Contemporary Issues in Quantitative Finance

Ahmet Can Inci is Professor of Finance at Bryant University in Rhode Island, U.S.A. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 2001. He holds an M.B.A. from Ohio State University, an M.Sc. in control systems from Imperial College – University of London, and a B.Sc. in electrical and electronics engineering from Bogazici University in Istanbul. Professor Inci’s research interests include exchange rate dynamics, corporate governance, emerging markets, oil and energy, futures, contagion and flight to quality, the gender gap at the workplace, insider trading, intraday volatility, and market efficiency. He teaches innovations in finance, international finance and business, investments, corporate finance, foundations of financial theory, financial analytics, and financial engineering. He is a C.A.I.A. member, A.A.S.C.B. program consultant/reviewer, and editorial board member of numerous academic journals.

1. Introduction: History, Present, Future of Financial Markets and Securities, 2. Global Finance, 3. Financial Crises: Reasons, Consequences, Lessons, 4. Trading Ecosystem: History, Speed, Orders, Intraday, E.S.G., 5. Asset Pricing Models, 6. Modern Portfolio Theory and Optimization, 7. Hedge Funds, Mutual Funds, E.T.F.s, 8. Stochastic Calculus, 9. Monte Carlo Simulations, 10. Value-at-Risk [VaR], 11. Fixed-Income Securities, Term Structure of Interest Rates, 12. Options: Introduction, 13. Options: Binomial Tree Model, 14. Options: Black-Scholes-Merton Model, 15. Options: Greeks and Risk Management, 16. Forwards and Futures, 17. Alternative Investments, 18. Currency, Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Fintech, 19. Artificial Intelligence in Finance, 20. Big Data Analytics