Nancy Hammond, Economist

Nancy Hammond

Economist

qaEconomics

Location
United States - Chicago Loop
Education
Diploma, SoFiE Certificate in Machine Learning and Finance
Experience
19 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :19 years, 3 Months

Economist at qaEconomics
  • United States - Chicago Loop
  • My current job since January 2020

- Developed PCA latent and macroeconomic factor model to estimated term structure of US Treasury security risk premia
- Developed historical VaR, Monte Carlo VaR, stressed VaR, liquidity risk, and credit risk models.
- Developed historical volatility and EGARCH models of Federal Funds rate (FFR), repo market rates joint with FOMC shocks to estimate FED preference for offsetting volatility managing the FFR within FOMC target range
- Prepared a macroeconomic report on the United Arab Emirates.
- Developed tools for counterparty risk, market-to-market, margin, and stress testing.

Economist/Founder at qaEconomics - Financial and Economic Consulting
  • United States - Chicago Loop
  • My current job since January 2020

- Developed PCA latent and macroeconomic factor model to estimated term structure of US Treasury security risk premia
- Developed historical VaR, Monte Carlo VaR, stressed VaR, liquidity risk, and credit risk models.
- Developed historical volatility and EGARCH models of Federal Funds rate (FFR), repo market rates joint with FOMC shocks to estimate FED preference for offsetting volatility managing the FFR within FOMC target range
- Prepared a macroeconomic report on the United Arab Emirates.
- Developed tools for counterparty risk, market-to-market, margin, and stress testing.

Lecturer, Corporate Finance at DePaul University - Driehaus School of Business
  • United States - Chicago Loop
  • January 2020 to July 2022

- Taught corporate finance, risk assessment, return on investments, cost of capital, capital structure,
and the relationship between interest rates and the economy.
- Instructed on creating and analyzing financial models for decision-making.
- Introduced the concept of shadow banking and its implications for financial system stability

Managing Consultant at Advisory, KPMG
  • United States - Chicago Loop
  • December 2016 to July 2017

- Developed credit risk and operational risk models for global systemically important banks (G-SIBs).
- Reviewed equity margin loss models and provided guidance on prepayment models for mortgage securities.
- Documented best practices for operational risk mitigation. credit risk and operational risk models for global systemically important banks (G-SIBs).

Senior Quantitative Researcher at Risk, Protiviti
  • United States - Chicago Loop
  • March 2013 to September 2015

- Quantified and submitted capital adequacy and liquidity assessments for G-SIB clients for CCAR reports.
- Conducted operational risk modeling and stress tests for Federal Reserve risk scenarios. - - -
- Developed a Poisson regression model for loss frequencies in operational risk LDA models.
-Successfully submitted capital adequacy and liquidity assessments for G-SIB clients for CCAR reports.
- Conducted
operational risk modeling and stress tests for Federal Reserve risk scenarios. - Developed a Poisson regression
model for loss frequencies in operational risk LDA models.

Managing Consultant at Energy Efficiency, Navigant
  • United States - Chicago Loop
  • January 2011 to November 2012

• Created strategies, models, and analyses to optimize energy consumption and demand.
- Measured response to energy efficiency equipment and energy pricing and incentives.

Economist at RCF Economic and Financial Consulting
  • United States - Chicago Loop
  • April 2006 to May 2010

- Provided strategy, trends, and sector-specific analyses for clients’ decision-making.
- Developed Loss Distribution Approach (LDA) operational risk models for G-SIBs
- Designed vector autoregression and error correction models
- Prepared white paper on price and quantity indices.

Economist at Argonne National Laboratory
  • United States - Chicago Loop
  • January 2001 to March 2006

-Develop models for energy use cost functions for corn product producers. - Researched energy use data from various
sources and visualized results to communicate insights effectively.

Assistant Professor at Northwestern University
  • United States - Evanston
  • September 2000 to September 2004

Prepared instructional materials for lectures for courses in international finance, money/banking, economic growth, and demography. - Mentored students and employed innovative teaching methods.

Education

Diploma, SoFiE Certificate in Machine Learning and Finance
  • at Financial Mathematics, University of Chicago
  • January 2018
Doctorate, Ph.D. in Economics,
  • at University of Chicago
  • March 2016

Specialties & Skills

Time Series Analysis
Econometrics
Monetary Economics
Monetary Policy
Fixed Income Research
C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE)
R (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE)
RESEARCH
OPERATIONAL RISK
Time series
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
ECONOMIC GROWTH
CREDIT RISK
Econometrics
Volatility analysis
Mathematical finance
Vector autoregression

Social Profiles

Languages

English
Native Speaker
Arabic
Intermediate
French
Intermediate
Russian
Intermediate
Spanish
Expert

Memberships

American Finance Assocation
  • Member
  • January 2012
American Economic Association
  • Member
  • January 2000
Midwest Finance Association
  • Member
  • February 2024