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Byungjoon Ko

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    WorldQuant Regional Research Director

  • Education

    • Kungliga tekniska högskolan

      2007 - 2007
      Exchange Student Program (2007. 9 - 2008. 1)

    • 한국과학기술원 / KAIST

      2005 - 2010
      Bachelor of Science (BS) Mathematics

    • KAIST부설 한국과학영재학교

      2003 - 2005
      High school

    • 한국과학기술원 / KAIST

      2010 - 2012
      Master of Engineering (MEng) Management Engineering(Finance)

      Activities and Societies: EM - Marketing study club, KFAC - Finance study club

  • Experience

    • National Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Daejeon

      Jun 2009 - Aug 2009
      Intership

    • Standard Chartered Bank

      Jun 2010 - Aug 2010
      Internship

    • KoreaPDS

      Jan 2012 - Feb 2015
      EPA(Energy, Petrochemical, Agriculture) Team Manager & Energy / Shipping Freight Analyst

      Team manager, Energy market analyst (2013.02 ~ 2015.02) Market Analysis skill and Proactive / Problem-solving mind set promoted to team manager although hired as an alternative of military service Published monthly reports which forecast crude oil market for the next 12 months & wrote comments on BDI, Heavy fuel oil prediction (Major customer : Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, etc) Addressed oil market outlook at multiple commodity market seminars; 2014 Samsung Electro-Mechanics commodities outlook seminar, etc.Grain & Softs analyst (2012.01 ~ 2013.01) Published monthly reports for grains market (soybean/corn/wheat) (Major customer: LG international, SPC, Orion, etc) Show less

    • 디셈버앤컴퍼니자산운용 (fint)

      Oct 2015 - Oct 2017
      선임연구원

       Researched deep learning for finance data. Developed Global Asset Allocation Engine using Funds. Backtested on Korea funds market with zeroin data. (Fund’s fee structure and complex trading system are reflected.) Launched Shinhan M-folio service on Nov. 2016 and QV December robo-wrap at NH Securities on April. 2016

    • WorldQuant

      Dec 2017 - now

      • Regional Research Director

        Jul 2024 - now

      • Vice President

        Jan 2021 - Jul 2024

      • Senior Quant Researcher

        Jul 2019 - Jan 2021

      • Quant Researcher

        Dec 2017 - Jun 2019

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • FX business specialist course (외환전문인력)

      KFIN
      Apr 2016

    • Certified Investment Manager(투자자산운용사)

      Kofia
      Aug 2015

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Byungjoon Ko
      2nd prize in D'light marketing idea competition Korea Marketing Associations, Samsung Aug 2009
    • Awarded to Byungjoon Ko
      1st prize in Jinro J advertising and promotion competition Jinro co. Jun 2009
    • Awarded to Byungjoon Ko
      Qualifier in 2009 Citi-KIF financial paper competition Korea Institute of Finance, Citi bank Jun 2009 Title : "Copula functions approach to Value at Risk Estimation"
    • Awarded to Byungjoon Ko
      Encouragement Awards in Undergraduate Research Program(URP) KAIST Feb 2009 Title : "Developing Risk simulation Models and Proposing a risk management" (Prof. Choi woojin)