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Actuarial and Financial Mathematics Seminars 2011-2012

Historical seminars: 2010-11; 2009-10; 2008-09; 2007-08; 2006-07; 2005-06.

Semester 1:

Wednesday 12 October 2011
Heriot-Watt University
Room CM G.01
4.15pm Kevin Yuen (Heriot-Watt University)
Optimal Asset Allocation: A Worst Scenario Expectation Approach
Wednesday 26 October 2011
Heriot-Watt University
Room CM G.01
2.15pm Catherine Donnelly (Heriot-Watt University)
Quantifying mortality risk in small defined-benefit pension schemes
Wednesday 9 November 2011
Heriot-Watt University
Room CM G.01
4:15pm
Agata Wronka (Barrie & Hibbert)
Which Market Consistent calibration is truly consistent with the market? The impact of model choice on insurer’s balance sheet.
Wednesday 16 November 2011
Heriot-Watt University
Room CM G.01
2.00pm
Christoph Reisinger (University of Oxford)
Stochastic finite differences and multilevel Monte Carlo for a class of SPDEs in finance
Thursday 8 December 2011
Heriot-Watt University
Room CM S.01
3.15pm
Phelim Boyle (Wilfrid Laurier University) )
Madoff's Ponzi Scheme
Friday 9 December 2011
Heriot-Watt University
Room CM S.01
3.15pm
Mary Hardy (University of Waterloo)
Broken hearts and common lifestyles: Modelling joint life mortality