NYU University Volatility & Risk Institute
The IGF and New York University (NYU) Volatility and Risk Institute collaborate and work closely on issues affecting:Ìý
- Global and regional financial stabilityÌý
- Financial institutionsÌý
- Measuring systemic riskÌý
Nobel Laureate Professor Robert Engle is the Co- Director of the Volatility and Risk Institute at NYU, and IGF Senior Fellow.Ìý
The IGF and the Volatility Institute at NYU are refining the methodology and techniques for measuring systemic risk of banks. NYU’s V-Lab at the Volatility Institute provides live weekly data on the systemic risk of banks around the world. This data includes major banks from the US, Europe, Asia and Australia. Ìý
This live data is extremely valuable to the finance industry and policymakers, acting as early warnings that capture the financial risk of global, regional and national banking systems.
IGF regional research centres
The IGF undertakes research work hand in hand with major regional research centres located in major universities in the Asia-Pacific region:
- Risk Management Institute - National University of SingaporeÌý
- China Centre for Financial Research - Tsinghua UniversityÌý
- School of Management- Fudan UniversityÌý
- Institute of Economics and Finance - Chinese University of Hong KongÌý
- Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance - Jiao Tong University
IGF collaborators
The IGF has strong and valuable collaborative relationship with international organisations, the finance industry, central banks and regulators.
Our relationships include:Ìý
- Asian Development Bank
- Australian Securities Exchange
- Bank of England
- Bank for International Settlements
- BlackRock
- Federal Reserve Bank of New York
- Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Finsia)
- KPMG
- PwC
- Reserve Bank of Australia
- World Bank
