Master of Mathematical Finance Program

“Your success has been my success.” Prof Luis Seco shares his thoughts on 19 years as Director of the MMF program at last night's annual Spring Reception. Many thanks to our and employment partners who joined us for this watershed moment. https://www.mmf.utoronto.ca/this-is-not-goodbye/

Now that new agentic AI models can write and test code and solve mathematical problems with little human input, coding skills will matter less and research skills more, say in a Risk.net straw poll. https://www.risk.net/quantitative-finance/7963675/top-quants-on-how-ai-will-change-some-jobs-and-steal-others

Canada's banking regulator, , just freed up roughly $74 billion in bank capital, cutting the cushion the country's six largest banks must hold. Is this a sign of strength or strain? Wealth Professional Canada explains. https://www.wealthprofessional.ca/news/industry-news/osfi-cuts-stability-buffer-freeing-74-billion-for-canadas-big-banks/392808

What makes so difficult? eFinancialCareers asks and answers this question. https://www.efinancialcareers-canada.com/news/quant-jobs-are-some-of-the-hardest-in-finance-but-they-re-getting-even-harder

Lights! Camera! Action! Best of luck to all our grads who are giving their 2026 Internships Showcase presentations today. The best presenters will be recognized with Awards of Excellence, to be announced later this week.

Prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket boast combined trade volumes nearing $100 billion since inception yet the headline numbers mask patchy liquidity and high levels of market impact for contracts relating to financial and economic events, analysis by Risk.net reveals. https://www.risk.net/markets/7963633/liquidity-on-kalshi-polymarket-%E2%80%98too-thin%E2%80%99-for-institutional-use

Do you have ? This University of Toronto father-daughter duo has you covered. Together, they each leveraged to build fantasy football websites, a fun way to learn AI skills that went beyond just entering prompts. You can even vote on who made the best fantasy football helper. https://newsletter.economics.utoronto.ca/mondria-vs-mondria-ai-literacy-through-fantasy-football/

Congratulations to University of Toronto's Professor Emeritus Geoffrey Hinton on receiving the Sandford Fleming Medal, which recognizes outstanding contributions to the public understanding of science. Awarded by the Awarded by the Royal Canadian Institute for Science, it is considered Canada’s most prestigious award for excellence in . https://www.utoronto.ca/celebrates/geoffrey-hinton-awarded-sandford-fleming-medal

? The language you specialize in while working in technology at a bank influences your salary. eFinancialCareers shares which coding languages pay the most. https://www.efinancialcareers-canada.com/news/best-paid-programming-language

Friday's SpaceX raised US$75 billion, the largest IPO in market history by funds raised, and pension funds like Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan are among the biggest winners. But not everyone shares the bullish outlook. Wealth Professional Canada digs into the details. https://www.wealthprofessional.ca/investments/equity-markets/spacex-debut-set-to-deliver-massive-gains-for-longtime-investors/392707