The African Collaboration for Quantitative Finance and Risk Research (ACQuFRR) Unit continued its drive over the past year to advance the theory and application of modern quantitative, statistical and mathematical techniques to the modelling and risk management of financial products and markets – particularly as they apply in Africa.
The unit, which is the research arm of the newly established African Institute of Financial Markets and Risk Management, co-hosted two groundbreaking “Prescient Securities/ACQuFRR Quant” conferences and co-organised the “African Institute of Mathematical Sciences Summer School in Mathematical Finance” in 2013. In addition to its regular weekly Seminar Series, the unit also hosted two industry-led Masterclasses and four Extraordinary Seminars, and established a research collaboration with the University of Nairobi in Kenya.
ACQuFRR’s publication output continues to grow, with members publishing 13 peer-reviewed journal articles in 2013.
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