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  1. Ken Abbott

    Private Equity Resources

    Private Equity Explained With Examples and Ways To Invest https://www.morganstanley.com/im/publication/insights/articles/article_introductiontoprivateequitybasics.pdf Private equity - Wikipedia...
  2. Ken Abbott

    Investment Banking Overview Material

    What Investment Bankers Do: A Guide to Investment Banking Explained Investment Banking Overview Investment Banking | Quick Primer Investment Banking: The Ultimate Industry Overview What is an Investment Banker? | CFA Institute Investment banking - Wikipedia
  3. Ken Abbott

    Finanical Planning & Analysis Resources

    FP&A Resources for Financial Institutions 1. Clear guidance on how FP&A teams in banks support strategic and risk management initiatives across driving economic cycles. Grant Thornton 2. A whitepaper outlining extended planning (rolling forecasts, scenario modeling) techniques tailored for the...
  4. Ken Abbott

    Introduction to Trading / Introduction to Investing in Mutual Funds

    https://www.ici.org/doc-server/pdf%3Ag2understanding.pdf SEC.gov | Beginners Guide to Mutual Funds The Little Book of Common Sense Investing - Wikipedia Common Sense on Mutual Funds - Wikipedia The Intelligent Investor - Wikipedia Investing for beginners | Investing ideas and planning | Fidelity...
  5. Ken Abbott

    Weath Management

    https://www.cfainstitute.org/-/media/documents/book/rf-lit-review/2010/rflr-v5-n1-1-pdf.pdf https://assets.kpmg/content/dam/kpmg/xx/pdf/2022/03/future-of-wealth-management.pdf...
  6. Ken Abbott

    Introduction to Derivatives

    Videos Readings https://sgp.fas.org/crs/misc/IF10117.pdf https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R48451 Understanding Derivatives: A Comprehensive Guide to Their Uses and Benefits Derivative (finance) - Wikipedia
  7. Ken Abbott

    Asset Management Introductory Resources

    What Is Asset Management, and What Do Asset Managers Do? Asset Management Overview Asset management - Wikipedia What is Asset Management? (Full Guide) | Career Principles Asset Management: Industry Overview, Careers & Salaries Asset Management Company (AMC)
  8. Ken Abbott

    Counterparty Credit Risk Resources

    Readings https://www.bis.org/basel_framework/chapter/CRE/50.htm https://www.bis.org/bcbs/publ/d574.pdf Counterparty Risk: Definition, Types, and Examples Counterparty Risk Vs. Credit Risk Management: The Difference Basel Framework The Fed - Supervisory Policy and Guidance Topics - Credit Risk...
  9. Ken Abbott

    Collection of important documents for risk management

    The approach is basically the same. The tricky part is the way the BIS wants it reported. In addition to the ES using a full datatset, you must also do en ES with a limited dataset, and a "worst case" ES, historically. In addition, there are somewhat complex liquidity adjustments to be made...
  10. Ken Abbott

    FX Resources

    https://www.bauer.uh.edu/rsusmel/7386/ln1.pdf https://www.bis.org/publ/work1094.pdf https://web.stanford.edu/~jbulow/Lehmandocs/docs/BARCLAYS/LBEX-LL%203356480-3356609.pdf...
  11. Ken Abbott

    Best Online R Tutorial

    I'm only going to learn one, and just enough to be able to get my non-quant undergrads started doing some basic statistics. Python is too big a beast for me.
  12. Ken Abbott

    Best Online R Tutorial

    I want to teach myself R. As background, I've used many stat packages and math apps, b ut the last time I actually coded (beyond simple Excel macros was in Xbase in the 1990s. I've looked at several tutorials online, but as a beginner, I find it really, really frustrating when what I see in the...
  13. Ken Abbott

    Hiring Quants from Outside the US

    If you're good, they'll hire you. BUT, unless you have good communication skills in English, you will peak early and never break through to MD.
  14. Ken Abbott

    Purpose of pricing models

    Well-said.
  15. Ken Abbott

    Infrastructure Resources

    https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/assets.clapesuc.cl/media_post_4816_3ce9252017.pdf https://www.nber.org/system/files/chapters/c14364/c14364.pdf https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/career-map/sell-side/capital-markets/infrastructure-investments/...
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