INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR QUANTITATIVE FINANCE

SENIOR FELLOWS About the IAQF, the GCARD’s Inaugural Professional Society Partner

Phelim Boyle (formerly the IAFE) Wilfrid Laurier University The International Association for Quantitative Finance is the professional society dedicated to fostering the profession of quantitative finance by Douglas Breeden Duke University providing platforms for the discussion of cutting-edge and pivotal issues in the field.

Michael Brennan Founded in 1992, the IAQF is composed of individual academics and practitioners from Manchester University UCLA banks, broker dealers, hedge funds, pension funds, asset management firms, technology

Peter Carr firms, regulatory bodies, accounting, consulting and law firms, and universities across the NYU Tandon globe.

John C. Cox MIT Sloan School of Management Through frank discussions of current policy issues, hosting programs to educate the

Emanuel Derman finance community, and recognizing the outstanding achievements in the field, the IAQF acts as a beacon for the development of quantitative finance. Throughout its history, the Darrell Duffie Stanford University IAQF’s pre-eminent leadership has positioned us to respond with savvy to the evolving

Robert Engle needs of the community. The IAQF’s programs – from our area- New York University specific committees to our evening forums to the Financial Engineer of the Year Award –

John C. Hull are designed to provide our membership with uniquely valuable activities to enhance University of Toronto their work in the field. Jonathan Ingersoll Yale University Why Join the IAQF? Robert Jarrow Cornell University As ever more attention is focused on quantitative finance, the IAQF stands out as the Martin L. Leibowitz Morgan Stanley leading professional society with a mission to address the timely and innovative issues in

Hayne Leland the field. Our membership represents an unmatched level of expertise. UC Berkeley

Robert Litterman IAQF Members Enjoy: Kepos Capital • Access to exclusive content on our website Robert Litzenberger University of Pennsylvania This includes access to the entire archive of the IAQF’s former publication, the

Andrew Lo Journal of Financial Engineering. MIT Sloan School of Management • Harry Markowitz Free attendance to IAQF Evening Forums Daiwa Securities Trust Co. The IAQF holds monthly talks and panel discussions on pressing topics in the field of Harry Markowitz Co. quantitative finance and the policy issues that are just around the corner. Leo Melamed Melamed & Associates • Discounts to IAQF-Endorsed Conferences Robert Merton As part of our educational mission, we endorse conferences that we believe our MIT Sloan School of Management membership would value. Conference fees can be exorbitant and the discounts that Richard Roll UCLA our members usually receive often saves them a dollar amount exceeding the price

Mark Rubinstein of their IAQF membership. University of California

Myron S. Scholes • Invitations to uro Annual Award Dinner Oak Hill Platinum Partners Our highest profile event, our Financial Engineer of the Year Award Dinner offers a

Eduardo Schwartz unique opportunity to socialize with people making significant contributions to the UCLA field. William F. Sharpe Stanford University The IAQF offers Student, Academic, Young Practitioner and Practitioner Memberships, James H. Simons Renaissance Technologies Corp. as well as Academic Affiliate Memberships to Masters-level academic programs in Quantitative Finance/Financial Engineering/ orsimilar fields of Oldrich Alfons Vasicek Moody’s Analytics concentration. For more information, please visit www.iaqf.org

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