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Phelim Boyle
Born1941
Alma materQueens University Belfast, Trinity College Dublin
Scientific career
FieldsQuantitive Finance
InstitutionsWilfrid Laurier University
Academic advisorsPetros Florides

Phelim P. Boyle (born 1941), is an Irish economist and distinguished professor and actuary, and a pioneer of quantitative finance. He is best known for initiating the use of Monte Carlo methodsinoption pricing.[1]

Biography

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Born on a farm in Lavey, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, Phelim Boyle attended Dreenan School, Garron Tower and Queen's University Belfast (B.Sc.) He earned his M.Sc. in 1966 and PhD in 1970 applied mathematics, specialising in physics, from Trinity College, Dublin.[2][3]

He is a professor of finance in the Laurier School of Business & EconomicsatWilfrid Laurier UniversityinCanada.[4] Until June 2006 he held the J Page R Wadsworth Chair at the University of Waterloo. He is the founder of the Master of Quantitative Finance (MQF) program there.

Additional to his contributions to quantitative finance, he has published papers on actuarial science and demography. Together with his son, Feidhlim Boyle, he authored Derivatives: the Tools that Changed Finance.[5] He continues to contribute in the area of quantitative finance.[6]

He has been awarded the Centennial Gold Medal of the International Actuarial Association, and was the recipient of the IAFE/SunGard Financial Engineer of the Year in 2005. In 2019, he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.[7]

Work

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Boyle is best known for initiating the use of Monte Carlo methodsinoption pricing. Other well-known contributions in the area of quantitative finance include the use of the Trinomial method to price options.[8] His seminal work on Monte Carlo-based option pricing facilitated the 1980s explosion in the world of derivatives.[9]

Publications

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Boyle has authored and co-authored numerous articles.[10] A selection:

See also

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References

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  • ^ Sherlock, D.J.M. (2006). Trinity College Record Volume 2006. Dublin: Trinity College Dublin Press. ISBN 1-871408-07-5.
  • ^ WLU Faculty Page
  • ^ ISBN 978-1899332885
  • ^ Phelim Boyle on Google Scholar.
  • ^ Phelim Boyle named Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
  • ^ European Optionsonglobal-derivatives.com. Accessed 11 September 2013.
  • ^ Stafford, Philip (January 2016). "Finance hub is flourishing as Belfast puts troubles in past". www.ft.com. Financial Times. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  • ^ complete list, wilmottwiki
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