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Biographical data.

Single, born in Florence, Italy, 17/07/59.

Home Address: Via Sarpi 72, 50136 Florence

Home Address 1: Via Petrella 4, 20124 Milan

Office Bologna: University of Bologna, MatemateS, viale Filopanti 5, Bologna

Office Rimini: University of Bologna, Facolty of Statistical Sciences, Piazza Teatini, Rimini

Telephone: Cell. 348 7832861, Milan 02 294011302, Bologna 051 2094370, Rimini 0541 434320, Florence 055 6266108. Fax: Bologna 051 2094367

Education

June 1988 – Master of Arts in Economics, New York University GSAS

October 1984 – Laurea, Social Science, major in Economics, University of Florence.

Current position:

1998 – to date: Associate Professor of Financial Mathematics at the University of Bologna

2001 – 2004: President of the undergraduate degree “Course in Finance and Insurance”.

2003 – to date: Director of the Summer School on Frontiers of Financial Market Mathematics (FFMM), University of Bologna, Department Mathematics for Economics and Social Science (Matemates)

Other teaching positions

1997– 2006: Catholic University of Milan: Master in International Finance and Economics.

1999– 2008: University of Siena: Master in Banking and Economics

2001– 2002: Hitotsubashi University, Tokio, Master in Financial Strategy

2005 : Università Bocconi, Master in Economics

2007: University of Bologna – University of Tirana: Master in Portfolio and Risk Management,  

Off-academic assignments

2001 : Bank of Italy, Servizio Vigilanza, Course on Credit Risk

2003 – 2008: Risk Management Courses Abi Formazione (Italian Banking Association).

2002, 2003, 2005, 2006: Bank of Italy, Training Course for Inspectors, Lectures of Risk Management

 2006: Bank of  Italy, Economic Research Department: Training Course of Asset Management (joint with Piero Veronesi and Attilio Meucci)

2007-2008: Consob: Training Course on Structured Products

Off-academic positions

Fellow of Financial Econometrics Research Center, FERC, Warwick

Fellow of Ente Einaudi, Bank of Italy, Rome.

Co-ordinator of the Market Risk Area educational program, Italian Banking Association (ABI)

Member of the “Steering Committee” of the Italian Tlx Market for Structured Securities

Member of the Board of Directors of Prometeia Advisor Sim (Independent)

Previous empLoyment

July 1989-October 1997: Economic Research Department of Banca Commerciale Italiana (now, Banca Intesa), Head of the Forecast Methods and Risk Management Unit.

July 1988-July 1989: Econometric and O.R. department, Bank of Sicily

CORPORATE WORKSHOPS /SEMINARS

2002: San Paolo IMI, Milan. Market Incompleteness, Credit Risk and Counterparty Risk

2004: Datamat, Roma: Il Mercato del Risparmio Gestito (The managed fund market)

2005: UBM – Unicredit, Milano: Copula Functions

2005: Prometeia, Bologna: Finanza Strutturata (Structured Finance)

2006: Banque IXIS: Copula Methods in Finance

2007: TLX, Milano: Structured Products

2007: Bloomberg, New York: Accounting Fraud and the Pricing of Corporate Liabilities

2008: Prometeia, Bologna: Time Aggregation of Risk Measures

2008: Bank of Italy, Rome: Counterparty Risk

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

Paris, May 1997, International IAFE (International Association of Financial Engineers) Conference: "EURO 99: Implications for Risk Management"

Torino, October 1999, Conference “Torino Finanza”

London, March 2002, City Business School, Conference “Copula Functions” 

Tokyo, March 2002, II International Conference Financial Engineering and Statistical Finance

Milan, June 2002, Conference Italian Statistical Society

Tokyo, March 2003, JAFFE – Columbia Conference

Milan, May 2003, Risk Italia Conference

Tokyo, March 2004, IV International Conference Financial Engineering and Statistical Finance

Tokyo, September 2004, Daiwa-Hitotsubashi Lecture

Londra, November 2004, Cass Business School, “Copula Methods in Finance”

Londra, December 2005, Training Course Risk “Advanced Correlation Modelling and Analysis”

Londra, April 2006, Finance IQ Workshop su “Correlation Trading”

Bologna, June 2006, AIFIRM  Conference

Bologna, June 2006, Conference “Copulas and Other Aggregation Operators”

London, March, New York, May 2007: Training Course Risk: “Pricing and Hedging Credit Derivatives and Hybrids”

London, May, 2007: Training Course Risk “Correlation Trading  and Risk Management”

Venise, June 2007, Conference Italian Statistical Society

Bozen, September 2007, Conference: “Models of Credit and Operational Risks for the Credit Sector”.

Rimini, October 2007, Conference: “Credit Risk Models for Financial Markets and the Banking Sector”

New York, March 2008, Training Course Risk: “Credit Risk Modelling for Tomorrow’s Market”

London, September 2008, Training Course Risk. “Measuring, Modelling and Managing Concentration Risk”.

Milan, September 2008, Bloomberg,  “Pricing of Interest Rate, Inflation and Credit Derivatives: models and Applications”.

Milan, November 2008, Risk Italia Conference.