About Us

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Edwin is a researcher and lecturer of financial services at Ulster University, with additional special lecturing at Queens University Belfast.

Past: Starting a corporate banking career in the US, Edwin worked for a mid-sized bank, CIT Group, working in Liquidity Risk. While at CIT, along with day-to-day liquidity work, he experienced the takeover of another bank which served to strengthen and add stability to the bank’s funding sources. After returning to Louisiana, he worked for a regional bank, Hancock and Whitney Bank (HHC), operating in Commercial Portfolio risk and analysis. While there, he actively dealt with the 2015  oil price crash, managing the credit exposure in the loan book. After moving to Capital One, N.A., Edwin switched into specialized structured finance transactions, which leveraged US tax credit programs along with appropriate state tax programs. The group mainly covered the New Markets Tax Credit program run by the US Treasury and Alternative Energy Tax credits run by the US Department of Energy with congressional tax allocations. In a 2017 move to Ireland, Edwin worked with Citigroup in the EMEA Risk Analytics group, assisting with regulatory matters regarding IMM and IMA permissions - Market Risk and Counterparty Credit Risk model use approvals granted by the PRA/BoE. In addition, Edwin was a part of the Global Stress Testing & Scenario team in the Quantitative Risk & Stress Testing (QRS) group - global function. 

Attending McNeese State University, Edwin earned a BA (2011), Liberal Studies–History with a final dissertation titled “Policing a Divided Society: Failures and Successes in the late 20th Century Northern Ireland.” During his studies, Edwin also competed for the university in cross country and track & field at the regional and national level (NCAA D1). After finishing the degree a year early, he enrolled on the Masters of Business Administration (MBA) program at McNeese (2012). He focused on international businesses and trade during the MBA program. Lastly, Edwin went to Queen Mary University of London (2014) in the United Kingdom to focus more narrowly on banking and finance studies. Currently, Edwin is an independent scholar at Queen's University Belfast and is apart of the Queen's University Centre for Economic History (QUCEH).

Cathartesis Analytics was founded in 2022 to address the needs of the ever-growing alternative investment industry.

With a focus on the Cat Bond/ILS market, we provide in-depth analytics, portfolio construction and risk management, as well as automated reporting capabilities.

Additionally, we advise clients on relative-value/market-neutral strategies in light of climate change.

For more details, get in touch with us.

Stefan Haring is the founder of Cathartesis Analytics. He previously worked in the investment management and risk management teams at Twelve Capital, a leading European investment manager focused on insurance investments.

Before that, he worked in quantitative roles within risk management for BNP Paribas and Citigroup. 

Stefan started his career as a risk and data manager at Spängler IQAM Invest in Vienna.

Stefan holds a Masters in Quantitative Finance from the Business University of Vienna and is a certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM).

An experienced tech entrepreneur, Simon started his career working in equities for Citi before founding Primo Events. Primo established itself as a key player within the charity event registration space, helping charities to raise in excess of £20m per annum. Following the acquisition of Primo Events by Enthuse in 2019, Simon took on the role of Head of Technology, setting the technical direction and aligning teams and processes.

A big picture thinker Simon excels at aligning business problems with robust technology solutions. Key skills include setting technical strategy, building agile teams, digital transformation projects & ISO270001 information security management.

Queens University Belfast 2000-2005
Master of Engineering, Computer Science