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Glyn Holton consults on trading and risk
management in the capital, commodity, and energy markets. Contingency Analysis is the name of
his practice. He founded the firm in 1995 and has since performed
engagements in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa. You
may already be familiar with Mr. Holton's work through the
Contingency Analysis family of websites, his acclaimed book
Value-at-Risk (2003) or his
published research. Areas of expertise include
 financial risk
management
trading and hedging
financial engineering
investment management
derivatives and
alternative investments Mr. Holton's focus is on knowledge transfer. Rather than do work
for clients, he communicates expertise to them so they can do it
themselves. This focus on knowledge transfer has key advantages:
It
empowers people.
It
minimizes his involvement,
...
which minimizes your cost.
There are no "black
boxes," so you
understand everything.
Consulting engagements primarily consist of short-term assignments
or ongoing relationships.
Mr. Holton has worked for many organizations, including banks, energy and commodity
merchants, institutional investors, software vendors, large
consulting firms, and regulators.
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Some of his strongest consulting relationships are ongoing with
experienced risk managers and quants. These people like being able
to call on Mr. Holton with a particularly knotty mathematical or procedural
problem. They might ask him to come on-site for a day or two
to help their staff work through a task. They may call him up when
management or traders ask for a second opinion to confirm their
own. More than anything else, they use Mr. Holton as a sounding board.
A large part of Mr. Holton's work is
on-site
training. Programs can run anywhere from an hour to a full
week. Audiences are diverse, including junior employees, traders,
or senior managers. Mr. Holton offers some standard courses, but
most programs are customized for the needs of a particular
audience. If you are interested in hiring
Mr. Holton for consulting, the first step is
to ask yourself if he is the right person to help you. Does your task call
for a very high level of expertise and a short-term assignment? If
it does, we will be delighted to work with you.
The usual procedure is to have an initial phone call to discuss
the task. If it is something Mr. Holton can help you with, you and
he can scope out the project. We will ask you for a retainer to
cover the anticipated work. This is a simple,
convenient process. It offers rapid turn-around time on projects,
and minimizes cost to you. Thank you for visiting.
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