Steve Yang, CFA

Steve Yang, CFA

Junior Actuary

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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
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    • Graph Search, Shortest Paths, and Data Structures

      Stanford University
      May 2020
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    • Reinforcement Learning Specialization

      University of Alberta, Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute
      May 2020
      View certificate certificate
    • Divide and Conquer, Sorting and Searching, and Randomized Algorithms

      Stanford University
      Apr 2020
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    • Applied Data Science

      MIT Professional Education
    • Applied Data Science Program: Leveraging AI for Effective Decision-Making

      MIT Professional Education
      Aug 2024
      View certificate 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