The International Association for Quantitative Finance (IAQF), formerly the International Association of Financial Engineers (IAFE), is a non-profit professional society concerned with the fields of quantitative finance and financial engineering . The IAQF hosts several panel discussions throughout the year to discuss the issues that affect the industry from both academic and professional angles. Since it was established in 1992, the IAQF has expanded its reach to host events in San Francisco , Toronto , Boston , and London .
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69-571: A meeting for the anniversary of the French Revolution of 1848 , during which they would establish a political international for democrats of different nationalities. In February 1855, this committee formed the nucleus for the creation of the International Committee (IC), which brought together representatives from Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Spain, with the intention of coordinating revolutionaries of different countries in
92-506: A significant contribution in the development and creative application of financial engineering. An award dinner is held annually to honor the achievements of Financial Engineer of the Year. All listed recipients are IAQF Senior Fellows. The IAQF is currently presided over by a 15-member Board of Directors. The members of the Board come from many different backgrounds and include many influential names in
115-791: A single political international . On 10 August 1856, members of the IC held a meeting at the John Street Institution; there they established the International Association (IA), a political international dedicated to the abolition of class stratification through social revolution . The IA brought together organisations from four different nations: the French socialists of the Revolutionary Commune ( French : Commune révolutionnaire ; CR), led by Félix Pyat ; German communists of
138-511: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages International Association (1855) The International Association (IA), established in 1855 as the International Committee (IC), was a left-wing political international that advocated for social revolution and the abolition of class stratification . It brought together representatives from several different nations, including
161-477: Is specifically for financial engineering and it is hugely popular with both the students and companies. Often, these events are evening panels with 3–4 speakers; both practitioners and academics typically sit on these panels. Much of the information presented at these events is available afterward on the IAQF website. Every year, the IAQF honors one member of the financial engineering world with its Financial Engineer of
184-630: The German Workers Educational Association ( German : Deutscher Arbeiterbildungsverein ; DABV), led by Karl Schapper ; British Chartists of the National Charter Association (NCA), led by Ernest Jones ; and Polish nationalists of the Polish Revolutionary Society ( Polish : Gromada Rewolucyjna Polska ; GRP), led by Ludwik Oborski [ pl ] . The IA also established a section in
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230-464: The FBMF is the very successful "How I Became a Quant" event series that bring professionals to college campuses to tell students about their experiences getting into the field. The FBMF also co-hosts (along with SIAM and New York University ) an annual career fair that draws students from all over the country to meet with the premier hiring companies in the industry. This is one of the only career fairs that
253-788: The French Revolutionary Commune (CR), the German Workers Educational Association (DABV), the British National Charter Association (NCA) and the Polish Revolutionary Society (GRP). Following the Revolutions of 1848 , thousands of political refugees from throughout Europe fled political repression in their home countries and sought asylum in London . In the United Kingdom , these refugees were extended civil liberties such as freedom of assembly and freedom of
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#1732837412140276-507: The French feminist Jeanne Deroin , argued that no true democrat could object to gender equality. The IA was anti-capitalist at its core and called for solidarity between working people although not all its members agreed on the specifics of its socialist programme. The executive organ of the IA was its Central Council, which published the IA's bulletin. The IA allowed women to join as members, which
299-537: The IA was relatively small, short-lived and uninfluential, describing it more as a "herald of the future than a thing of actual flesh and blood". Although the IA's influence during its own time was limited, many of its members went on to join the International Workingmen's Association (IWMA), which was established in London in 1863. International Association of Financial Engineers The educational arm of
322-403: The IA's German members likewise left for their home country. The International Association's ultimate objective was the overthrow the existing order of class stratification in a social revolution . It was opposed to the nationalism and class collaboration , associated with Giuseppe Mazzini 's interpretation of internationalism. The IA also advocated for full gender equality ; one member,
345-527: The IAQF and traditionally held at the United Nations building in New York City. The IAQF hosts an annual conference in the late spring, which is an all day event. The schedule consists of 2–3 panels and a keynote speech by the previous year's Financial Engineer of the Year, all of which circle around one common theme. Commencing in 1993, this award has been presented annually to an individual who has made
368-492: The IAQF is the Fischer Black Memorial Foundation (FBMF). While the IAQF focuses on the profession of financial engineering, the FBMF aims to expose students to the financial engineering field and help them work towards a career in the industry. Financial engineering is often underrepresented on university campuses and the FBMF tries to bridge the gap between academia and the professional world. The main tool of
391-776: The United States, where German and French exiles set up branches in Boston , Chicago , Cincinnati and New York . The IA hosted celebrations to mark the anniversaries of various revolutionary events in history, including the establishment of the French First Republic (21 September 1792), the November Uprising (29 November 1830), the February Revolution (24 February 1848) and the June Days uprising (22 June 1848). By
414-489: The Year (FEOY) award. The winner is selected through an exhaustive nomination and voting process and the list of former winners illustrates the high standards that the nominees must meet. Former FEOY recipients continue to serve the IAQF as Senior Fellows and include such notable names as Myron Scholes , Robert Merton , William Sharpe , and Jonathan Ingersoll . The winner of the FEOY is celebrated at an annual Gala-dinner hosted by
437-536: The autumn of 1854, British Chartists led by Ernest Jones established a "Welcome and Protest Committee" to respectively welcome Barbès to Britain and protest Napoleon's upcoming state visit to the country. When neither Barbès nor Bonaparte ultimately travelled to Britain, the Chartists took the opportunity to expand the scope of the organisation, reorienting the committee to establishing connections with other European democrats. On 21 January 1855, they decided to organise
460-542: The end of the 1850s, the IA was experiencing a marked decline. In 1858, the National Charter Association held its last convention and, the following year, its leadership merged into the newly established Liberal Party . In 1859, after Napoleon III proclaimed a general amnesty, many of the IA's French members withdrew and returned to their home country. In 1861, the Kingdom of Prussia also proclaimed an amnesty, and
483-420: The press , which they used to hold meetings and publish radical publications throughout the early 1850s. The Fraternal Democrats , an international organisation founded by British radicals that had brought together many of these polticial refugees, struggled to handle the turmoil of 1848 and ultimately dissolved in 1854. After Armand Barbès was pardoned by Napoleon III and subsequently fled into exile, in
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529-465: Was a rarity at the time. According to Arthur Lehning, the International Association was "the first international organization of a proletarian and socialist character, and forms the last and most important link in the series of international manifestations during the three decades prior to the foundation of the First International." In contrast, Henry Collins and Chimen Abramsky pointed out that
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