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Q Group Colloquium Program 1998


Last updated on 16 September 1998




16 September 1998

List of Topics

(as at 10/9/98)

Start End Topic Speaker(s)
8:30 9:00 Registration  
9:00 9:10 Getting started Chairperson
9:10 9:30 Discount rates implicit in option pricing in the non-risk neutral economy Garry de Jager
9:30 10:00 Time diversification - Fact or fantasy? David Gentle
10:00 10:30 Derivatives performance attribution Mark Rubinstein
10:30 11:00 Morning tea  
11:00 11:30 Research review Mark Rubinstein
11:30 11:55 Scenario analysis in active asset allocation processes Susan Gosling
11:55 12:30 Analysis of analysts' forecasts Ron Bird
12:30 1:30 Lunch  
1:30 2:00 Trends in the quant people market Jocelyn Dehnert
2:00 2:20 Company issued warrants John Handley
2:20 2:40 Valuation of options on the average (Asian options) Daniel Dufresne
2:40 3:05 Panel discussion: "What is an asset class" Peter Higgs, John Bowers
3:05 3:35 Afternoon tea  
3:35 4:05 Style analysis in Australian equities Scott Donald
4:05 4:35 GARCH options Rob Trevor
4:35 5:05 Emerging market portfolio stability David Walsh
5:05 5:25 Close