Centre for Actuarial Science, Risk and Investment

Research at CASRI

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The Centre for Actuarial Science, Risk and Investment has been steadily expanding its research capacity, building up a team of internationally renowned academics and research students.

CASRI is part of the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science, enabling research students to have access to academics in the subject areas of statistics and mathematics, and further support is provided by the dedicated graduate school, Woolf College.

Links to Industry and Profession

  • CASRI is active in maintaining and developing links with the commercial sector to ensure that research – and, indeed, teaching – is reflective of the needs of industry and the profession. Projects are funded through the profession and in partnership with business, and carried out with the explicit input or supervision of practitioners in industry. A number of papers have been co-authored by CASRI academics and experts from industry.
  • In addition, CASRI is involved more broadly in working with industry to facilitate recruitment and training, placements and consultancy.

Research Environment

  • CASRI is committed to providing a robust research environment for both staff and students.  Research students are assigned a supervisory team which provides both academic and pastoral support. The team provides technical help, in terms of the specific subject area under research, and broader support, such as research and presentation skills.
  • Research students are encouraged to develop work towards publication and are supported in attending and presenting at appropriate conferences.
  • CASRI forms part of the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science, which is a registered postdoctoral training centre.

Research Staff and Interests

Dr Pradip Tapadar

 Dr Pradip Tapadar
  Lecturer in Actuarial Science

 Research areas:
   Economic capital and financial risk management;
   Genetics and insurance

Dr Jaideep Oberoi

 Dr Jaideep Oberoi
  Lecturer in Finance

 Research areas:
   Risk management and asset pricing

Dr Huamao Wang

 Dr Huamao Wang
  Lecturer in Finance

 Research areas:
   Portfolio Choice under forecasted stock dynamics and transaction costs;
   Momentum, mean reversion and reaction to the fundamental of price returns

Professor Paul Sweeting

 Professor Paul Sweeting
 Professor in Actuarial Science

 Research areas:
   Longevity, pensions, risk management

Mr Guy Thomas

 Mr Guy Thomas (external link)
  Honorary Lecturer in Actuarial Science

 Research areas:
   Risk classification and loss coverage;
   Price optimisation in general insurance;
   Taxable portfolio management

Centre for Actuarial Science, Risk and Investment (CASRI), Cornwallis Building, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NF.

Contact us on +44(0)1227 827181 or via the web

Last Updated: 23/05/2012