Financial Data Analytics with Machine Learning, Optimization and Statistics

Sam Chen

ISBN 10: 1119863376 / ISBN 13: 9781119863373

Published by Wiley Nov 2024, 2024

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Neuware - An essential introduction to data analytics and Machine Learning techniques in the business sectorIn Financial Data Analytics with Machine Learning, Optimization and Statistics, a team consisting of a distinguished applied mathematician and statistician, experienced actuarial professionals and working data analysts delivers an expertly balanced combination of traditional financial statistics, effective machine learning tools, and mathematics. The book focuses on contemporary techniques used for data analytics in the financial sector and the insurance industry with an emphasis on mathematical understanding and statistical principles and connects them with common and practical financial problems. Each chapter is equipped with derivations and proofs--especially of key results--and includes several realistic examples which stem from common financial contexts. The computer algorithms in the book are implemented using Python and R, two of the most widely used programming languages for applied science and in academia and industry, so that readers can implement the relevant models and use the programs themselves.The book begins with a brief introduction to basic sampling theory and the fundamentals of simulation techniques, followed by a comparison between R and Python. It then discusses statistical diagnosis for financial security data and introduces some common tools in financial forensics such as Benford's Law, Zipf's Law, and anomaly detection. The statistical estimation and Expectation-Maximization (EM) & Majorization-Minimization (MM) algorithms are also covered. The book next focuses on univariate and multivariate dynamic volatility and correlation forecasting, and emphasis is placed on the celebrated Kelly's formula, followed by a brief introduction to quantitative risk management and dependence modelling for extremal events. A practical topic on numerical finance for traditional option pricing and Greek computations immediately follows as well as other important topics in financial data-driven aspects, such as Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and recommender systems with their applications, as well as advanced regression learners such as kernel regression and logistic regression, with discussions on model assessment methods such as simple Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curves and Area Under Curve (AUC) for typical classification problems.The book then moves on to other commonly used machine learning tools like linear classifiers such as perceptrons and their generalization, the multilayered counterpart (MLP), Support Vector Machines (SVM), as well as Classification and Regression Trees (CART) and Random Forests. Subsequent chapters focus on linear Bayesian learning, including well-received credibility theory in actuarial science and functional kernel regression, and non-linear Bayesian learning, such as the Naïve Bayes classifier and the Comonotone-Independence Bayesian Classifier (CIBer) recently independently developed by the authors and used successfully in InsurTech.After an in-depth discussion on cluster analyses such as K-means clustering and its inversion, the K-nearest neighbor (KNN) method, the book concludes by introducing some useful deep neural networks for FinTech, like the potential use of the Long-Short Term Memory model (LSTM) for stock price prediction.This book can help readers become well-equipped with the following skills:\* To evaluate financial and insurance data quality, and use the distilled knowledge obtained from the data after applying data analytic tools to make timely financial decisions\* To apply effective data dimension reduction tools to enhance supervised learning\* To describe and select suitable data analytic tools as introduced above for a given dataset depending upon classification or regression prediction purposeThe book covers the competencies tested by several professional examinatio.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Financial Data Analytics with Machine Learning, Optimization and Statistics
• Publisher: Wiley Nov 2024
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1119863376
• ISBN 13: 9781119863373
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu

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Synopsis

An essential introduction to data analytics and Machine Learning techniques in the business sector

In Financial Data Analytics with Machine Learning, Optimization and Statistics, a team consisting of a distinguished applied mathematician and statistician, experienced actuarial professionals and working data analysts delivers an expertly balanced combination of traditional financial statistics, effective machine learning tools, and mathematics. The book focuses on contemporary techniques used for data analytics in the financial sector and the insurance industry with an emphasis on mathematical understanding and statistical principles and connects them with common and practical financial problems. Each chapter is equipped with derivations and proofs―especially of key results―and includes several realistic examples which stem from common financial contexts. The computer algorithms in the book are implemented using Python and R, two of the most widely used programming languages for applied science and in academia and industry, so that readers can implement the relevant models and use the programs themselves.

This book can help readers become well-equipped with the following skills:

• To evaluate financial and insurance data quality, and use the distilled knowledge obtained from the data after applying data analytic tools to make timely financial decisions
• To apply effective data dimension reduction tools to enhance supervised learning
• To describe and select suitable data analytic tools as introduced above for a given dataset depending upon classification or regression prediction purpose

The book covers the competencies tested by several professional examinations, such as the Predictive Analytics Exam offered by the Society of Actuaries, and the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries' Actuarial Statistics Exam.

Besides being an indispensable resource for senior undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in financial engineering, statistics, quantitative finance, risk management, actuarial science, data science, and mathematics for AI, Financial Data Analytics with Machine Learning, Optimization and Statistics also belongs in the libraries of aspiring and practicing quantitative analysts working in commercial and investment banking.

About the Author

YONGZHAO CHEN (SAM) [BSC(ACTUARSC) & PHD (HKU)] is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Insurance, The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong. His research interests include actuarial science, especially credibility theory, and data analytics.

KA CHUN CHEUNG [BSC(ACTUARSC) & PHD (HKU), ASA (SOA)] was the Director of the Actuarial Science Programme, and is currently Head and full Professor at the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science in School of Computing and Data Science, The University of Hong Kong. His current research interests include various topics in actuarial science, including optimal reinsurance, stochastic orders, dependence structures, and extreme value theory.

PHILLIP YAM [BSC(ACTUARSC) & MPHIL (HKU), MAST (CANTAB), DPHIL (OXON)] is currently Director of QFRM programme, and a full Professor at the Department of Statistics of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, also Assistant Dean (Education) of CUHK Faculty of Science, and a Visiting Professor in Columbia University and UTD Business School. He has more than 100 top journal articles in actuarial science, applied mathematics, data analytics, engineering, financial mathematics, operations management, and statistics. His research project CIBer won a Silver Medal in the 48th International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva in 2023.