GARP Academic Lecture Series

The GARP Academic Lecture Series aims to promote meaningful dialogue between the academic and practitioner communities. This objective is achieved by encouraging the best minds in academic research to communicate and share their findings with risk management practitioners worldwide. The GARP Academic Lecture Series will provide practitioners with the latest directions in financial risk management.

Throughout the year, leading researchers and academicians will present at GARP chapter meetings worldwide. The current list of scheduled speakers includes the following notable faculty:

• George Constantinides, Leo Melamed Professor of Finance, University of Chicago
• Christopher Culp, Adjunct Professor of Finance, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago
• Salih Neftci, Professor of Economics, The New School
• Anthony Saunders, John M. Schiff Professor of Finance, and Chairman, Department of Finance, Stern School of Business, New York University
• René Stulz, Everett D. Reese Chair of Banking and Monetary Economics, Ohio State University
• Sheridan Titman, Walter W. McAllister Centennial Chair in Financial Services,
• Professor, The University of Texas at Austin
• Peter Tufano, Sylvan C. Coleman Professor of Financial Management; Senior Associate Dean, Director Of Faculty Development, Harvard University
• Luis Viceira, Professor of Business Administration, Harvard University
• William Ziemba, Alumni Professor in Financial Modeling & Stochastic Optimization, Professor Emeritus, University of British Columbia
  

Upcoming Presentations:

	Academic Lecture Series hosted by GARP’s Zurich Chapter “Credit Risk Modeling for Corporate Clients: Challenges and New Insights” By Professor Markus Heusler Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Zurich    Date: Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 Time: 12:00PM – 1:30PM Where: CfBS Center for Business Studies, Wengistrasse 1/Badenerstrasse 120, Zurich Topic: Credit Risk Modeling for Corporate Clients: Challenges and New Insights Speaker: Professor Markus Heusler, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Zurich Synopsis: Data – The main Challenge Segmentation of clients – Principal Considerations Model Architecture – Selected Issues Model Building – Standardization and selected Problems Presentation Followed by Reception Registration Fee: Free You must be a member of GARP in order to register. Please click here to join our organization free of charge: http://www.garp.com/membership/benefits.aspx For more information regarding the Academic Lecture Series, please contact: Chris Donohue, PhD, Managing Director, GARP Research Center- chris.donohue@garp.com Recep Bildik, PhD, Senior Researcher, GARP Research Center - recep.bildik@garp.com  For more information regarding GARP's Zurich Chapter, please contact:  Gerold Studer, Executive Director, Capital Management & Planning, UBS - Gerold.Studer@ubs.com Please click here to register
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Please check this website regularly, as new speakers and presentations for the Academic Lecture Series are added throughout the year. If you would like to be notified when the next one is scheduled, please send us an e-mail at researchcenter@garp.com.

Registration

Registration is free; however, you must be a member of GARP to register.

For more information, please contact:

Chris Donohue, Ph.D.
Managing Director
GARP Research Center
chris.donohue@garp.com

Recep Bildik, Ph.D.
Senior Researcher
GARP Research Center
recep.bildik@garp.com

If you would like to suggest speakers for the GARP Academic Lecture Series, please contact Recep Bildik, Ph.D., Senior Researcher at recep.bildik@garp.com.