Jessica Wachter Named SEC Chief Economist And Director Of The Division Of Economic And Risk Analysis Date
03/05/2021
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Jessica Wachter has been appointed Chief Economist and Director of the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA). Wachter joins the SEC from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, where she has been a professor since 2003. For centuries, capital markets have evolved by adapting to technological innovation and the emergence of new data sources, said SEC Chair Gary Gensler. It is essential that we apply rigorous economic analysis to ensure that our policymaking, enforcement decisions, and examinations are informed by the data we have available to us. Jessica Wachter is an exceptional economist who has completed wide-ranging research on issues critical to the SEC s mission. The Commission and the capital markets will benefit from her extensive experience and stellar track record in the fi
Dr Andrew Urquhart is Associate Professor of Finance at the ICMA Centre, Henley Business School. Dr Andrew joined the ICMA Centre in September 2018 and holds a PhD from Newcastle University where his thesis examined the Adaptive Market Hypothesis and investor sentiment in extreme circumstance. He also holds a MSc Finance (distinction) and BA (Hons) in Economics and Politics, also from Newcastle University.
Andrew’s main research interests are financial markets, investor behaviour, high-frequency trading, cryptocurrencies and investor sentiment. He has published over 20 papers in a range of leading international journals such as the Journal of Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Quantitative Finance, the European Journal of Finance, Economics Letters, International Review of Financial Analysis and many others.
By siliconindia | Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 13:12 Hrs As the spring is almost in the air, IIT Roorkee proudly presents Cognizance 2021, a plethora of exciting events which are going to be held completely online for the first time in the history, driven by the theme Elusive Realities . Cognizance provides ingenious students with a platform for displaying their technical acumen through over broad spectrum of competitions, workshops, and events conducted in it. Cognizance codifies ICC, a coding challenge exploiting both patience and programming skills of participants captioning basic string manipulation to dynamic complex programming; Codathon, an event questioning the mettle and coding skills, challenging the UI/UX skills under Design Quest, and a lot more. Cognizance also presents an exclusive event, Aero-Vacx which will involve designing a CAD Model of a drone that will provide assistance in transporting the vaccines in isolated areas. To
Rutgers Master of Quantitative Finance celebrates 20th anniversary and alumni success
The rigorous master s program has steadily climbed in the rankings and graduated a diversity of students who are working in leading companies around the world.
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NEWARK, N.J., April 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Rutgers Master of Quantitative Finance marks its 20th Anniversary this year, a milestone marked by a steady climb in national rankings, a rich diversity of students and an alumni network that stretches around the world.
In the two decades that have passed since Rutgers pioneered the program, 640 students have graduated and gone on to take a variety of jobs at some of the world s leading companies.
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