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William R. M. Perraudin is a British economist

Economist

An economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...

. He is Professor

Professor

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and Chair of Finance

Finance

"Finance" is often defined simply as the management of money or “funds” management Modern finance, however, is a family of business activity that includes the origination, marketing, and management of cash and money surrogates through a variety of capital accounts, instruments, and markets created...

at Imperial College London

Imperial College London

Imperial College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, specialising in science, engineering, business and medicine...

, specialising in the fields of risk

Risk

Risk is the potential that a chosen action or activity will lead to a loss . The notion implies that a choice having an influence on the outcome exists . Potential losses themselves may also be called "risks"...

and pricing

Pricing

Pricing is the process of determining what a company will receive in exchange for its products. Pricing factors are manufacturing cost, market place, competition, market condition, and quality of product. Pricing is also a key variable in microeconomic price allocation theory. Pricing is a...

of debt

Debt

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instruments.

As an expert in the field of risk as applied to financial regulation

Financial regulation

Financial regulation is a form of regulation or supervision, which subjects financial institutions to certain requirements, restrictions and guidelines, aiming to maintain the integrity of the financial system...

, Perraudin has been a special advisor to the Bank of England

Bank of England

The Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom and the model on which most modern central banks have been based. Established in 1694, it is the second oldest central bank in the world...

. He has long taken the position that the financial models in use by major institutions are insufficiently conservative.

Education

From 1977 to 1981 William Perraudin studied French and History at the University of Oxford

University of Oxford

The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...

. From 1981 to 1983 he studied for a MSc in Economics at London School of Economics

London School of Economics

The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...

, before gaining a PhD in Economics from Harvard University

Harvard University

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. He also studied for a Masters in Applied Mathematics from 1995 to 1999.

Career

Before moving to Imperial, Professor Perraudin headed the finance group of Birkbeck College, University of London.

He is an associate editor of Quantitative Finance, the Journal of Banking and Finance
Journal of Banking and Finance
The Journal of Banking and Finance is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering research on financial institutions and capital markets. In 1989 the journal absorbed Studies in Banking & Finance....

and the Journal of Credit Risk.

Publications

Structured Credit Products: Pricing, Rating, Risk Management and Basel II, 2004. ISBN 1904339263, ISBN13: 9781904339267.
After the Apocalypse: Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis, Demos
Demos (UK think tank)
- History :Demos was founded in 1993 by former Marxism Today editor Martin Jacques, and Geoff Mulgan, who became its first director. It was formed in response to what Mulgan, Jacques and others saw as a crisis in politics in Britain, with voter engagement in decline and political institutions...

.
(with Robert Lamb) Dynamic Default Rates.
(with Paolo Vitale) Interdealer Trade and Information Flows in a Decentralized Foreign Exchange Market.

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