01 August 2012

Emanuel Derman: Quantitative Investing and the Limits of Financial Models (Video Interview)

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Before heading off to the CFA Institute Financial Analysts Seminar in Chicago in late July, Emanuel Derman, a leading practitioner of quantitative finance, stopped by our New York offices for a brief interview. Derman, whose latest book is called, Models.Behaving.Badly: Why Confusing Illusion with Reality Can Lead to Disaster, on Wall Street and in Life, spoke about his motivations for writing the book, the origin and application of “The Financial Modelers’ Manifesto,” which he coauthored with Paul Wilmott, and the limits of quantitative finance.

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Jason Voss, CFA

Jason Voss, CFA, tirelessly focuses on improving the ability of investors to better serve end clients. He is the author of the Foreword Reviews Business Book of the Year Finalist, The Intuitive Investor and the CEO of Active Investment Management (AIM) Consulting. Voss also sub-contracts for the well known firm, Focus Consulting Group. Previously, he was a portfolio manager at Davis Selected Advisers, L.P., where he co-managed the Davis Appreciation and Income Fund to noteworthy returns. Voss holds a BA in economics and an MBA in finance and accounting from the University of Colorado.

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