The Importance of Regulatory Background

[Ken Abbott]

I just spoke with one of my quant finance ex-students on the west coast who told me he became a hero at work because he knew all about CCAR, the Fed stress test. It was a focus area of the class I taught.

Just sayin'

 

[Adrian Escalera]

Not to mention Volcker Rule and Model validation. That student was me and I came into my role at a perfect time found my niche in part thanks to that QRM class and being able to speak on these subjects with familiarity.