The idea of this meetup is to get everyone up to speed on the topic and show some applications from practice to inspire new ideas and discussions. We are very happy that our guest speakers Martin Stefanik and Antonello Cirulli are both alumni from our program:
Martin Štefánik – Head of Risk & Market Modeling at Richfox Capital
Topic: “A Primer on Quantitative Trading”
Bio: Besides working at Richfox Capital, Martin is currently pursuing his PhD in Mathematics at ETH. He is a graduate of our quantitative finance program and previously studied financial mathematics at Charles University in Prague. Martin formerly worked in different areas of quantitative risk management at UBS and Erste, as well as an analyst in a long-short equity hedge fund, Petrus Advisers.
Antonello Cirulli – Research Analyst (OLZ & Partners)
Topic: “Continuous versus Discrete Returns“
Bio: Antonello is currently doing research on portfolio optimization and working on product development at OLZ & Partners. He graduated from our quantitative finance program in 2016. Prior to his studies in Zurich, Antonello obtained a Master’s degree in pure and applied mathematics from University of Rome Tor Vergata.
As usual, there will be plenty of time for networking at the apéro after two presentations. Please feel free to bring along a colleague!
Looking forward to seeing you at the event!
Your ZQFA-Team