United States
Quant Guide 2020: North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina, US
Quant Guide 2020: Cornell University
Ithaca and New York City, New York, US
Quant Guide 2020: Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh and New York City, US
Quant Guide 2020: Fordham University
New York City, US
Quant Guide 2020: New York University (Tandon School of Engineering)
New York City, US
Quant Guide 2020: Baruch College, City University of New York
New York City, US
Quant Guide 2020: Boston University (Questrom School of Business)
Boston, Massachusetts, US
Quant Guide 2020: University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, US
Quant Guide 2020: Columbia University
New York City, US
Quant Finance Master’s Guide 2020
Risk.net’s guide to the world’s leading quant master’s programmes, with the top 25 schools ranked
Princeton tops Risk.net Quant Guide for second year running
UK’s Imperial ranks sixth; first university from mainland China features
Frustrated authorities resort to BCBS 239 ‘fire drills’
ECB and Finma lob impromptu data requests at banks, as BCBS 239 quietly permeates everyday supervision
Custody battle: competing tensions put IM prep in jeopardy
Conflicting custody interests and delayed docs call IM phase five readiness into question
At US banks, CECL effects differ wildly
Truist bank sees reserves leap +150%; average increase is +50%
Regulators urge buy-side action on Libor shift
ARRC set to release ‘checklist’ for buy-side firms, while FCA assesses exposures
OCC updates default auction rules to encourage buy-side bids
Clearer’s proposed changes follow client fears of being locked out
At Apple, derivatives notionals top $178bn
Credit loss amounts rocket on rate and currency fluctuations
LCH targets hardwired pre-cessation triggers
Proposal aims to align transfer pricing for cleared and bilateral markets in the event of split on ‘zombie Libor’ triggers
New pre-cessation poll likely as FCA quells zombie Libor fears
Minimal non-representative lifespan opens door for rerun of Isda trigger consultation
UK firms lead in cross-border loans to shadow banks
Entities based in the UK had 20% of outstanding global loans to non-banks
CECL drains $2.9bn from Capital One’s CET1
Core capital ratio to fall 16 basis points following switch to new accounting standard