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New York University

Director, Masters in Math Finance Program

Mathematics Department
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences

New York University

251 Mercer Street

New York, NY 10012

 

 

Bloomberg LP

Head of Quantitative Financial Research

731 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022
(212) 617-5056

 

Email: pcarr@nyc.rr.com

Fax: (917) 369-5629

 

Dr. Peter Carr is the Head of Quantitative Financial Research at Bloomberg LP, where his group is responsible for all facets of the business operation relating to modeling and analytics. He is also the Director of the Masters in Math Finance program at NYU's Courant Institute. Prior to his current positions, he headed equity derivative research groups for six years at Banc of America Securities and at Morgan Stanley. His prior academic positions include 4 years as an adjunct professor at Columbia University and 8 years as a finance professor at Cornell University. Since receiving his PhD. in Finance from UCLA in 1989, he has published extensively in both academic and industry-oriented journals. He is currently the treasurer of the Bachelier Finance Society and a practitioner director for the Financial Management Association. Peter is also an associate editor for 8 academic journals related to mathematical finance and derivatives. He has given numerous talks at both practitioner and academic conferences. He is also credited with numerous contributions to quantitative finance including:  co-inventing the variance gamma model, inventing static and semi-static hedging of exotic options, and popularizing variance swaps and corridor variance swaps. Peter has recently won awards from Wilmott Magazine for ``Cutting Edge Research'' and from Risk Magazine for ``Quant of the Year''.

 

Work Experience

 

Head of Quantitative Financial Research, Bloomberg LP, May 2003 - Present

Visiting Member, Director Masters MF Program, NYU Courant Institute, Jun 2001 - Present

Principal, Banc of America Securities, Jan 1999 - May 2001

Adjunct Professor, Columbia University, Jul 1997 - Jun 2001

Vice President, Morgan Stanley, Feb 1996 - Dec 1998

Assistant Professor of Finance, Cornell University, Jul 1988 - Jun 1996

Education

 

PhD. Finance, University of California, Los Angeles, Sep 1989

M.B.A. Accounting/Finance, University of Toronto, Jun 1983

BCom., Accounting/Economics, University of Toronto, Jun 1981

 

 

Resume:  Academic Resume (pdf)

Bio:  My Bio (pdf)

 

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