Friday, September 5, 2014

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Vendor News: Infosys Foundation commits INR 30 crore to Chennai Mathematical Institute

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 04:09 AM PDT

The Infosys Foundation, the corporate social responsibility (CSR) arm of Infosys, has constituted a corpus of INR 30 crores for the Chennai Mathematical Institute (CMI). This corpus will be used to enhance faculty compensation and support fellowship requirements for research students.

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Posted: 05 Sep 2014 03:12 AM PDT

Research - Leverage causes fat tails and clustered volatility - http://t.co/zpZaf39UTU (pdf) #quant — moneyscience (@moneyscience) September 5, 2014

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How Biases Affect Investor Behaviour by H. Kent Baker, Victor Ricciardi :: SSRN

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 02:40 AM PDT

How Biases Affect Investor Behaviour by Kent Baker and Victor Ricciardi Downloadable PDF file http://t.co/mnhYwHdFRC — Behavioral Finance (@victorricciardi)…

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Published / Preprint: PRICE SETTING OF MARKET MAKERS: A FILTERING PROBLEM WITH ENDOGENOUS FILTRATION

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 01:52 AM PDT

This paper studies the price‐setting problem of market makers under risk neutrality and perfect competition in continuous time. The classic approach of Glostenâ€"Milgrom is followed. Bid and ask prices are defined as conditional expectations of a true value of the asset given the market makers' partial information that includes the customers' trading decisions. The true value is modeled as a...

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Published / Preprint: On Correlated Defaults and Incomplete Information. (arXiv:1409.1393v1 [q-fin.MF])

Posted: 04 Sep 2014 05:40 PM PDT

In this paper, we study a continuous time structural asset value model for two correlated firms using a two-dimensional Brownian motion. We consider the situation of incomplete information, where the information set available to the market participants includes the default time of each firm and the periodic asset value reports. In this situation, the default time of each firm becomes a totally...

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Published / Preprint: Design and Implementation of Schedule-Based Trading Strategies Based on Uncertainty Bands. (arXiv:1409.1441v1 [q-fin.TR])

Posted: 04 Sep 2014 05:40 PM PDT

We propose a design for schedule-based execution trading strategies based on uncertainty bands. This formulation: 1) simplifies strategy specification and implementation; 2) provides for flexible allocation among passive, opportunistic, aggressive, and dark pool crossing execution tactics; 3) allows for rapid enhancements as new optimization methods, scheduling techniques, alpha models, and...

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Published / Preprint: Opening discussion on banking sector risk exposures and vulnerabilities from virtual currencies: An operational risk perspective. (arXiv:1409.1451v1 [q-fin.RM])

Posted: 04 Sep 2014 05:40 PM PDT

We develop the first basic Operational Risk perspective on key risk management issues associated with the development of new forms of electronic currency in the real economy. In particular, we focus on understanding the development of new risks types and the evolution of current risk types as new components of financial institutions arise to cater for an increasing demand for electronic money,...

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Blog Post: Falkenblog: Skype Interview w/ Me and Ric Bratton

Posted: 04 Sep 2014 05:38 PM PDT



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Google Hires Leading Researcher to Build a Quantum Computer | MIT Technology Review

Posted: 04 Sep 2014 02:01 PM PDT

Google Launches Effort to Build Its Own Quantum Computer http://t.co/ytLHkziTs7 — moneyscience (@moneyscience) September 4, 2014

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Blog Post: iMFdirect: Back-to-School Blogs

Posted: 04 Sep 2014 11:18 AM PDT

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Did a robot just put scientists out of work? - Chris Blattman

Posted: 04 Sep 2014 08:32 AM PDT

Automated hypothesis generation by mining online scientific papers. The Singularity is nearer… http://t.co/2kjVEPErgJ — Chris Blattman (@cblatts) September 4,…

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Hedging Conditional Value at Risk with Options. (arXiv:1408.6673v1 [q-fin.RM]) - Quantitative Finance at arXiv's blog - MoneyScience

Posted: 04 Sep 2014 08:32 AM PDT

Research: Hedging Conditional Value at Risk with Options. (arXiv:1408.6673v1 [q-fin.RM]) http://t.co/VKVe8EPVwY — moneyscience (@moneyscience) August 29, 2014

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MoneyScience: MoneyScience's event: Broad Perspectives and New Directions in Financial Mathematics

Posted: 04 Sep 2014 08:32 AM PDT

Event - Broad Perspectives and New Directions in Financial Mathematics - March 9th - June 12th 2015, IPAM Los Angeles http://t.co/0A4rLLmlOk — moneyscience…

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French rogue trader Jérôme Kerviel freed

Posted: 04 Sep 2014 08:15 AM PDT

"In the end it worked out at just one day in prison for every €50m lost by French rogue trader Jérôme Kerviel" http://t.co/NOIJkkNt7m — moneyscience…

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Does the Tail Wag the Dog?: The Effect of Credit Default Swaps on Credit Risk - The Review of Financial Studies's blog - MoneyScience

Posted: 04 Sep 2014 08:15 AM PDT

Research: Does the Tail Wag the Dog?: The Effect of Credit Default Swaps on Credit Risk http://t.co/X3xJ5UPaYm — moneyscience (@moneyscience) September 4,…

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Michael Bloomberg in surprise return to head of business - Telegraph

Posted: 04 Sep 2014 08:15 AM PDT

Michael Bloomberg in surprise return to head of business http://t.co/l2sgHywXZc — moneyscience (@moneyscience) September 4, 2014

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What You Should Know About Megaprojects, and Why: An Overview. (arXiv:1409.0003v1 [q-fin.GN]) - Quantitative Finance at arXiv's blog - MoneyScience

Posted: 04 Sep 2014 08:15 AM PDT

Research: What You Should Know About Megaprojects, and Why: An Overview. (arXiv:1409.0003v1 [q-fin.GN]) http://t.co/g8FRIXdK96 — moneyscience (@moneyscience)…

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Blog Post: TheFinancialServicesClub: Money can't buy me love ... but it comes close

Posted: 04 Sep 2014 04:18 AM PDT

Throughout all my years of dealing with banks, 99% of the people I meet are downright honest, good to share a glass of wine with, people.read more...

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Blog Post: TheAlephBlog: Ranking Industries by Range

Posted: 04 Sep 2014 04:18 AM PDT

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