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Geopolitical Risk - Analyzing the Age of Uncertainty - Geopolitical risk has regained prominence since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but few are familiar with the data and tools available to investigate its effects from a quantitative basis.
Inflation Modeling Revisited - Conning looks at inflation in the long-term historical context—to see what that can tell us about the current situation, how this might evolve, and why analysis of the historical record is back in vogue.
Thinking the Unthinkable: Stress-Testing a U.S. Treasury Technical Default - In this short article we discuss the likely effects of a technical default of Treasuries and introduce two possible scenarios for how the crisis might play out. These two scenarios could be used as a basis for current or future scenario analysis.
Incorporating Climate Tipping Points into Regulatory Scenario Analysis - Tipping points are critical thresholds in the climate system where sudden changes can lead to dramatic environmental shifts. Ignoring such tipping points in financial institutions’ climate risk assessments could lead to inadequate preparedness for the future. In a new white paper, Conning discusses a novel approach to incorporating tipping points into a probabilistic simulation model, helping predict their potential effect on asset classes.
Lorraine Hritcko is head of Conning’s global Risk Solutions business, where she is responsible for all aspects of software development, distribution, implementation and support services to meet the needs of the insurance, pensions and asset management markets. Prior to joining Conning in 2011, Ms. Hritcko was the head of North & South American Life and Property-Casualty Software Sales and Account Management at Towers Watson (now Willis Towers Watson). She also spent eight years at SunGard (now FIS) where she had Software Sales and Account Management responsibility for North & South America and APAC. She spent the first 14 years of her career in the insurance industry at Aetna, where she held various senior management roles in the Investment Management department and International Division, which had 26 businesses in 18 countries in North & South America, UK/Europe and APAC. Ms. Hritcko is a graduate of Ithaca College and earned an MBA from the State University of New York at Binghamton.
Lorraine Hritcko is head of Conning’s global Risk Solutions business, where she is responsible for all aspects of software development, distribution, implementation and support services to meet the needs of the insurance, pensions and asset management markets. Prior to joining Conning in 2011, Ms. Hritcko was the head of North & South American Life and Property-Casualty Read More...
Bill Pauling CFA, is a Director at Conning where he helps clients use Conning’s software tools to make better-informed risk and capital management decisions. Prior to joining Conning in 2021, Mr. Pauling worked at The Hartford where he held a variety of roles related to ERM, ALM and investment risk management. In his most recent role, he was responsible for developing the economic scenarios used in the enterprise economic capital model. Mr. Pauling began his career at Willis Towers Watson as a consultant for pension funds and insurance companies. Mr. Pauling is a graduate of Drexel University with a BS in Finance. He is a CFA charterholder and a member of the Hartford CFA Society.
Bill Pauling CFA, is a Director at Conning where he helps clients use Conning’s software tools to make better-informed risk and capital management decisions. Prior to joining Conning in 2021, Mr. Pauling worked at The Hartford where he held a variety of roles related to ERM, ALM and investment risk management. In his most recent ro Read More...
Andrea Barresi, Ph.D., is a Managing Director at Conning and Head of the Quantitative Finance team. He is responsible for continuous time stochastic models, derivative pricing estimation, model calibration and software development. Mr. Barresi joined Conning in 2010 through the acquisition of DFA Capital Management, where he was employed since 2007. He worked from 2004 until 2007 at IDS Pisa as analyst in the Computational Geometry Lab, and from 2002 until 2004 at the University of Pisa as a researcher in Theoretical Physics. He is a graduate of the University of Genoa with a degree in Physics and of Humboldt University in Berlin where he earned a Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics.
Andrea Barresi, Ph.D., is a Managing Director at Conning and Head of the Quantitative Finance team. He is responsible for continuous time stochastic models, derivative pricing estimation, model calibration and software development. Mr. Barresi joined Conning in 2010 through the acquisition of DFA Capital Management, where he was employed since 2007. He worked from 2004 until 2007 at IDS Pisa as ana Read More...