R for Financial Modelling

R for Financial Modelling workshop provides a hands-on session on using R for financial modelling.About this eventR is an open source software package and environment for statistical computing and graphics. The R language has received a lot of attention in the last 10 years, particularly with its growing use by analysts, academic researchers, statisticians and data miners for their empirical analysis and software development. The growth in the use of R in industry in recent years has indicated that analysts around the world are either using R for data science, visualisation and reporting or will use it at some point.R for Financial Modelling workshop provides a hands-on session on using R for financial modelling, specifically on portfolio construction and risk forecasting. The workshop requires some experience in R coding and assumes familiarity with RStudio.Topics (tentative):Introduction to Portfolio Construction using RIntroduction to time series models (ARMA & GARCH models)Use case: Using GARCH for VaR modelling and Forecasting