Antoni Sureda-Gomila

Credit Risk Modeler at La Caixa

Barcelona Area, Spain

Current
Past
Education
  • Universitat Pompeu Fabra
  • Harvard University
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison - School of Business
  • Universitat Pompeu Fabra
  • Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
  • Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
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Antoni Sureda-Gomila’s Summary

Mathematician and a PhD candidate in Finance. Interested in any field related to quantitative finance: derivatives, risk management, asset management...

As a researcher, I have explored the following areas in Finance and Corporate finance:
* Financial regulation
* Corporate control
* Risk management
* Asset pricing
* Asset Management

Antoni Sureda-Gomila’s Specialties:

Financial regulation, Corporate control, Risk management, Asset pricing, Asset Management, Higher Education


Antoni Sureda-Gomila’s Experience

  • Credit Risk Modeler

    La Caixa

    (Privately Held; Banking industry)

    January 2009Present (11 months)

  • Credit Risk Modeler

    Banc Sabadell

    (Privately Held; Banking industry)

    May 2007December 2008 (1 year 8 months)

    Construction and validation of credit risk models.

  • Instructor

    Universitat Pompeu Fabra

    (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

    April 2003September 2007 (4 years 6 months)

    Fall 2006 Instructor: Mathematical Finance (Undergraduate level).
    Fall 2005 Teaching assistant: Investment (Graduate level).
    Fall 2004 Teaching assistant: Investment (Graduate level).
    Spring 2004 Teaching assistant: Advanced Microeconomics (Graduate level).

  • Research Assistant

    Universitat Pompeu Fabra

    (Educational Institution; Research industry)

    May 2003May 2007 (4 years 1 month)

    I have provided research assistantship in the following projects:

    Franzoni, F. and Marín, J. M. (2006). Pension plan funding and stock market efficiency. The Journal of Finance, 61(2):921–956.

    Marín, J. M. and Olivier, J. (2006). The dog that did not bark: Insider trading and crashes. Mimeo, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.

  • Analyst

    Financial Innovations

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Financial Services industry)

    July 2006September 2006 (3 months)

    Analysis and back testing of investment strategies.

  • Consultant

    European Investment Bank (Self-employed)

    (Self-Employed; Banking industry)

    September 2004January 2005 (5 months)

    Participation in the project:
    Exchange Rate Risk Pricing and Management of Long Term Loans in the Main Foreign Currencies Against the Tunisian Dinar.

  • Junior and senior programmer

    Getronics

    (Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)

    June 2000May 2002 (2 years )

  • Internship

    GESA - Endesa

    (Public Company; Utilities industry)

    June 1999September 1999 (4 months)


Antoni Sureda-Gomila’s Education

  • Universitat Pompeu Fabra

    PhD , Finance , 20032008

    Thesis advisor: José M. Marín
    Thesis Proposal: Essays on the behavior and regulation of insiders

    Courses:
    Real Analysis, Measure Theory (Prof. Gabor Lugosi)
    Topics in Finance (Prof. Manuel Moreno)
    Financial Economics I (Prof. Branko Urosevic)
    Financial Economics II (Prof. José M. Marín and Giovanni Cespa)
    Corporate Finance (Prof. Vicente Cuñat)
    Banking (Prof. Xavier Freixas)

  • Harvard University

    Visiting Fellow , Finance , 20062006

    Courses attended:
    Behavioral Finance (Professor Jeremy Stein)
    Corporate Finance (Professors David Scharfstein and Jeremy Stein)

    I worked on:
    “Insider trading and welfare when information has social value”.
    “Ownership Dynamics with Multiple Insiders: The case of REITs ”(with
    Robert H. Edelstein, Branko Urosevic, and Nicholas Wonder).
    “Firms vs. Insiders as Traders of Last Resort” (with José M. Marín).

  • University of Wisconsin-Madison - School of Business

    Honorary Fellow , Finance , 20062006

    I worked on:
    “Firms vs. Insiders as Traders of Last Resort” (with José M. Marín).

  • Universitat Pompeu Fabra

    MSc in Economics , Economics , 20022003

    Courses:
    Econometrics (Prof. José García Montalvo)
    Macroeconomics I (Prof. Christian Haefke)
    Microeconomics I (Prof. Fabrizio Germano)
    Microeconomics II (Prof. Fernando Vega-Redondo)
    Macroeconomics II (Prof. Jordi Galí)
    Applied Time Series Analysis (Prof. Fabio Canova)
    Microeconomics III (Prof. Sjaak Hurkens)
    Internacional Finance (Prof. Jaume Ventura)
    Macroeconomics III (Prof. Xavier Sala-i-Martin)

  • Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

    Graduate studies in quantitative finance , Finance , 20002001

    Introduction to the economic environment and finance management.
    Basic financial operations.
    Money and fixed income markets.
    Variable income and forex markets.
    Modeling and pricing of variable income assets.
    Numerical methods applied to finance.
    Interest rate models.
    Volatility and correlation.
    Market vision and its implementation.
    Quantitative risk management.
    Portfolio management.

  • Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

    BSc in Mathematics , Mathematics , 19962000

    Specialization in numerical methods and statistics.


Additional Information

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Antoni Sureda-Gomila’s Groups:

Societat Catalana de Matemàtiques

  •    Banco Sabadell
  •    The "Risk" Factor
  •    Harvard University Alumni
  •    Economist Group
  •    Basel ii Compliance Professionals Association (BCPA)
  •    Barcelona Professionals
  •    UPF Alumni - Antics UPF
  •    Quant Finance
  •    UPC alumni
  •    la Caixa Employees & Alumni Network
  •    Quant Linked Group (QLG: Wall Street Quants)
  •    Real Estate and Infrastructure in Spain
  •    Finance Club

Antoni Sureda-Gomila’s Honors:

2007 American Real Estate Society (ARES) Foundation Best Paper award at the 12th Asian Real Estate Society (AsRES) Annual Conference & The 2007 AREUEA International Conference.

2007-2008 Fundación Banco Herrero: Grant for scientific research 2007 for the work: ‘Insider trading and welfare when information has social value’

2003–. . . Graduate studies grant for the formation of researchers (PFI). Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology. Ref: BES-2003-2083

2006 Ayudas para estancias breves FPI. Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia. Grant for visiting Harvard University.

2003–2004 Ayudas para la movilidad de alumnos en programas de doctorado con mención de calidad. Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports.

1999–2000 Scholarship holder in the library of Ramon Llull Residence Hall (Col·legi Major Ramon Llull).


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