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9th April 2001 - Computational Finance Symposium 2001 -
led by Domingo Tavella, Editor of the Journal of Computational Finance

 
 
Pre-congress seminar (9th April 2001) - Examining the latest approaches to measuring and managing operational risks -
led by Prof. Carol Alexander, University of Reading & the ISMA centre
Day One 10 April 2001    
7.45 Registration and breakfast
8.20 WELCOME ADDRESS: Matthew Crabbe, RISK MAGAZINE

8.30 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Bob Litzenberger, GOLDMAN SACHS -
9.10 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Andrew Lo, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY -

9.50 PANEL DISCUSSION: Assessing the practical impact of e-commerce and ASPs on risk management -
Bob Scanlon, CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON -
Daniel Globerson, DEUTSCHE BANK -

David Reid, ANZ BANK
Soeren Christensen, ABN AMRO
10.50 Morning break and opportunity to visit the exhibition

STREAM ONE
ADVANCED RISK MANAGEMENT

STREAM TWO
CREDIT RISK MEASUREMENT AND MANAGEMENT

STREAM THREE
DERIVATIVES MODELLING AND ANALYSIS

STREAM FOUR
RISK MANAGEMENT FOR INVESTMENT MANAGERS AND PENSION FUNDS

STREAM FIVE
RISK MANAGEMENT FOR RETAIL BANKS

11.30 Chairman's opening remarks
Andrew Aziz ALGORITHMICS
11.30 Chairman's opening remarks
Chairman to be confirmed
11.30 Chairman's opening remarks
Dr. Philipp Schönbucher
BONN UNIVERSITY
11.30 Chairman's opening remarks
Peter Davies ASKARI
11.30 Chairman's opening remarks
Chuck Rowland IPS SENDERO
STRESS TESTING AND CAPITAL ALLOCATION ACTIVE PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT VOLATILITY AND CORRELATION 11.40 The risk measurement and management needs of hedge funds versus more traditional fund management products
Malcolm Kemp, Executive Director, Head of Quantitative Research
ZURICH SCUDDER INVESTMENTS LIMITED
11.40 Risk management for the individual investor
Ashvin B. Chhabra, Head of Analytics, Morgan Advice Lab
JP MORGAN PRIVATE BANK
11.40 Integrating stress testing into capital allocation
Dr. Paul Shotton, Managing Director, Head of Market Risk Management, Europe, Africa, Middle East
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK

11.40 Analysing techniques for validating internal credit risk rating systems
Dr Sebastian G. Fritz, Head of Risk Analytics & Instruments
DEUTSCHE BANK
11.40 The effect of model risk on the valuation of barrier options
Ali Hirsa, Quantitative Research/Risk Manager
MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER
12.20 Improving best practice in capital allocation
Gary Robinson, Head of Risk
TOKAI BANK EUROPE
12.20 A simple closed form formula to price credit spreads
Lionnel Pradier, Managing Director, Head of Credit Derivatives Research, JP MORGAN
12.20 Principal component analysis of volatility smiles and skews
Carol Alexander, Professor of Finance & Chair of Risk Management,
ISMA CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF READING
12.20 Understanding the tracking error of a portfolio
Dr Peruvemba Satish, CFA, Managing Director/Head of Financial Engineering & Research
ASKARI
12.20 Transfer pricing techniques for retail banks
David Ide, 1st Vice President, Deputy Director
ABN AMRO
1.00 Lunch sponsored by Raft International plc and opportunity to visit the exhibition
2.30 Measuring economic capital for different forms of credit risk
Evan Picoult, Managing Director, Head of Risk Methodologies and Analytics
CITIGROUP
2.30 Using securitisation to improve loan portfolio performance
Véronique Ormezzano, Head of Capital & Loan Portfolio Management
BNP PARIBAS
CREDIT RISK MODELLING 2.30 Performance measurement, portfolio insurance and portable alpha: Excess return or unpriced risks?
David K. A. Mordecai, Research Fellow in Advanced Residence
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO GSB & Steering Committee - IAFE Investor Risk Committee
2.30 Sourcing and applying accurate and appropriate risk managment data
Shawn Convery, President
ALMONDE
2.30 Pricing exotic credit derivatives
Dr. Philipp Schönbucher
BONN UNIVERSITY
3.10 Understanding the role and value of integrated risk managment framework across the organisation
Jens-Peter Jensen, Business Developer
SAP AG
3.10 Consistent credit risk pricing and enterprise portfolio modelling
Dan Rosen, Director of Research
ALGORITHMICS
3.10 The misuse of "risk neutrality" in credit derivative pricing
Joseph Pimbley, Senior Vice President and Credit Derivative Product Manager
SMBC CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.
3.10 Modifying VaR to accommodate long term investment horizons - A 'style' based approach
Stephen Rees, Director, Quantitative Research
BARING ASSET MANAGEMENT
3.10 CASE STUDY: "FUTUREPERFECT" - Using bank and life balance sheets to hedge and sell internally
Jim Cull, Risk Manager & Futureperfect Project Leader
STANDARD LIFE
INTEGRATED RISK MANAGEMENT 3.50 Shifting paradigms: effect of modern portfolio theory and Basle reform on CLO and other ABS structuring
Luis Nario, Executive Director, Securitisation
UBS WARBURG
INTEREST RATE MODELLING 3.50 Understanding core satellite Bernd Scherer, Director, Advanced Applications Group
DEUTSCHE ASSET MANAGEMENT
3.50 Analysing the rate dynamics of administered rate products
Raymond J. Hawkins, Associate Director
BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS
3.50 Analysis and management of credit VaR in derivatives portfolios
Richard Martin (with Christopher Browne), Quantitative Analyst, Fixed Income Capital Management Team
BNP PARIBAS
3.50 Term structure dynamics endogenously induced by multi-asset markets
Dr. John Schoenmakers, Deputy Leader Research Group
WEIERSTRAUSS INSTITUTE BERLIN
4.30 Afternoon break and opportunity to visit the exhibition
5.10 Copulas as an integrated risk managment tool
Roger Kaufmann, RiskLab researcher, Department of Mathematics
ETH ZURICH
5.10 Using wrong way credit exposure to manage counterparty risk
Jörg Behrens, Manager
ARTHUR ANDERSEN
5.10 Entropy and information in the interest rate term structure
Professor Lane Hughston, Professor of Financial Mathematics
KING'S COLLEGE LONDON
5.10 Practical tools for monitoring and managing investment portfolio risk: what's in a risk measure?
Kenrick Ramlochan, Principal, Manager Global Risk Analysis -
EMEA BANK OF AMERICA
5.10 Liquidity risk management for retail banks
Richard Ferrett, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
BANK OF BUTTERFIELD
5.50 Chairman's closing remarks 5.50 Chairman's closing remarks 5.50 Chairman's closing remarks 5.50 Chairman's closing remarks 5.50 Chairman's closing remarks
Champagne round table
6.00 Why quantify operational risk?
David Woods, Managing Director, ABN AMRO
Dr. Dominic Wallace, Director, CITIGROUP
Douglas Hoffman, President, OPERATIONAL RISK ADVISORS
Markus Borner, Director, Operational Risk Control
UBS WARBURG
Champagne round table
6.00 Is there a future in telecoms capacity trading?
Richard Gandon, TELEMONDE
Marcello Romano, ENRON
Oliver Frankel, GOLDMAN SACHS
Guy Willner, IX EUROPE
Champagne round table
6.00 What is the role of computational finance in risk management?
Domingo Tavella, Principal, OCTANTI ASSOCIATES
Ben Golub, Managing Director, BLACKROCK
Jean-Marc Eber, Founder & CEO, LEXIFI TECHNOLOGIES & Risk Award Winner
Eckhard Platen, UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, SYDNEY
Peter Jäckel, COMMERZBANK SECURITIES
Champagne round table
6.00 What is the potential for the weather derivatives market?
Ross McIntyre, ENRON
Peter Brewer, WEATHER RISK ADVISORY
Rowan Douglas, WILLIS & I-WEX
Matt Evans, LIFFE
Champagne round table
6.00 What impact will regulatory requirements have on retail bank risk management?
Chaired by Chuck Rowland, IPS SENDERO
Robert Nimmo, FIRST UNION CORPORATION
Dennis Cox, HSBC INSURANCE BROKERS LTD.
Fred Poorman,
Jr. CFA,
JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC
6.40 Cocktail reception sponsored by -
7.40 Congress Dinner sponsored by     -
 
Day Two 11 April 2001
7.45 Registration and breakfast
8.20 Chairman's opening remarks
8.30 PANEL DISCUSSION HOSTED BY : Evaluating the impact of the revised Basel Consultation Paper on risk management practices
hosted by Thomas Garside, Director, Oliver Wyman & Company
and chaired by Mark Brickell, Managing Director, J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.

Walter Gontarek, RBC DOMINION SECURITIES -
Michael Ong, Chief Risk Officer, CREDIT AGRICOLE INDOSUEZ -

Erwin Martens, PUTNAM INVESTMENTS -

STREAM ONE
ADVANCED RISK MANAGEMENT

STREAM TWO
CREDIT RISK MEASUREMENT AND MANAGEMENT

STREAM THREE
DERIVATIVES MODELLING AND ANALYSIS

STREAM FOUR
RISK MANAGEMENT FOR INVESTMENT MANAGERS AND PENSION FUNDS

STREAM FIVE
RISK MANAGEMENT FOR RETAIL BANKS

9.30 Chairman's opening remarks
Jörg Behrens, Manager
ARTHUR ANDERSEN
9.30 Chairman's opening remarks
Klaus Toft GOLDMAN SACHS & CO.
9.30 Chairman's opening remarks
Eric Reiner, USB WARBURG
9.30 Chairman's opening remarks
Peter Davies ASKARI
9.30 Chairman's opening remarks
Chuck Rowland IPS SENDERO
INTEGRATED RISK MANAGEMENT LATEST INNOVATIONS IN STRUCTURED CREDIT PRODUCTS PRICING AND HEDGING DERIVATIVES 09.40 Providing hedge fund transparency to institutional investors
Kelsey Biggers, President, CEO
MEASURISK
09.40 Risk capital allocation in retail banking
Robert Nimmo, Chief Risk Officer
FIRST UNION BANK
09.40 MASTERCLASS: Integrating market, credit and operational risk: A theoretical framework for valuation integrity
Dr. Elena Medova, Centre for Financial Research
THE JUDGE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
09.40 Ratings and risk modelling of synthetic CBOs and CLOs
Klaus Bjerre Toft, Head of Credit Derivatives Strategies Group
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO.
09.40 The pricing of Bermudan swaptions
Jesper Andreasen, Principal
BANK OF AMERICA
Risk's Quant of the Year 2001
10.20 MASTERCLASS (CONTINUED): Integrating market, credit and operational risk: a practical perspective
Trevor Mathews, KBC FINANCIAL PRODUCTS
10.20 Assessing the latest agency credit derivatives ratings methodologies
Isabelle Saadjian
STANDARD & POOR'S
10.20 Pricing and hedging in incomplete markets
Professor Hélyette Geman
UNIVERSITÉ DE PARIS DAUPHINE & ESSEC
10.20 Risk decomposition and portfolio performance attribution
Pim Poppe, Risk Manager
ROBECO GROUP
10.20 Variance reduction techniques for stochastic rate modelling
Thomas Bowers
IPS SENDERO INSTITUTE
11.00 Morning break and opportunity to visit the exhibition
OPERATIONAL RISK 11.40 Capital management techniques: a comparative analysis
Alberto Thomas & Brian Ratner
UBS WARBURG
11.40 Jump diffusion models for pricing and hedging equity derivatives
Thomas Knudsen, Quantitative Analyst, DEUTSCHE BANK
11.40 Risk aggregation - A buyside perspective
Aamir Sheikh, executive vice president
BARRA INC
11.40 Towards implementing a full operational risk structure - the benefits for your business
Dennis Cox
HSBC INSURANCE BROKERS LTD
11.40 Incorporating behavioural finance in operational risk
Elliot Noma, Vice President, Risk and Performance Analysis
MERRILL LYNCH INVESTMENT MANAGERS
12.20 Operational risk control at UBS Warburg
Markus Borner, Director, Operational Risk Control
UBS WARBURG
12.20 Credit derivatives vs. cash securitisation
Alex Graham, Director, GCD Structured Products
12.20 Pricing and optimal exercise of defaultable callable convertibles
Professor LCG Rogers, Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences
UNIVERSITY OF BATH
12.20 The role of credit risk models in investment management
Donna Marie Howe, Head of Market Risk for North America
ABN AMRO
12.20 EVA and risk management in retail banks
John Kapitan
STERN STEWART & CO.
1.00 Lunch and opportunity to visit the exhibition
2.30 The influence of regulatory capital and corporate governance reporting on operational risk modelling and data collection
Lisa Connolly
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND
2.30 Collateralised loan obligation as a long term funding mechanism
Nicholas Sparks, Senior Risk Manager
ABN AMRO
2.30 An exact expansion method for asian and basket options
Eric Reiner, Managing Director
UBS WARBURG
2.30 MASTERCLASS: How will risk management impact the primary investment decisions?
Michael de Marco, Senior Vice President
PUTNAM INVESTMENTS
2.30 Evaluating and implementing an ALM model for a retail bank
Nigel Sirett
IPS SENDERO
LIQUIDITY RISK 3.10 Moody's approach to rating european cash flow arbitrage CDO's
Ebo Coleman, Vice-President - Senior Analyst
Pascale Viala, Vice-President - Senior Analyst
MOODY'S INVESTORS SERVICE
3.10 Dynamic hedging with a deterministic local volatility function model
Professor Thomas F. Coleman, Director, Financial Industry Solutions Center, New York
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
3.10 MASTERCLASS CONTINUED
Erwin Martens, Managing Director
PUTNAM INVESTMENTS
3.10 ALCO performance measurement - a practitioner's viewpoint
Guy Morgan
NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK
3.10 Financial crises, stress testing and risk assement
Allan Malz, Head of DataMetrics
THE RISKMETRICS GROUP
3.50 From liquidity risk management to liquidity risk capital
Edmund Bosworth, Group Manager, Capital Allocation and EVA
NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK
3.50 Assessing the latest synthetic securitisations
Chris Carman, Vice President, Structured Products
JP MORGAN
3.50 Pricing and hedging spread options with transform techniques
Professor Michael Dempster, Director, Centre for Financial Research, Judge Institute of Management
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
3.50 Best practices in risk budgeting
Michelle McCarthy, Managing Director, db RiskOffice
DEUTSCHE BANK

3.50 Modelling core deposits effectively: time & long term deposits
Fred A. Poorman, Jr. CFA,
JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC

4.30 Afternoon break and opportunity to visit the exhibition
5.10 Building an enterprise wide risk managment framework
Bennett Golub, Managing Director
Charles Hallac, Managing Director
BLACKROCK
Risk's Asset Management Risk Manager of the Year
5.10 Hedging and risk management of basket and dynamic default swaps
Jean-Paul Laurent
UNIVERSITY OF LYON & ADVISOR TO BNP PARIBAS
5.10 Wick calculus and pricing weather derivative options
Dr. Dorje Brody, The Royal Society University Research Fellow
IMPERIAL COLLEGE
5.10 Investment strategy and the decline of local influence in global equities
Edward Fishwick, Head of Investment Process Research
AXA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
5.10 Optimally pricing products with optionality
Speaker to be confirmed
 
5.50 Chairmans closing remarks
5.50 Chairmans closing remarks
5.50 Chairmans closing remarks
5.50 Chairmans closing remarks
5.50 Chairmans closing remarks
6.00 End of Risk 2001 Europe Congress

Post-congress seminar - April 12 2001
Practical strategies for effectively pricing credit derivatives - led by Philipp Schonbucher, Bonn University

 

 

 

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