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Ton Vorst is professor emeritus at the department of Finance at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Ton Vorst holds a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Utrecht and was full professor in Finance at Erasmus University Rotterdam, before joining VU Amsterdam in 2006 on a parttime basis. From 2000 until the end of 2009 he was Executive Vice President at ABN-AMRO and later on RBS, responsible for quantitative risk management. He is associate editor of the Journal of Derivatives and has held 8 other associate editorships at international academic journals in the past.

Research

Main research interests are in pricing and hedging of derivatives, risk management and asset-liability management.

Teaching

Supervising PhD students and master's students.

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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals