David Tse - Master`s In Finance

David Tse
[email protected] • (347) 244-5332
EDUCATION
Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, CA
May 2015
Master’s Program in Finance
 CFA Level 1 Candidate
 Coursework: Mergers & Acquisitions, Investments, Corporate Financial Management, Financial Reporting
 Awards: Robert Day Scholar (full-tuition scholarship)
Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
May 2014
Bachelor of Arts in Economics with minor in Mathematics
 GPA: 3.4/4.0
 Dean’s List: Fall 2010, 2012, and Spring 2013
 Hamilton College’s New York City Program: A semester study of Crisis and Growth in the Global Economy
 Coursework: Financial Economics, Econometrics, Financial Accounting, Probability Theory, Statistical Theory and
Application, Real Analysis, Partial Differentiation Equation
FINANCE EXPERIENCE
EFG Asset Management, New York, NY
Fall 2012
Hedge Fund Research Analyst Intern
 Synthesized materials from due diligence, marketing presentations, and hedge fund’s monthly performance letters
into comprehensive reports that were used to facilitate senior management make investment decisions
 Analyzed hedge funds by using standard deviation, alpha, and beta and reported the results to senior management
who used them to compare managers’ abilities
 Prepared comparative statistical analyses to compare hedge funds with the same strategy against each other, and
against the HFRI, HFRX, and other hedge fund indices to determine how funds perform compared to the market
performance
 Monitored and recorded returns, AUM, NAV, and other statistics for hedge funds by using Bloomberg Terminal
 Created PerTrac and used it to show funds' performance history as well as their expected performance
LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES & COMMUNITY SERVICE
Levitt Center Leadership Institute at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
Spring 2012 – May 2014
Levitt Leader
 Learned leadership skills including team-building, problem-solving, interviewing with public service practitioners,
trustees, recent graduates, and other alumni
Teach For China at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
Fall 2011 – Spring 2012
Campus Ambassador
 Identified student leaders to apply for the organization fellowship, promoted the program on campus via media and
classroom presentations
Let’s Get Ready, Utica, NY
Spring 2012
SAT Math Coach
 Coached college-bound, low-income high school students and provided them SAT Math instruction, practice and
college admission counseling
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance, Utica, NY
Spring 2012
Tax Preparer
 Assisted taxpayers to file their tax returns by using Tax Wise Online software to help bring back millions of dollars
through tax refunds back into the Mohawk Valley
SKILLS & INTERESTS
 Language: Fluent in oral and written Mandarin and Cantonese
 Technical: Training the Street, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, R, STATA, Python
 Interests: Gym enthusiast, Intramural basketball (Captain), distance-running, table tennis, NBA
 Work authorization: Permanent Resident