Rick Nason, PhD, CFA
As an international consultant and founding partner with RSD Solutions Inc., Dr Nason has advised and developed programs on valuation, risk measurements and management and derivatives for major global corporations,international financial institutions, government agencies and several academic institutions with global reach. He has conducted research within these organizations and is retained as an expert witness by Federal Tribunals and as a commentator by the media in derivatives, risk management, investments and finance.
Dr. Nason has earned a reputation as a practitioner by holding multiple senior Capital Markets roles at a number of major international banks. His responsibilities have included structuring equity and complex derivative products, heading capital markets training and establishing and leading a credit derivatives group at a major international bank.
As an Associate Professor of Finance at Dalhousie University he has been voted Professor of the Year several times and been awarded many distinguished awards including the A. Gordon Archibald Award for Teaching Excellence. His academic work includes researching corporate hedging practices, credit risk, management of credit derivatives and behavioural finance.
He has authored many articles and co-authored the textbook "Financial Management: Theory and Practice", 1st Canadian Edition (Nelson 2011) and has written two chapters for the book "Enterprise Risk Management: Today's Leading Research and Best Practices For Tomorrow's Executives" (Wiley 2010, Fraser, Simkins Editors). His blogs are keenly followed by senior professionals. Rick is also working on a new book that examines the science of complexity in the context of business. It is to be published by University of Toronto Press and will be available in 2012.
Dr. Nason holds a BSc in Math and Chemistry from McMurry University, an MSc in Physics from The University of Pittsburgh and a MBA and PhD from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario. He is a CFA Charter holder.
Recent Postings by Rick
| Title | Created | Category |
|---|---|---|
| Rick Nason interviewed on CBC Radio | 04/01/2012 - 08:05 | |
| Rick Nason contributes to ERM book | 04/01/2012 - 07:45 | |
| "Is Your risk System too Good?" article by Rick Nason published in The RMA Journal | 02/21/2012 - 10:00 | |
| Rick Nason contributor to Canadian Business article | 10/24/2011 - 09:59 | |
| "Risk Management: New Axioms, Assumptions and Paradigms | 05/31/2010 - 11:54 | |
| Rick Nason's presentation to PRMIA Toronto April 2010: "Have We Lost The Plot?" | 05/11/2010 - 06:32 | |
| Donald Rumsfeld - Risk Guru? | 10/18/2007 - 02:00 | |
| Arbitrage Models vs. “Almost” Arbitrage Models | 08/01/2007 - 02:00 | |
| What is Risk? | 02/08/2007 - 03:00 | |
| Fundamental Investment Management Issues | 01/02/2007 - 03:00 | |
| Credit Derivatives as Investments | 12/15/2006 - 19:29 | |
| Hope Is Not A Risk Philosophy | 06/14/2005 - 02:00 |