Introduction to PORT Risk and Attribution Models
Speakers
Bryan Weber
Portfolio Risk & Analytics Product Manager
Bloomberg
Bryan has been working within the Portfolio & Risk Analytics’ global business development group with a concentration on portfolio and firm-level risk management applications since 2008. Prior to the Portfolio & Risk Analytics group, he spent 6 years within the business development group of the Bloomberg AIM product targeting portfolio/firm level risk reporting, trade execution management, and post trade processing. His career at Bloomberg started in 1992 within our Portfolio department run from the Skillman, New Jersey office.
Bryan received a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the University of Delaware as well as holds an FRM designation.
Yingjin Gan
Head of Fixed Income Portfolio Research
Bloomberg
Yingjin Gan heads up the fixed income portfolio risk and analytics research group at Bloomberg. She leads the research effort on developing fixed income risk models and performance attribution models. She also plays an important role in model implementation, quality control, and model publications. She joined the team in December 2008. Prior to Bloomberg, Yingjin worked at Lehman Brothers’ Fixed Income Research Department since 2005. Her role was to develop the performance attribution capabilities of Lehman’s portfolio management platform (POINT), and market the platform to asset managers, hedge funds and insurance companies. Yingjin graduated from the Wharton school, University of Pennsylvania with a Ph.D in Applied Economics in 2005.