Moshe Milevsky
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Moshe Milevsky is an Associate Professor in Finance at the Schulich School of Business
at York University
, Canada. He graduated with a B.A. in Mathematics and Physics from Yeshiva University
in 1990 and worked as an actuarial intern at TIAA-CREF
in New York. He then continued his education and graduated with a M.A. in Mathematics and Statistics from York University in 1992. In 1996, he was awarded a Ph.D in Business Finance from York University where he has been teaching since.
His area of expertise is in mathematical financial economics
. He has done extensive research on exotic option
pricing, quantitative personal financial planning (focusing on investment strategies for retiring individuals), insurance derivatives, and alternative paradigms for risk quantification and measurement of long-term financial market investment returns.
He is also the Executive Director of the IFID Centre, a non-profit corporation dedicated to generating advanced research at the intersection of wealth management, personal finance, and insurance. For his contributions to the Fields Institute
and to the Canadian mathematical community, Moshe was inducted as a Fields Institute Fellow in 2002.
Moshe Milevsky is the author of several books, including the popular Are You a Stock or a Bond, which helps a person evaluate all the opportunities and risks in a person’s life, and the more advanced The Calculus of Retirement Income, which summarizes much of the research that Milevsky has done on quantitative personal financial planning.
Schulich School of Business
The Schulich School of Business is York University's business school located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and is an internationally-ranked business school. Schulich offers undergraduate and graduate programs in business administration, finance, public administration and international business as...
at York University
York University
York University is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, Ontario's second-largest graduate school, and Canada's leading interdisciplinary university....
, Canada. He graduated with a B.A. in Mathematics and Physics from Yeshiva University
Yeshiva University
Yeshiva University is a private university in New York City, with six campuses in New York and one in Israel. Founded in 1886, it is a research university ranked as 45th in the US among national universities by U.S. News & World Report in 2012...
in 1990 and worked as an actuarial intern at TIAA-CREF
TIAA-CREF
Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association – College Retirement Equities Fund is a Fortune 100 financial services organization that is the leading retirement provider for people who work in the academic, research, medical and cultural fields...
in New York. He then continued his education and graduated with a M.A. in Mathematics and Statistics from York University in 1992. In 1996, he was awarded a Ph.D in Business Finance from York University where he has been teaching since.
His area of expertise is in mathematical financial economics
Financial economics
Financial Economics is the branch of economics concerned with "the allocation and deployment of economic resources, both spatially and across time, in an uncertain environment"....
. He has done extensive research on exotic option
Exotic option
In finance, an exotic option is a derivative which has features making it more complex than commonly traded products . These products are usually traded over-the-counter , or are embedded in structured notes....
pricing, quantitative personal financial planning (focusing on investment strategies for retiring individuals), insurance derivatives, and alternative paradigms for risk quantification and measurement of long-term financial market investment returns.
He is also the Executive Director of the IFID Centre, a non-profit corporation dedicated to generating advanced research at the intersection of wealth management, personal finance, and insurance. For his contributions to the Fields Institute
Fields Institute
The Fields Institute is an international centre for research in mathematical sciences at the University of Toronto. The institute is named for University of Toronto mathematician John Charles Fields, founder of the Fields Medal...
and to the Canadian mathematical community, Moshe was inducted as a Fields Institute Fellow in 2002.
Moshe Milevsky is the author of several books, including the popular Are You a Stock or a Bond, which helps a person evaluate all the opportunities and risks in a person’s life, and the more advanced The Calculus of Retirement Income, which summarizes much of the research that Milevsky has done on quantitative personal financial planning.