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15 December 2022 - Congratulations to Francis Lu, who is our 2022
WCIB prizewinner! Francis receives the prize for best student dissertation, entitled "Can unsupervised machine learning create profitable and robust pairs trading portfolios?
" His work
applied OPTICS algorithm to US equity datasets for pairs selection combined with cointegration based trading rule to create a pairs trading strategy, showing that OPTICS can effectively narrowing search space for potential pairs for trading.
As IFT's winner, Francis also qualifies to participate in the annual WCIB Lombard Prize competition, a nationwide competition where he will compete against 21 other WCIB prize winners from other business schools. We wish him the best of luck!
3 November 2022 - We are delighted to announce that Paola Bergamaschi-Broyd, IFT's Industry Director, has been elected to join the AIG Board of Directors, effective 1 December 2022.
Peter Zaffino, Chairman & CEO, AIG, said “We are very pleased that Paola is joining the AIG Board of Directors. Paola is an experienced financial services executive and independent director who brings deep international expertise in capital markets, global banking, and risk and international regulatory oversight.” Read the full press release here.
27 October 2022 - IFT PhD Researcher and CEO of PlusValue (PV), Filippo Addarii, and Industrial Professor Budha Bhattacharya, joined experts across the world of ESG on 25 October to launch the
European Commission's Sustainable Finance Research Forum. The Forum will be an open platform to discuss approaches and experiences of academics, policy officers and financial sector practitioners to strengthen the role of open science and knowledge sharing between the financial sector and the research community.
Find out more here.
9 October 2022 - We are delighted to announce the launch of our new MSc programme in
Responsible Finance and Alternative Assets. The programme, which will welcome its first cohort in 2023, is a response to growing global demand for financial impact and environmental asset managers capable of dealing with the interaction between finance and sustainable investment, such as natural capital assets.
The MSc will equip students with the skills and tools required to grasp the underlying concepts and practical trade-offs involved in sustainable finance and impact and environmental investment and policy.
Applications open in January 2023. Find out more via the prospectus page here.
7 September 2022 -
Social Outcomes Contract (SOC) for the work inclusion of inmates IFT's PhD researcher Filippo Addarii is pioneering a project to break the recidivism cycle in Italy. By increasing work inclusion of convicts, the project should reduce reincarceration rates and associated social costs. Read more here.
29 August 2022 - Congratulations to our PhD student Pornpanit Rasivisuth has been selected to join the VC Scholar programme organised by The LHoFT - Luxembourg House of Financial Technology and MiddleGame Ventures.
The VC Scholar programme is a 3-week event that provides MSc and PhD students the opportunity to delve deep into the financial technology sector and venture capital industry in Luxembourg and the European Union. We can't wait to hear more about what Pornpanit learns and brings back with her to implement in her studies!Photo cred: The LHoFT/Middlegame Ventures
30 April 2022 - IFT PhD student
Pornpanit Rasivisuth came second in the #LoveUCL student photo competition this month! Congratulations Pornpanit!
Her entry was also featured on
UCL's Instagram here.
18 March 2022 - Alicia Reyes, IFT Industrial Professor and Director of Sabadell and Ferrovial, has also joined KBC (Belgium at its highest administrative authority. This is Alicia's third position on a board of a European listed company. Read the full press release here via GlobalNewswire.
20 August 2021 -
Budha Bhattacharya, IFT Industrial Professor and Head of Analytics for ESG IQ, spoke at a Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce
webinar on ESG data.
He joined Frederick Chu, Executive Director at Haitong International Asset Management, Pat Woo, Partner at KPMG China, and Kin Yu, Data Analytics Director at ESG IQ.
February 2021 - IFT graduate Chloe Salehnejad was named as runner-up for the 2020 WCIB Lombard Prize.
As a prize, Chloe was invited to join one of the WCIB's major City of London functions. Congratulations Chloe!
15 January 2021 - Simona Paravani-Mellinghoff, then IFT Industrial Professor and Chief Investment Officer with BlackRock, was interviewed by Bloomberg about her experience working with refugees.
Paravani explains how writing a children’s book and teaching machine learning has helped her learn resilience and prevented her from becoming a ‘dinosaur.’
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