Instructor

Foued Ayari

Practical Experience:

Foued has over 15 years of experience in the markets and in the academia. He has provided extensive financial training and consulting in several areas of finance (Derivatives, Credit Derivatives, Fixed Income, Investment Management and Risk Management) to top tier Investment Banks such as Deutsche Bank Asset Management, Merrill Lynch, State Street and UBS; in the US, Europe and Asia. In addition Foued has provided CFA and PRM Exam Prep courses.

Prior to that, he worked as an Analyst for the New York State Banking Department dealing with Credit Derivatives Pricing, Basel II, Economic Reports and other issues. In the past, he also worked for a Real Estate Investment Firm in Paris, France, specialized in Residential Properties.

In the academia, Foued has been teaching for about 7 years, at the undergraduate and graduate level, teaching traditional and executive MBA finance courses. He is an Assistant Professor of Finance at Wagner College and a faculty in the International Executive Programs of the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College(taught several times in China, Taiwan and Singapore).

Areas of Expertise:

Fixed Income

Derivatives (Options, Futures, Forwards, Swaps)

Credit Derivatives (Single Name and Multi-name CDX)

Portfolio Management

Financial Economics and Risk Management

Education:

Ph.D Financial Economics City University of New York, Graduate School, NY

MS Economics (International Trade and Finance)

BS Economics, University Paris XIII, France

Publication(s):

Besides several articles written in the past, Foued has an upcoming book “Understanding Credit Derivatives” to be released this year (August, 2008). The book will provide a practical understanding of credit derivatives, their applications, pricing and strategies.