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Affiliates

The CQA is affiliated with the following organizations:


The Society of Quantitative Analysts is a New York based organization that reularly partners with the CQA on conferences and seminars on topics of interest to quantitative professionals. The CQA/SQA Seminar on Quantitative Trading is held each year in New York City in June.

For more information about SQA please visit their web site:  Society of Quantitative Analysts

For no additional fee, a limited number of CQA members and CQAsia members may participate in the two semi-annual Inquire-Europe seminars. CQA and CQAsia members are responsible to cover their own travel and lodging costs.

This reciprocity agreement also permits Inquire-Europe members to attend CQA and CQAsia events at no additional charge beyond their own travel and lodging costs.

 

Upcoming Inquire-Europe seminars will be held in the following locations:

Spring 2013

17-19 March 2013, Sheraton, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Autumn 2013

27-29 October 2013, Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski, Munich, Germany

Spring 2014

23 – 25 March, Palais Hansen Kempinski Vienna

The CQA Board of Directors is responsible to allocate the limited spaces to attend a Seminar of Inquire-Europe. Board member Todd Doersch is currently the CQA's designated liaison officer to Inquire-Europe. Other limitations apply. Please feel free to direct questions or requests for attendance to Todd at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

 

For more information about Inquire Europe please visit their web site: Inquire Europe

 

The Certificate in Quantitative Finance (CQF) is a six-month part-time course designed for in-depth training for individuals working in, or intending to move into, derivatives, development, quantitative trading or risk management. The CQF is unique in its structured approach and commitment to the field of real world quantitative finance. At all times the program's focus is on practical implementation of techniques and on the questioning and analysis of models and methods. The global standard in quantitative finance, the CQF provides analysis of practical quantitative techniques important in today's, and tomorrow's, financial landscape.

 

Benefits include:

World Class Quants Qualification

• The CQF is a challenging qualification, career enhancing, well respected and internationally renowned

Part-Time Flexible Learning

• Six-month flexible part-time program delivered twice a year

• All lectures are available streamed over the internet live and recorded. Recorded lectures are available in perpetuity

• Provides an in-depth coverage of practical quantitative methods for today's financial market

Expert Teaching and Support

• The CQF faculty, led by Dr Paul Wilmott, is a highly acclaimed team of instructors combining leading academics and practitioners specializing in the field of quantitative finance

Lifelong Learning

• CQF alumni benefit from a rapidly expanding continuing professional development program

• Lifelong Learning consists of hundreds of lectures including C++ for financial programming and the Certificate in Mathematical Methods

• CQF alumni membership, all materials and books and access to recordings in perpetuity

 

CQF Information Sessions are regularly held all over the world, and are a good way to meet the CQF team and course alumni and find out more about the program. Online information sessions are also broadcast globally. To find out where and when our upcoming information sessions are being held, visit http://www.cqf.com/admissions/information-session-dates.

For fee information see: http://www.cqf.com/admissions/fee-table

To apply visit: http://www.cqf.com/admissions



Membership in CQA is by individual, not company. Our individual members are employed by the following

companies and organizations:


18 Asset Management
Advanced Investment Partners
AIM Investments
Alliance Bernstein
Allianz Global Investors Capital
Allstate Insurance
Alpha Equity Management
Alpha Intersect
Alpha Portfolio Advisors
AlphaMetrix
Alyeska
American Century
Analytical Synthesis
Antero Capital LLC
APO Asset Management
AQR Capital Management
Argent Capital
AXA Rosenberg
Axioma
Bank of Americal/Merrill Lynch
Bank Pictet & Cie
Barclays Capital
Baring Asset Management
Barr Rosenberg Research Center LLC
Barra
Batterymarch
Ben Guiron University
BLACKROCK
Bloomberg
BNP
Boston College
Boston Common Asset Management
Boston Partners Asset Management
Boston University
Brandes Investment Partners
Bridgeway Capital Management
Cabot Research
CAIA Association
California State Teachers Retirement System
Campbell & Company
Capital IQ
Caravel Asset Management
Cardinal Investment Advisors
CC&L Investmentment Management
Certium Asset Management
CFA Institute
Charles Schwab
Charter Oak Investment Systems
Chicago Equity Partners
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Cirrus Research
Citi Private Bank
CitiMortgage Inc.
Clarifi
Clarivest Asset Management
Coefficient Global
Columbine Capital Services
CPP Investment Board in Toronto
Credit Suisse
Crossgates Investment Management
Data Explorers
DB Advisors
Deere & Company
Deka Investment
Denver Investments Advisors
Deutsche Asset Management
Dodge & Cox Investment Managers
Duke University
Dupont Capital Management
E Fund Management
Explorer Asset Management
FACTSET
Federated Investors
FFCM LLC
Fidelity Investments
Fidelity Management and Research Co.
FIL Investments International
First Quadrant
First State Investments (UK)
Franklin Portfolio Associates
Fuller & Thaler Asset Mgmt
Geneva Investment Advisors
Geneva Investment Management of Chicago
Geode Capital Management
Global Association of Alternative Investors
Global Focus Capital
Golden Capital Management
Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Government of Singapore Investment Corp.
Guzman & Company
Hagin Investment Research
Harman Investment Advisors
Harris Investment Management
Hartford Investment Management
Harvard Business School
Hewitt EnnisKnupp
HighMark Capital Management
Highstreet Asset Management
Hillsdale Investment Management
Homeport Asset Mgmt
Independence Equity Management
Indian School of Business
ING Investment Management
Innovative Quant Solutions, LLC
Invesco
Investcorp
Investment Management Institute, LLC
ITG
Jacobs Levy Equity Management
Janus Capital
Jefferies
John Deere
JP Morgan
JP Morgan Asset Management
Kennedy Capital Management, Inc.
Krema Asset Mangement
Kuwait China Investment Company
Lee Munder Capital Group
Legg Mason Investment Counsel
London Business School
Los Angeles Capital Management
Lowry Hill
LSV Asset Management
Lumos Capital Management
M&I Investment Mgmt Corp.
Macquarie Capital
Madison Investment Advisors
Madison Square Investors
Malbec Partners
Maple Securities
Martingale Asset Management
Maverick Capital
Mellon Capital Management
Mellon Equity Associates
Menta Capital
Meritage Portfolio Management
Merrill Lynch
Mesirow Financial
MetLife
MFS Investment Management
Montclair State University
Moore Capital
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
Morningstar Europe
Nomura Securities International
Northern Trust
Northern Trust Global Investment
Northfield Information Services
NorthPointe Capital
NPI Capital
Numeric Investors
Nuveen Hyde Park Group
Nuveen Investments
NYSTRS
Ohio State University
OppenheimerFunds Inc.
Pacific Altermative Asset Management Co.
Palladiem Partners, LP
PanAgora
Petsch Analytics
Piedmont Investment Advisors
PMI Group
PNC Capital Management
ProShares ETFs and Profunds
Putnam Investments
Pyramis Global Advisors
QFG Consulting
QS Investors
Quantitative Investment Insights
Quantitative Management Assoicates
Quantitative Services Group
Quoniam Asset Management
Research Foundation of CFA Institute
Richard Bernstein Capital Management
Robeco Asset Management
Roc Asset Management
Ronin Capital
Rosenblatt Securities
Rothschild Asset Mgmt
Russell Investments
SAC Capital Advisors
SBCC Group
Seamor Capital
SEB Asset Management
Security Global Investors
Sensato Capital Management
SpeakToMe Inc.
Spider Management Co.
State of Michigan
State Street Global Advisors
State Teachers Retirement of Ohio
Strategic Global Advisors
STW Fixed Income Management
SystematIQ Research
T. Rowe Price Associates
Ten Asset Management
Tennessee Consolidated Retirement Sys
Texas A & M University
The Boston Company
The Vanguard Group
Thomas White International
Thomson Reuters
Thrivent Asset Management
TIAA-CREF
Tilburg University
Trucolor Capital Management
Trust Company of the West
Tudor Investments
Twin Capital Management
UBS Global Asset Management
UBS O'Connor
University of Chicago
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Michigan
University of Washington
US Bank
Vanderbilt University
Vantage Consulting Group
VERIZON
Vernon Square Capital
Victory Capital
Virginia Retirement System
Wellington Management Company
Wells Capital
West End Avenue Advisors
Whitney Bank
William Blair & Company
Windham Capital Management
Wooodmen of the World Life
WorldQuant
XR Trading
Yale School of Management
Zacks Investment Research