News & Announcements

Dr. Neville E. O’Reilly, a beloved husband, educator, and mentor, passed away on September 22, 2021, in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Neville was born in Durban, South Africa where he obtained his undergraduate degree first in legal studies and then a second undergraduate degree in applied mathematics in which he excelled. Upon graduation, he became a practicing attorney and engaged in defending a prominent anti-apartheid activist, which did not make Neville popular with the existing government...

The Rutgers Financial Data Science & Risk Management MS Program (FSRM) was ranked again among the top 25 quantitative finance programs in the world according to Risk.net magazine in its 2022 rankings. The rankings give particular weight to placement rates after graduation as well as average starting salaries after completion of the program. The Rutgers FSRM Program is an innovative quantitative finance MS program that is at the intersection of quantitative finance, financial risk management and...

Due to the coronavirus crisis in China, ETS and the Chinese National Education Examinations Authority (NEEA) have cancelled all GRE and TOEFL test administrations in Mainland China through the end of February. This in response to the escalation on January 26, 2020 to a Level One Public Health Emergency Response by the Provincial Governments in China. The MS in Financial Data Science & Risk Management program at Rutgers (FSRM) will do its best to accommodate late GRE & TOEFL test scores from...

Gordon Ritter joined GSA in 2015 as a senior portfolio manager and leader of a team pursuing a broad range of statistical arbitrage strategies across geographies and asset classes. Gordon is also responsible for directing all research in GSA's New York office. GSA has won the Equity Market Neutral & Quantitative Strategies category at the Eurohedge awards four times in the last six years, with numerous other awards.

Rutgers FSRM and Imagine Software have signed an MOU whereby they agree to collaborate across a number of activities, including: hiring FSRM students in internships access to  Imagine Software platform for training and education collaboration on specifically agreed-to long term research projects Imagine Software participation in the FSRM Advisory Board and in proposing course research projects and in joint promotional and education activities.

FSRM is pleased to announce that, as part of the BS/MS program, GRE/GMAT score submissions are waived for admission applications by Rutgers undergraduates with cumulative GPA of 3.2 or better.

FSRM application for Module 1, PRMIA University Membership, has been approved after review of our risk management program course structure. Through this membership, FSRM students and faculty receive PRMIA Sustaining Memberships, PRMIA’s highest and most beneficial level of membership, at a significant discount. The membership gives access to many services and resources,  including posting resumes, attending networking events, accessing online resources and participating in Risk Management...