With the help of its board and its members, the QFS's future seems very bright. During the transition from spring 2011 to fall 2011, our board members decided to shift the focus of the club away from quant finance, instead focusing on general trading and markets-related knowledge. Every Monday from 12:30-1:45pm in T200, and Thursdays from 6:15-8 in UC11 when announced. Almost providentially a senior student, Igor Schmertzler, burst onto the scene and provided guidance over a Skype VoIP session. For 8 years the club has educated students about trading, the markets, portfolio management, investment analysis, and the macro economy. The first historic meeting of The Quantitative Finance Society was launched on the 6th of February. A quantitative analyst uses mathematical models and applies them to financial marketsJapan Exchange GroupJapan Exchange Group is a Tokyo-based financial services corporation that operates different financial instruments exchange markets. This shift was made due to the lack of a pure trading community at Stern. He found support from his classmates Jawad Ahmed and Haseeb Chowdhry and decided to consult with club leaders and members. The reception was mixed, with some young Stern students such as Alexandru Savoiu, Arvindh Rao and Eric Ho showing immediate appreciation of the idea while more senior students were more wary. This ensured that no one vision would dominate and doom the nascent club, but the combination of visions would provide members with a diverse experience. Now we focus on our portfolios and educating members about the markets and trading strategies. For anyone with a passion for learning about investing, financial analysis, and the markets. Fall 2020 General Meetings: 12:30 PM Tuesdays, Link - click here Meeting ID: 589 769 6613, Spring 2020 Portfolio Letter - click here. Home All Journals Quantitative Finance List of Issues Volume 20, Issue 12 2019 Impact Factor. Quantitative Finance Society - Bocconi. The IAQF is a not-for-profit, professional society dedicated to fostering the profession of quantitative finance by providing platforms to discuss cutting-edge and pivotal issues in the field.. JOIN IAQF CONTACT US Dedicated to fostering the profession of quantitative finance. The Quantitative Finance Society is the leading markets-focused financial analysis club at NYU Stern. It was established in 2013in order to support the trading and risk management departments that operate in banks and financial institutions. History: A Shift to Trading and Markets We have general meetings every Tuesday from 12:30pm - 1:45pm in T-201. We also dabble in financial research and backtesting. Following this meeting, Igor once again stepped up to present a discussion on Decision Trees. A career as … Our Portfolio Team meets once per week as a whole, and individual portfolios have weekly meetings as well. NYU Quantitative Finance Society, New York, New York. With the help of its board and its members, the QFS's future seems very bright. The Quantitative Finance Society strives to be the best and provide members with invaluable information applicable to future careers in the Finance industry. How: Portfolios, trading competitions/simulations, market discussions, guest speakers, trade pitches, workshops, Where: Stern School of Business, New York University. The founders decided that talk would never convince the Stern community to support an avant-garde club, but rather concrete actions would be the new voice. Who: A society dedicated to educating students about trading, the markets, portfolio management, and the macroeconomy. Quantitative Finance publishes both theoretical and empirical interdisciplinary research on a broad range of specialisms within quantitative methods of finance. QFS is a newly founded, ambitious society in Bocconi that wishes to study frontier aspects of finance with a particular focus on algorithmic trading. 1.3K likes. It facilitates the trading of Japan’s financial securities under the country's Financial Instruments and Exchange Act. Once again, the audience was very receptive and an engaging conversation followed the meeting. The Quantitative Finance Society strives to be the best and provide members with invaluable information applicable to future careers in the Finance industry. Log in | Register Cart. The Quantitative Finance Society is the leading markets-focused financial analysis club at NYU Stern. We hold weekly Tuesday meetings in which we teach and discuss different financial topics, and our portfolio teams meet weekly to give hedge fund style trade pitches.