Author Biography
Klaus Bocker Klaus Bocker works as a senior risk controller in UniCredit Group and is the team head of Risk Analytics and Methods. In this capacity, one of his primary responsibilities is overseeing all quantitative aspects of UniCredit Group's economic capital model, in particular business risk, real-estate risk, financial investment risk and risk aggregation. Klaus is also a research fellow at the Center for Mathematical Sciences at the Technische Universitat Munchen. He is conducting research in various fields of finance where he has authored and co-authored several articles that have been published in various recognized finance and mathematical journals. Klaus is also a frequent speaker at international risk conferences and at seminars about risk management and quantitative finance. In 2007, 2008 and 2010, he won the PRMIA Institute's Award for New Frontiers in Risk Management related to his research activities. In August 2007, Klaus was inducted by his peers as a charter member of the international Risk Who's Who honor society. He holds a degree in Theoretical Physics and a PhD in Mathematics from the Technische Universitat Munchen.
