Launch of the Chair Futures of Quantitatives Finance
BNP Paribas partners with École nationale des ponts et chaussées and Université Paris Cité to create a new academic Chair called ‘Futures of Quantitative Finance’.
This three-way collaboration brings together two globally renowned academic research institutions famed for their excellence in mathematics worldwide, and BNP Paribas, with its 200 years of banking expertise and industry recognition in financial markets. The academic Chair contributes to the French reputation of Excellency in Financial Mathematics which is universally renowned.
The academic Chair will promote, develop and foster innovation in quantitative finance worldwide. The core purpose of the Chair is to address contemporary issues in market risk modelling. It will enable academic researchers from École nationale des ponts et chaussées and Université Paris Cité to gain access to real financial markets to improve their models, while quantitative researchers at BNP Paribas will have a seat at the table to benefit from cutting-edge research.
“By partnering with BNP Paribas and Université Paris-Cité on this new Chair, École nationale des ponts et chaussées will strengthen its expertise in quantitative finance, building on a rich history of teaching and research in financial mathematics and risk modelling and management (dating back to the end of the 1980s). Our goal is to help meet today's challenges in quantitative finance, advance scientific understanding of financial markets, and strengthen our dialogue with the banking sector,"
Anthony Briant, Director of École des Ponts Paritech.
From left to right: Stéphanie Allassonnière Vice-President of Valorisation and Industrial Partnerships, Université Paris Cité
Yann Le Cam, BNP Paribas
Anthony Briant, Director of École nationale des ponts et chaussées