Jens Hilscher has been appointed Senior Research Fellow at Kamakura Corporation, but will continue to serve as assistant professor of finance at Brandeis International Business School, in Waltham, Massachusetts.
Hilscher earned his Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University in 2005 and received his Master of Science degree in economics and Bachelors of Science degree in economics with first class honours from the London School of Economics.
“We are delighted to have a promising scholar like Jens Hilscher join the research effort at Kamakura. Jens’ outstanding academic training and his experience at the European Central Bank and Chase Manhattan Bank give him a unique perspective on the critical needs of Kamakura’s risk management clients around the world. We know he will make a great contribution to both the Kamakura Risk Manager enterprise risk management software system and the default probability products offered via Kamakura Risk Information Services,” says Robert Jarrow, managing director for Research at Kamakura Corporation.
“Professor Hilscher’s work in corporate default modeling is extremely impressive, and we are very pleased to have Jens involved in taking Kamakura’s KRIS default probability technology to an even higher level. The rapid growth of Kamakura’s client base throughout Europe makes Jens’ international outlook on risk management in general and credit risk in particular an extremely valuable perspective for our clients. All of us at Kamakura look forward to working with Jens in the decades ahead,” adds Warren Sherman, president and COO, Kamakura.