26th February, 2015
Leading academic will open the annual derivatives event next month
Albert Menkveld, Professor of Finance at VU UniversityAmsterdam and Fellow at the Tinbergen Institute, is to provide the keynote atFOW’s Trading Amsterdam event on March 17.
Menkveld is a leading academic in focused on securitiestrading, liquidity, asset pricing, and financial econometrics.
Hewill present the on the topic of overlooked systemic risk within CCPs followinghis research on the topic, which can be downloadedhere.
Menkveld is a member of the European Finance Association ExecutiveCommittee, the Group of Economic Advisors of the European Securities and MarketAuthority and a member of the academic council of French regulator the Autoritédes Marchés Financiers.
Over 240 local and international delegates attend FOWTrading Amsterdam and topics this year include the outlook for CTAs, capital requirementsfor banks and market makers and volatility trading.
To register to attend and for more information, visitfowevents.com.
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