Underwood International College

Assistant Professor of Quantitative Risk Management

Profile

Bong-Geun Choi is a professor of Quantitative Risk Management at Yonsei University's Underwood International College. As a financial economist with extensive experience in quantitative methodologies, his key research interests include asset pricing, quantitative study of financial markets, and fintech and/or financial innovation. Before joining Yonsei, Professor Choi was the chief economist and chief innovation officer at Fount, South Korea's largest robo-advisor fintech startup, as well as an external consultant at the OECD. Choi previously worked as a finance professor at the City University of Hong Kong's College of Business.

Education

Ph.D. in Economics, University of Chicago
M.A. in Economics, University of Chicago
B.A. in Mathematics, University of Minnesota 
B.A., summa cum laude, in Economics, Seoul National University

Courses and Current Research Areas

Courses taught at Yonsei:

Principles of Financial Engineering, Portfolio Theory and Application

 Current research areas:

Financial Economics, Mathematical and Quantitative Methods, Business Economics, Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics