Ella (Yimeng) Zhang

Ella (yimeng) zhang

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  • About me

    Fixed Income Analyst | Master's in Asset Management at Yale SOM|Bachelor's in DS and Finance at NYUSH

  • Education

    • Yale school of management

      2023 - 2024
      Master's degree asset management (financial mathematics)
    • New york university shanghai

      2019 - 2023
      Bachelor of science (magna cum laude) data science & business and finance

      Activities and Societies: Student Moderator of Committee on Critical Inquiry Co-founder of New Women's Salon

    • Nyu stern school of business

      2022 - 2022
      Finance

      Study-abroad program

  • Experience

    • Huatai securities co., ltd.

      Jun 2022 - Sept 2022
      Quant research assistant

      • Automated pipeline to model sentiment in companies' 10-Q and equity research reports via term-frequency matrix, applied machine learning models (Logistic Regression, XGBoost) to predict 2000+ A-share common stocks’ prices • Improved portfolio optimization strategy by altering portfolio composition considering both sentiment factors and financial factors as predictive signals, increased annualized return from 21.85% to 24.33% with a Sharpe ratio of 1.15

    • Apple

      Feb 2023 - Jul 2023
      Data scientist intern

      · Completed data analytics project tracking performance of e-wallet ShopeePay and PayPay in the Asian market, designed data metrics for cost saving to quantify project economic benefits· Developed an automated data pipeline and interactive dashboard using Python to dynamically monitor e-wallet user info such as user source and cannibalization, facilitating automatic data updates and enhanced visualizations

    • E fund management co.,ltd.

      Dec 2023 - Jan 2024
      Quantitative etf research intern

      • Implemented and automated Slow Fast Time Series Momentum tactical trading strategy on industry ETFs in Python to adjust trend-following speed based on market/economic conditions, which generated an annualized return of 29.76%• Optimized portfolio rebalancing frequency via a threshold design with long-only constraint, developed back-testing framework, improved Sharpe ratio by 30% and reduced trading cost• Presented economic and statistical significance of trading strategies to senior management, explained technical terms to non-technical audience, leading to real-world trading implementation Show less

    • Bosera asset management (international) co.

      Jun 2024 - now
      Fixed income analyst
  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Ella (Yimeng) Zhang
      Magna Cum Laude NYU Shanghai May 2023
    • Awarded to Ella (Yimeng) Zhang
      Recognition Award New York University Shanghai Jul 2022 The Recognition Award is a merit-based award that is made on the basis of a variety of factors, including but not limited to academic performance.
    • Awarded to Ella (Yimeng) Zhang
      Recognition Award - Jul 2020
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Teaching Volunteer

      Issued by The House of Enlightened Needs (H.E.N.) on Apr 2020
      The House of Enlightened Needs (H.E.N.)Associated with Ella (Yimeng) Zhang
    • Teaching Volunteer

      Issued by Chi Heng Foundation on Sept 2020
      Chi Heng FoundationAssociated with Ella (Yimeng) Zhang