活动摘要
CFA Society Shanghai cordially invites you to join the professional learning seminar on July 26th. We are honored to have Thomas S. Coleman, Senior Lecturer at University of Chicago Harris School, give a speech on 'Beyond Volatility and VaR: Moving from Risk Measurement to Risk Management'.
Mr. Coleman worked in the finance industry for more than twenty years with considerable experience in trading, risk management, and quantitative modeling. He is the author of Puzzles of Inflation, Money, and Debt and A Practical Guide to Risk Management published by the Research Foundation of the CFA Institute.
The guest speaker will share his insights on measuring and managing risk. Key topics of the seminar include:
- Fundamental tension between measurement and management: Measurement requires "hard" (quant) skills, Management requires "soft" skills
- Must combine numbers with intelligent and common-sense decision-making
- Successful firms find a way to marry the two