Steve Yang, CFA

Junior Actuary

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New York, New York, United States

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Timeline
About me
Quantitative Researcher
Education
- Mount Allison University
  2000 - 2004
  Bachelor of Science - BS Mathematics
- Carnegie Mellon University
  2005 - 2006
  Master of Science - MS Computational Finance
Experience
- Central Insurance Corporation
  May 2004 - Jun 2005
  Junior Actuary
- KBC Financial Products
  Jun 2006 - Jan 2009
  Capital Market Analyst
  Quantitative Developer for analysis of convertible arbitrage and volatility trading
- CTBC Financial Holding Co., Ltd
  Jun 2009 - Mar 2010
  Quantitative Analyst
  Researcher in Risk Quantification
- RBS
  Mar 2010 - Aug 2011
  Quantitative Developer
  Quantitative Research and Development for Quantitative Interest Rate Strategy Desk
- CPP Investment Board
  Aug 2011 - Jul 2016
  Researching and improving systematic rates and cross-asset alphasManaging trade execution and monitoring of the rates and cross-asset strategy
  - Quantitative Researcher
    Aug 2014 - Jul 2016
  - Quantitative Developer
    Aug 2011 - Aug 2014
- WorldQuant
  Sept 2016 - Jan 2020
  Quantitative Researcher and Portfolio Manager for Quant Macro strategies
  - Portfolio Manager
    Sept 2018 - Jan 2020
  - Quantitative Researcher
    Sept 2016 - Sept 2018
- CPP Investments
  Jun 2020 - Jan 2024
  Portfolio Manager
  Quantitative Macro Portfolio Manager with a Focus on Cross Country Term Structure Trading.
- Brevan Howard
  Oct 2024 - now
  Macro Analyst
Licenses & Certifications
- Machine Learning Specialization
  DeepLearning.AI, Stanford University
  Feb 2024
  View certificate
- Graph Search, Shortest Paths, and Data Structures
  Stanford University
  May 2020
  View certificate
- Reinforcement Learning Specialization
  University of Alberta, Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute
  May 2020
  View certificate
- Divide and Conquer, Sorting and Searching, and Randomized Algorithms
  Stanford University
  Apr 2020
  View certificate
- Applied Data Science
  MIT Professional Education
- Applied Data Science Program: Leveraging AI for Effective Decision-Making
  MIT Professional Education
  Aug 2024
  View certificate
- Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
  CFA Institute
  Jul 2010
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Steve Yang, CFA
  First Place at APICS Mathematics Competition APICS Oct 2002
- Awarded to Steve Yang, CFA
  Second Place at APICS Mathematics Competition APICS Oct 2001