James Noel Ward
Assistant Professor
- Department: Economics and Management
- Graduate Program(s): International Management
- Office:G-3A04
- Office Hours:By appointment
A Mississippi native, Professor Ward joined The American University of Paris in 2001. After a first degree in Philosophy at Boston University (1985), he continued at Eberhard Karls Universit盲t T眉bingen and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit盲t M眉nchen before working as a financial aid officer, then a commercial fisherman in Sitka, Alaska. He served as Youth Minister at Christ Church, Greenwich, then tested a vocation as a Benedictine monk. He afterward worked in futures markets at the Chicago Board of Trade focusing on trading and research. After a decade as an analyst, database manager, statistician, and economist, he completed a Master of Science in Finance at The George Washington University (1999). He founded the credit hedge fund Andres, McKenzie & Ward which was acquired by Alternative and Derivative Investments (ADI) of Paris. He served as manager of high yield bond portfolios聽for ADI, and began part-time teaching at 黑料正能量 to distract himself from market stress. Professor Ward joined AXA Investment Managers as Head of High Yield Investments, then joined 黑料正能量 full-time as Assistant Professor of Finance in 2013, and currently is completing a doctoral thesis in Finance at L鈥橴niversit茅 Paris. In 2012 Ward resided and advised The Security and Exchange Commision and the Royal Bank of the Kingdom of Cambodia on fixed income and security regulation. Ward currently researches hedge funds, the persistence of excess returns, fixed income & credit markets, corporate capital structure, and exotic derivatives. In 2014 he was Visiting Professor of Economics at Deep Springs College where he taught computational and behavioral finance, and currently serves as Professor of Mathematical Finance at Pyongyang University of Science and Technology teaching courses on derivatives and applied financial economics.
Education/Degrees
- Bachelor of Arts, 1985, Philosophy and Religion, Boston University.
- Master of Science in Finance, 1999, The George Washington University.
- Chartered Financial Risk Manager (FRM庐), The Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP).
- Chartered International Professional Risk Manager (PRM庐), The Professional Risk Managers' International Association (PRMIA)
News
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Publications
The Luxury Beliefs of the Ruling Class
July-August 2024, The New Oxford Review
Entering the Modern Areopagus
TO CONFRONT A NEW DELPHIC ORACLE
By James Noel Ward | October 2023, The New Oxford Review
Option Pricing with Num茅raires: Models, Solutions and Code
Ward, James N., [forthcoming 2025,] published by Springer, Mathematics, Heidelberg, Germany. 聽ISBN: 1-XXXXX-XXX-Y.
Collective Bargaining And Health Care Cost Containment
Ward, James N., 1991. Published by the Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., 1231 25th Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037. 聽ISBN: 1-55871-240-2.
Expecting The Unexpected: Sick And Emergency Child Care
Ward, James N., et. al. The BNA Special Report Series on WORK & FAMILY, Special Report No. 53, September/October 1992, published by the BNA PLUS Research and Special Projects Unit of the Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., Washington, D.C. 聽ISBN: 1-55871-288-7.
Health Care Cost Controls: A BNA PLUS Resource Guide
Ward, James N., 1992, published by the Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., 1231 25th Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037. 聽ISBN: 1-55871-240-2.
Recognizing Non-Traditional Families
Ward, James N., The BNA Special Report Series on WORK & FAMILY, Special Report No. 38, February 1991, published by the BNA PLUS Research and Special Projects Unit of the Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., Washington, D.C. 聽ISBN: 1-55871-212-7.
Substance Abuse and the Family: The Worker and the Corporate Response聽
Ward, James N., et. al. The BNA Special Report Series on WORK & FAMILY, Special Report No. 47, November 1991, published by the BNA PLUS Research and Special Projects Unit of the Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., Washington, D.C. 聽ISBN: 1-55871-269-0.
Telecommuting: Its Role And Value In Work & Family Programs
Ward, James N., et. al. The BNA Special Report Series on WORK & FAMILY, Special Report No. 50, March/April 1992, published by the BNA PLUS Research and Special Projects Unit of the Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., Washington, D.C. 聽ISBN: 1-55871-280-1.
Work & Family And The Bottom Line: Cutting Costs In A Recession
Ward, James N., et. al. The BNA Special Report Series on WORK & FAMILY, Special Report No. 49, January/February 1992, published by the BNA PLUS Research and Special Projects Unit of the Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., Washington, D.C. 聽ISBN: 1-55871-278-X.
Affiliations
- Guest Lecturer: 2021-2022. Pyongyang University of Science
- Technology (PUST), Democratic People鈥檚 Republic of Korea (DPRK).聽
- The Professional Risk Managers' International Association
- The Global Association of Risk Professionals
- The CFA Institute
- Deep Springs College
- The American Finance Association
- The Financial Management Association
- European Financial Management Association
- l鈥橧nstitut Louis Bachelier
- The Bachelier Finance Society
- International Association for Quantitative Finance
- Association of Behavioral Economics and Finance
- Association pour le d茅veloppement de l'histoire 茅conomique
- Association d'脡tudes Sociales de la Finance
- Association Fran莽aise de Finance
- Association Fran莽aise de Gestion Financi猫re
- Association Fran莽aise de Sciences 脡conomiques
- European Economics and Finance Society
- The Ludwig von Mises Institute
- The Mont Pelerin Society
Research Areas
- Options
- Exotic options
- Capital structure
- Time-series
- Dispersion
- Credit
- Fixed-income
- Speculative grade
- Credit
- Behavioral finance.
Awards, Fellowships and Grants
- 2021-2021, Distingushed Lecturer Fellowship, the YUST PUST Foundation (YPF)聽
