Lei Zhang, CFA

Experience

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  Standard Chartered Bank

  Nov 2007 - Jun 2008

  Business Analyst

  Maintain financial performance database for HK, India, Singapore & Indonesia markets.

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  ALICO Western Europe Investments

  Aug 2008 - Oct 2010

  Quantitative Analyst

  Support Regional Chief Investment Officer in managing PRF, the flagship portfolio of Alico UK valued at £2bn, with 30% comprising CMBS and RMBS (including UK non-confirming, UK prime, and UK buy to let).

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  MetLife Alico

  Nov 2010 - Sept 2012

  Associate

  Manage EMEA short-term fixed income portfolios – liquidity management, market quotes collection, issuer allocation and pre-trade compliance check.Compile investment update decks for presentations to Board members and the Investment Committee

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  MetLife

  Sept 2012 - Jan 2017

  Short-term fixed-income trader and Credit strategist

  Execute GBP/EUR short-term money market trades (incl. time deposits, CDs/CPs, T-bills). Trade long term government bonds via Tradeweb. Work with Derivatives desk to ensure timely execution of cross currency hedges.

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  UBS

  Apr 2017 - Jan 2019

  Associate Portfolio Manager

  Lead PM of segregate mandates (total AUM over EUR1.3bn) tracking EUR IG corporate indices (FTSE, Bloomberg Barclays; ICE BAML; IBOXX). Deputy PM of UK Gilts pooled funds (over £3bn); and back up PM of EUR/US Corp ETFs and EUR govies accounts.Direct the FX hedge process for daily subscription/redemption of all ETFs manages by the team(US corps, EUR corps and EM strategies)

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  Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM)

  Feb 2019 - Mar 2023

  Fund Manager

  Lead fund manager of over 15 indexed fixed income funds. Main focus are GBP/EUR Corp credit index funds (IG & Fallen Angels, AUM near £4bn), UK Linkers pooled funds (over £20bn) and multi currency quasi-government bond funds (approx. ¢800m in total). Serving as Deputy Manager for an addition suite of indexed EUR governments and credit funds.