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Event: A Little Thought Goes a Long Way & Lessons for Risk Management from the Current Crisis
Date: July 2, 2009
Time: 5:30 Registration, 6:00 Program Begins, 7:30 Reception
Location:
Goldman Sachs
120 Fleet Street
River Court, 7th Floor
London
The International Association of Financial Engineers is pleased to invite you to:
A Little Thought Goes A Long Way
&
Lessons for Risk Management from the Current Crisis
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Goldman Sachs
120 Fleet Street
River Court, 7th Floor
London
Presentations by:
Paul Wilmott, Wilmott Associates
David Rowe, EVP for Risk Management – SunGard, IAFE Board Member and monthly columnist for Risk magazine
Moderated by:
Giovanni Beliossi, Managing Partner, FGS Capital LLP & IAFE Board Member
A Little Thought Goes a Long Way
- 12 lessons in commonsense
- There's such a thing as too much math
- Robustness of models
Lessons for Risk Management from the Current Crisis
- Statistical Entropy – the inherent limits of quantitative tools
- Structural Imagination – the neglected dimension of risk analysis
- Self-Referential Feedback – some trends foster the seeds of their own destruction
- Complexity and Dark Risk – opacity breeds hidden dangers
- Alternate Means of Valuation – ignore a possible failure of liquidity at your peril
Hosted By:
Goldman Sachs
This is a free event, but space is limited. Please register by 5pm on Monday, June 29th.
Registration is now closed.
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