Minzhi Qiu

Minzhi Qiu

Wealth Manager

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Founder & CEO of Custouch Marketing Automation

  • Education

    • University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management

      2012 - 2014
      Master of Business Administration (MBA) Finance GPA 3.9

      Activities and Societies: Finance Club Graduated with the academic honor of Carlson Scholar.

    • East China Normal University

      2005 - 2009
      Bachelor's degree Economics / Applied Psychology(minor)

      Activities and Societies: President of Student Union with Outstanding Student Leader Award in 2008, Leader of Debate Team with Champion and Best Debater Award in 2006

  • Experience

    • Shanghai Pudong Development Bank

      Jul 2009 - Apr 2011
      Wealth Manager

      • Provided mutual funds, bank products, insurance and commodity investment consulting service to 200 individual clients.• Achieved business volume of $2.56 million in financial products sales in 2010 through in-depth communication with clients and thorough understanding of their financial status. Recognized as top salesperson in division.• Organized promotion events to enhance customer satisfaction and loyalty and to maintain a low customer turnover rate.

    • Hwabao Securities

      Apr 2011 - Jun 2012
      Financial Analyst

      • Wrote investment analysis reports and risk assessment reports for financial products, resulting in a 200% increase in ‘hits’ by institutional clients.• Published ‘QDII products in oil and gas market worldwide report’ that recommended clients to purchase oil products in September 2011. The oil price increased by 37.5% in the next five months.• Developed and wrote 3 out 10 chapters in the Chinese Financial Products Market Analysis, which is the first report of its kind in Chinese market.• Forecasted crisis of Chinese shadow bank system during monthly reporting meeting two weeks prior to media reporting it.• Traced arbitrage opportunities among structured mutual funds and designed low risk products through data analysis. Show less

    • Carlson Funds Enterprise

      Mar 2013 - Apr 2014
      Student Equity Research Analyst

      • Managed, together with 20 students, a $21-million small cap growth fund. Covered CECE, DORM, EXON, EGHT and AVAV.• Successfully made the first pitch on November 22nd and the second pitch on April 10th, both of which led to a 30% return within three months.• Calculated companies’ intrinsic value by using FAMOUS model.• Factset specialist of the fund.

    • Color Investment Research

      May 2013 - Aug 2013
      Emerging Market Equity Research Summer Associate

      • Led a team to accomplish the channel check project for six leading construction equipment brands in Chinese market.• Built financial models and wrote company profiles.

    • Knelman Asset Management Group

      Aug 2013 - Mar 2014
      Investment Management Intern

      • Successfully made the first pitch on Sep 20th, which led to a 40% positive return within six months. Made the second pitch on Nov 22nd, the stock price increased 40% within six months.• Conducted research on SRDX, GTLS, CECE, CKEC, TECH, etc.• Updated external databases and RFPs for company products.

    • Lake Street Capital Markets, LLC

      Jul 2014 - Jun 2015
      Equity Research Analyst

      • Followed public companies under coverage in the Technology sector, ranging from Software-as-a-Service to Network Infrastructure, with a focus on small capitalization stocks.• Worked with the senior analyst on the initiation reports on Marketo, Carbonite, TechTarget, SMTP and ShoreTel.

    • Custouch Marketing Automation

      Jan 2016 - now
      Founder & CEO
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Programming for Everybody (Python) With Distinction

      Coursera
      May 2015
    • Factset Certification In Applied Financial Modeling

      FactSet
      Apr 2015
    • CFA Level III Candidate

      CFA Institute
    • Bloomberg Equity Essentials

      Bloomberg LP
      Feb 2014
    • Datastream Certification

      Thomson Reuters
      Jan 2015
    • Hubspot Inbound Marketing Certification

      HubSpot
      Feb 2016
    • Series 7, 63

      Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
      Apr 2015
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Minzhi Qiu
      Academic Honor of Carlson Scholar Carlson School of Management May 2014 Earned the academic honor of Carlson Scholar based on the achievement in the MBA program.
    • Awarded to Minzhi Qiu
      Award of Merit in 2013 Global Investment Contest - China Alpha Contest 2013 GIC Management Nov 2013 Top performer in the '2013 Global Investment Contest - China Alpha Contest' organized by TCFA. Used market neutral strategy and realized 25.78% positive return within four months from April 1 to July 31. Among 525 contestants, I was one of the only four that were invited to the global final competition held in Columbia University, New York.
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Volunteer

      Issued by 2007 Shanghai Special Olympics on Oct 2007
      2007 Shanghai Special OlympicsAssociated with Minzhi Qiu