: KU Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Quant Guide 2020: Columbia University
New York City, US
Quant Finance Master’s Guide 2020
Risk.net’s guide to the world’s leading quant master’s programmes, with the top 25 schools ranked
People moves: NatWest Markets in senior shake-up, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Degree of influence: Regulatory policies drive quantitative research
Counterparty risk and market risk hold centre stage, data science moves up, quantum computing debuts
Interdealer broker of the year: BGC Partners
Risk Awards 2020: Strong voice revenues are helping fund ambitious electronic projects
Bank risk manager of the year: HSBC
Risk Awards 2020: New market risk system proves its worth in a year of emerging market blow-ups
OTC trading platform of the year: Tradeweb
Risk Awards 2020: To keep volumes growing, platform had to confront “incumbent’s dilemma”
People moves: CRO Landy takes helm at Brevan, SocGen names new Asia chief, Murray out at Bridgewater, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Clearing house innovation of the year: Ice Clear Credit
Risk Awards 2020: Clearing house lures fund business with efficient new Monte Carlo methodology
Hedge fund of the year: Hildene Capital Management
Risk Awards 2020: A high-return hedge fund weathers the storm in structured credit
Asia moves: Soc Gen replaces Asia chief, Deutsche Bank appoints wealth management head, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Risk Markets Technology Awards 2020: The devil in the data
Banks are trying to do more with data, but they can’t always do it alone
Clearing house of the year: LCH
Risk Awards 2020: CCP conquers Brexit threat to deliver banner year for RFRs, margin and forex
OTC client clearer of the year: Bank of America
Risk Awards 2020: Pivot to Europe pays off with market share growth and big client wins
Rising star in quant finance: Blanka Horvath, Aitor Muguruza and Mehdi Tomas
Risk Awards 2020: New machine learning techniques bring ‘rough volatility’ models to life
Foreign exchange prime broker of the year: HSBC
Risk Awards 2020: UK bank manages risk in real time, while building tool to cut exposures up to 80%
Insurer of the year: Pension Insurance Corporation
Risk Awards 2020: Innovative regulatory capital bond gives PIC an edge
Lifetime achievement: Benoît Coeuré
Risk Awards 2020: The departing ECB executive has helped transform eurozone financial markets
Quant investor of the year: GAM Systematic Cantab
Risk Awards 2020: Cantab benefitted as diversification started working once more
Inflation derivatives house of the year: HSBC
UK bank takes CPI to new heights, while using guarantees to get big RPI trades over the line
Sovereign risk manager of the year: Senegal’s Ministry of Finance and Budget
Risk Awards 2020: ADB guarantee cuts swap costs by 500bp, opening the door for a $1.4b forex hedge