| Type | Research Laboratory |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1994 |
| Location | Toronto, Canada |
| Origins | Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland |
| Key people | Luis A Seco, Director |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Focus | Financial risk management |
RiskLab is a laboratory that conducts research in financial risk management. The first was created in 1994 at Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich in Zurich, Switzerland. In 1996, another one was created independently at the University of Toronto, this time sponsored by the private company Algorithmics Incorporated.[1]
Shortly afterwards, and also in partnership with Algorithmics Inc, others were created in Munich (1997), at Cornell University (1998), at Cambridge University (1998), at the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (2000), and at the Cyprus International Institute of Management, in Nicosia (2001). Risklab China Research Center was also created in 2006. In 2010, growing out of the RiskLab international network, RiskLabs built the strategic alliance named RiskLab Global. The ethos of all existing RiskLabs is a fusion of academic research, industrial innovation and governmental oversight in financial risk management.
RiskLab-Toronto,[2] a divisional center at the University of Toronto at Mississauga (UTM), was featured in Research Means Business,[3] a directory of "cutting-edge research leading to industrial innovation and the creation of new business enterprises".
In October 2007,[4] The RiskLab was awarded the NSERC Synergy Award for Innovation. The award was delivered by Dr. Colin Carrie, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industry, on behalf of the Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), and by Dr. Suzanne Fortier, President of NSERC.
RiskLab Toronto, Canada Chapter, Headquarter Institution: University of Toronto, Ryerson University
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