
Quantcast – a Risk.net Cutting Edge podcast
Conversations around the latest articles and topics covered by Risk.net's Cutting Edge team.
Latest episodes

Aug 5, 2021 • 17min
Colin Turfus – 05/08/21
Colin Turfus, senior quant analyst at Deutsche Bank and author of ‘Risky caplet pricing with backward-looking rates’, on short-rate models and Libor’s end

Jul 14, 2021 • 29min
Claudio Albanese – 21/06/21
Darwin’s theory of natural section could help quants detect flawed models and strategies, says Claudio Albanese, founder and head of development at Global Valuation

Jun 2, 2021 • 30min
Vladimir Piterbarg – 28/05/21
How the Libor transition inspired NatWest quant Vladimir Piterbarg’s latest paper on exotic derivatives valuation

May 11, 2021 • 33min
Patrick Hagan – 06/05/2021
Ex-JP Morgan quant Patrick Hagan discusses his latest work and the risk failures that cost the bank $6 billion in 2012.

Apr 1, 2021 • 27min
Ben Burnett – 21/03/21
Ben Burnett, a director of the XVA quant team at Barclays, discusses the development and application of a hedging valuation adjustment to derivatives transactions.

Mar 12, 2021 • 19min
Richard Martin – 05/03/2021
Star quant proposes a new model for predicting changes in bond ratings

Nov 27, 2020 • 29min
Matthias Arnsdorf – 24/11/20
Matthias Arnsdorf talks about how to adjust the capital valuation adjustment. The JP Morgan quant proposes an alternative calculation that would reduce the charge by an order of magnitude.

Sep 2, 2020 • 47min
Jean-Philippe Bouchaud – 01/09/20
CFM’s Bouchaud on agent-based models and ESG investing

Aug 6, 2020 • 1h
Dario Villani - 28/07/20
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Jun 19, 2020 • 48min
Lipton and De Prado – 16/06/20
Lipton and De Prado discuss trading strategies and Covid-19 modelling