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CPQFRM
CERTIFICATE PROGRAM IN
QUANTITATIVE FINANCE
AND RISK MANAGEMENT
FinoQ Executive Program
Indian Institute of Quantitative Finance FROM INDIA’S FIRST QUANT FINANCE INSTITUTE
Contents
Introduction..........................................3
Board of Governors............................4
About CPQFRM Program …..............5
The Curriculum....................................8
The Faculty..........................................11
Admission............................................14
Alumni Speak......................................16
About IIQF............................................18
Awards & Recognitions.....................25
Contact us............................................27
India's First
Quant Finance Institute
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Introduction - Quantitative Finance
The field of Quantitative Finance is relatively new in Further if you are someone who wants to satisfy
India. IIQF is the first Institute in India to introduce a your intellectual craving and are bored of your
specialized program in Quantitative Finance. regular This is also a very rewarding and exciting
career option for such people as there is ample
Now, let’s understand what is Quantitative Finance. scope for applying their numerical and creative
skills to design new things, be it like devising new
Quantitative Finance is the discipline that deals with investment strategies or be it structuring new
the application of mathematics, statistics, financial instruments or be it finding methods to
computer programming and physics in solving value them.
problems in the areas of high-end finance and
investments.
Abhijit Biswas,
Founding Director of Indian Institute of Quantitative
Rajan Gadkari, Finance. He is also the Founder Director and Head of
who has served as Managing Director for some of the largest Product Development at Risk Infotech Solutions, VP and
Investment Banks and Financial Institutions in New York like Head of Financial Technologies at HPC Links and Founder
Thomson Reuters, JP Morgan and as Director in Lazard Director of Quant Qubit.
Capital Markets and Merrill Lynch.
the development of the Eka system, Asia's fastest International Partners. He has a combined experience
supercomputer in 2007, and India's fastest till date. At IBM TJ of nearly 30 years in the global financial markets. He has
Watson Research Center, NY, he conceptualized and led the worked in New York, London, Hong Kong, Singapore,
development of Cell processor based systems, and the Sydney, Dubai and India in a wide range of areas which
world's first Petaflop machine, Roadrunner, at Los Alamos include Derivatives Structuring & Trading, Capital
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About CPQFRM
Program
OVERVIEW &
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
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Overview & Program Highlights
Learning Outcomes
v Free Access to Python Programming for
● Comprehensive theoretical understanding of risk Finance Course – Lecture Recordings
management concepts, from basics to advanced.
● Learn Machine Learning for Finance and its
implementation in Python Who Should Attend
● The theoretical background of various ● Finance Professionals
derivatives pricing models ● Management Students
● The theoretical background of various risk ● Financial Analysts
forecasting models
● Research Analysts
● Practical implementation of Derivatives Pricing
Models in Python! Practical implementation of Risk ● Risk Analysts
models in Excel and Python
● Credit Analysts
● Practical implementation of Risk models in Excel
and Python ● Investment Managers
● Subject Matter Experts
● Business Analysts
Course Eligibility
● IT Professionals
● Graduate degree in science / economics /
commerce / engineering / management
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Overview & Program Highlights
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
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CPQFRM Program
COURSE COVERAGE &
CURRICULUM OUTLINE
Module 201 – Introduction to Investment Finance Module 202 – Introduction to Financial Mathematics
§ Financial Markets and Products § Linear Algebra
§ Financial Economics § Calculus Review
§ Fundamentals of Fixed Income Instruments
§ Fixed Income Mathematics Module 204 – Machine Learning for Quantitative
§ Derivatives Products and Strategies Finance
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Overview & Program Highlights
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About CPQFRM
Program
FACULTY
CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
PROGRAM DELIVERY
1. Term end Project
1. Classroom based Instructor-led
2. Module-wise assignments
2. Live Interactive Instructor-led Lectures online
3. 70% Attendance
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the prerequisites for this program? Is the program suitable for non-programmers?
● Minimum Graduation in science /economics / commerce / ● We use a lot of Python in this course for teaching practical
engineering / management Undergraduate degree in finance / implementation of the models. So, participants having prior
engineering / mathematics / statistics / physics / economics / programming background definitely have an advantage.
econometrics / chartered accountancy / computer science /
MBA / CFA / FRM / PRM. ● For participants who do not have a programming background,
they will need to attend a primer module on basic Python
Proficiency in spoken and written English. Basic knowledge of Programming. For registered participants of the course, when you
Statistics. Working knowledge of Excel join the course, you get access to a Primer module on Python.
● The Python primer module is designed for people who do not
have any kind of prior programming background and want to learn
Is the program suitable for people having no programming for developing applications related to finance. The aim
of this module is to teach python in an easy, lucid and structured
background in finance? way so that people coming from even no-technical or non-
programming background can learn and use the python language.
● While a prior background in finance, particularly knowledge of
Financial Markets, Financial Products, etc. will be useful.
However, the required areas of finance are taught in the course as
How is the course delivered?
well, so participants from non-finance background can also join ● This program is conducted as a comprehensive online course
this course. In fact, at least half of the participants of this offered via online live interactive lecture sessions on weekends. All
program is from non-finance background and they have lectures are recorded also and participants gets access to view the
completed this quite successfully. lecture recordings as well.
How long has this programme been around for?
● The first cohort of this program commenced in 2010.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who should attend?
What is covered in the course?
● Finance and Banking Professionals – those who aspire to
grow into advanced analytical roles in Quant analytics, Derivative
● Coverage of relevant theoretical areas of Mathematics, Statistics,
Financial Markets and Products, Derivative Instruments, Trading
Pricing and Valuation, Model Validation, Treasury, Financial Risk
Strategies, Payoffs, Option Greeks etc.
Management, Compliance, Risk Consulting etc.
● Coverage of relevant areas of Machine Learning topics and their
● IT Professionals – those who aspire to work in International
practical implementation in Python.
Banks, Hedge Funds and other leading Financial Institutions in
Quant Analytics or Financial Risk Management domains or ● Machine Learning for Quantitative Finance, Monte Carlo
wanting to lead projects in IT companies for the above-mentioned Simulation Methods both theory and implementation in Python.
domains.
● Valuation of Equity Derivatives, Interest Rate Derivatives, Currency
● Risk Management and Consulting Professionals – those who Derivatives, Commodity Derivatives, Swaps both deep understanding
aspire to grow into senior roles by gaining a deeper wholesome of the models and learning the practical implementation and
knowledge in this fields particularly in the area of quantitative risk modelling in Python.
management.
● Deep Coverage of Financial Risk Management areas, Market Risk,
● Students – Students from Engineering, Mathematics, Credit Risk, Liquidity Risk, Operational Risk, Basel, FRTB, Dodd-Frank,
Statistics, Economics, Finance, Commerce etc. background who Performance Attribution etc. both theory plus practical modelling.
aspires to work in International Banks, Hedge Funds, Consulting
firms etc. in advanced analytical roles in Quant analytics, Will certificate be awarded on completion of the
Derivative Pricing and Valuation, Model Validation, Treasury, program? What are the certification criteria?
Financial Risk Management, Compliance, Risk Consulting etc.
● The participant becomes eligible to get the certificate on
Who are the faculty? completion of a capstone project that is given at the end of the
program, participants who attend and follow all the lectures should
● The course is taught by highly acclaimed Quant practitioners be able to complete the project. So, to get the certificate you will also
and academics in Quantitative Finance who have worked with have to complete and submit the project.
topmost global investment banks and firms in New York, London,
Singapore, Sydney and more, with academic background from
some of the world’s top universities like Stanford (USA), Columbia
(USA), London Business School, IIM, IIT, ISI, etc. 15
Frequently Asked Questions
SHYAM NAYMA
ABHUJEET VAZE
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About
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF QUANTITATIVE FINANCE
Quantitative
Finance & Financial
Engineering
Education & Training
An institution In the
dedicated to field of Risk Management
Consulting
Quantitative
Algorithmic Trading
Founded by pioneers in India and top experts from the field of Financial Risk Management,
Financial Engineering and Investment Banking. An educational institution focusing on promoting
education and training in the field of Financial Engineering, Quantitative Finance,
Risk Management, Investment Banking, Algorithmic Trading, Derivative Products and several
other areas of Modern Finance for more than a decade.
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ABOUT US View More on Website
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https://www.iiqf.org/aboutus.html
Indian Institute of Quantitative Finance (IIQF) is IIQF in partnership with HPC Links, a company
established as a center of learning in the field of specializing in High Performance and Parallel
Quantitative Finance and Financial Engineering. Computing technologies, develops Algorithmic Trading,
Founded by leading finance professionals and Derivatives Valuations, Risk Analytics Solutions and
entrepreneurs with extensive global experience and Products using High Performance Computing
expertise in specialized Quantitative Finance and technologies and infrastructure. It provides volatility
Risk Management domains and educational trading strategy advisory service to derivatives trading
background from the best of global institutions. desks of financial institutions.
It is the first institute of its kind in India that It has conducted corporate training programs for banks
exclusively focuses on this extremely specialized like Bank of New York Mellon, CitiBank, Societe
field. IIQF conducts specialized courses and Generale, ING Vysya etc. In partnership with Thomson
corporate training programs on advanced Reuters it conducts the most comprehensive course in
quantitative finance, risk management, financial Financial Engineering in India.
modelling, simulations and econometrics for
corporates and individuals. There are specialized
courses tailored to the specific needs of investment India's First
banking and other finance verticals from last 15
Years. Quant Finance Institute
You can contact us at : info@iiqf.org
Phone no. 022-28797660/ +91 9769860151
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INDUSTRY PARTNERS
IIQF has conducted 600,000+ man hours of training in Financial Engineering, Quantitative Finance,
Investment Banking and Risk Analytics for large MNC and Indian financial institutions like:
IIQF has conducted training for students of academic institutions like IIT-Bombay, BITS Pilani, NITIE, etc.
Office Hours:
Weekdays : 10:00 AM - 7:30 PM
Phone: +91-22-28797660
Email: info@iiqf.org
https://www.iiqf.org
India's First
Indian Institute of Quantitative Finance Quant Finance Institute
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