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Free Seminars. Meet UnRisk FACTORY. Jun-08. Vienna. Zurich.
Free Seminars. Meet UnRisk FACTORY. Jun-08. Vienna. Zurich.

3-Jun-08, 15:30 - 17:30, Grand Hotel, Vienna, Austria
5-Jun-08, 15:30 - 17:30, Park Hyatt, Zurich, Switzerland


Valuate thousands of instrument positions across hundreds of scenarios during a coffee break?

UnRisk consortium is pleased to invite you to a free seminar demonstrating their brand-new product.

The event will cover:
- The foundation. High-end numerics. Inverse problem techniques. Principal component application.
- Multiply the risk analytics scope by Grid-computing. Simplify deployment: UnRisk FACTORY in a Grid-box.
- The working environment. Integration into the front-to-back-office workflow.
- UnRisk FACTORY in bank's practice. Portfolios of sophisticated deal types across scenarios. VaR.

Event benefits:
- A concise presentation for practitioners. With details where necessary.
- Exclusive insight. Don't waste a single CPU second. Advanced numerical methods are relevant
- Sources of special errors. Traps of inverse problems. How to avoid them.
- How multiplying performance enables un-compromised model precision.
- Live demonstration of UnRisk FACTORY. Speed up analysis.
- Examples from bank's practice.

Who should attend:
Designed for deal and risk professionals, who want accelerated time-to-insight and managers who want lower cost of ownership, but no performance compromises.

Agenda, please see:
http://www.unrisk.com/download/MeetUnRiskFactoryVZ.pdf

It is a free event. Places are limited to create the best experience for you.

REGISTER NOW:
http://www.unrisk.com/news/

About UnRisk:

UnRisk consortium is passionate about solving the needs of financial services, insurance, and corporate treasurers that work in the area of derivatives and risk analytics. UnRisk FACTORY is a risk analytics platform used to valuate portfolios across scenarios in an HPC environment with web access.

For more information on UnRisk, please see: http://www.unrisk.com/
Fixed Income Quantitative Portfolio Manager: USA/London - SJ1419
Fixed Income Quantitative Portfolio Manager: USA/London

A leading Global portfolio trading group is seeking a highly experienced investment professional to utilize the leverage their quantitative tools. The group is motivated to lead the Fixed Income market globally and has invested strategically in the group who are seeking additional talent to complete the successful team. Financial optimization analysis, quantitative portfolio selection and asset allocation and selection strategies based on quantitative analysis and a good understanding of C++/Java is required as automated and discretionary execution is used. You will add value using your judgment in addition to the quantitative models to take advantage of the superior investment strategies. This is a senior level position with a leading group and offers extremely competitive salary bonuses.



00 44 (0)207 019 4137

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