Iván Blanco

Biografía:
Assistant Professor in Finance at CUNEF. Ivan’s current research interests include: (i) Feedback effects between financial markets and real economy, (ii) The intersection of asset pricing and corporate finance, (iii) Quantitative Investment & Trading and (iv) Mathematical & Quantitative Finance. His research output has reached top international finance and economic journals like 'The Journal of Financial Economics', 'The Energy Journal' or 'Risks'. His work has been presented at prestigious conferences including The European Financial Management Association (EFMA), GSE Economics, Insurance-Mathematics & Economics, Energy Finance Congress, Congress of Financial and Actuarial Economics, the Finance Forum and in front of international institutions as the OECD. Prior to join CUNEF, he has worked for BBVA in the CVA/Counterparty risk group, for Banco Santander in the quantitative model validation team and as senior quantitative algorithmic trader in Arfima Trading. Ivan has also acted as independent consultant to numerous national and international firms mainly related with Investments and Asset Management. Iván Blanco holds a Ph.D. in Finance (summa cum laude award) and a M.Sc. in Finance and Quantitative Methods from the University Carlos III of Madrid (summa cum laude award), a MBA from the EOI Business School and a master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University Polytechnic of Madrid.