Robert R. Reitano

Biography

"Robert R. Reitano is Professor of the Practice in Finance at the Brandeis International Business School where he specializes in risk management and quantitative finance, and where he previously served as Senior Director, Academics. He also teaches as Adjunct Professor in Wuhan University of Technology School of Economics, and previously as Visiting Professor at Reykjavik University School of Business, and as Adjunct Professor in Boston University's Masters Degree program in Mathematical Finance. Dr. Reitano is a consultant in investment strategy and financial risk management, was Chief Investment Officer of Controlled Risk Insurance Company (CRICO), and previously had a 29 year career at John Hancock/Manulife in asset/liability risk management and investment strategy, advancing to Executive Vice President & Chief Investment Strategist. His research papers have appeared in a number of journals and have won an Annual Prize of the Society of Actuaries and two biennial F.M. Redington Prizes awarded by the Investment Section of the Society of the Actuaries. His book, “Introduction to Quantitative Finance: A Math Tool Kit,” was published by The MIT Press in January, 2010, and translated into Chinese by Truth & Wisdom Press in March, 2015. He is self-publishing an advanced follow-on series, “Foundations of Quantitative Finance,” for which the first two books were published in 2017. Dr. Reitano was Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of the Professional Risk Managers International Association (PRMIA) and now serves on the Executive Committee of the Board, is a member of the Financial Research Committee of the Society of Actuaries, and serves on other not-for-profit boards and investment committees. He has a Ph.D. in Mathematics from MIT, is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, and a Chartered Enterprise Risk Analyst."

Research Interest

Quantitative finance and financial risk management. Financial derivatives modeling, pricing and hedging applications.