Philippe Jorion is an author, professor and risk manager. He is the author of more than 100 publications on the topic of risk management and international finance,[1] and is credited with pioneering the Value at Risk approach to risk management.[2]
Philippe Jorion | |
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| Occupation(s) | Author, professor of finance, university of california at irvine / head of risk management at paamco |
| Notable work | Value at Risk, Financial Risk Management Handbook, Big Bets Gone Bad |
Jorion's works include Financial Risk Manager Handbook and Value at Risk: The New Benchmark for Managing Financial Risk. He serves as the Chancellor’s Professor of Finance at the Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California at Irvine[3] and is a managing director at investment firm PAAMCO where he heads the Risk Management group.[4]
Jorion has received several awards honoring excellence in research and financial writing, including two from the CFA Institute.[5] Jorion holds an MBA and a PhD from the University of Chicago and a degree in engineering from ULB Brussels.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Philippe Jorion Ph.D." Bloomberg.com. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
- ^ "Goldman Sachs' sick con: How they made money off your misery". Salon.com. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
- ^ Arends, Brett (March 25, 2009). "Ten Reasons to Consider Global Funds". Wall Street Journal. Wsj.com. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
- ^ "Philippe Jorion, PhD". Paamco.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
- ^ "All Past Graham and Dodd Award Winners". Taylor & Francis. Cfapubs.org. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
- ^ "Philippe Jorion, PhD". Paamco.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2015.