REVIEW MY CV: I got out of the City in 2008 because I was unhappy with the pay, the hours and the lifestyle. Now I want to get back in
Hi. I am looking for a job - ideally something in Hedge funds / asset management. I left in 2008 as I was unhappy with life in London, my pay, and the firm I worked in. I moved to a public sector employer in the North of England. I would now like a job, somewhere that's a good place to work, which recognises the flaws in the City, and which allows me to make use of my skills. In 2009 I almost tripled the value of my account (and I have done well in previous years too) - so I must have something to offer. Unfortunately I have not been able to garner any interest whatsoever. I dont understand why.
EDUCATION
· 1998-2001, Oxford University: 2:1 Economics and Politics
· 1996 to 1998 4 A-Levels: History (A), Physics (A) Pure & Applied Mathematics (B), Economics (B)
· 1991 to 1996, GCSE 4 A* 4 A, 1 C
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
June 2007: CFA Level one pass (first attempt)
· February 2006: IMC - Investment Management Certificate - February 2006 passed first time, Topics covered include:
o UK regulation
o Financial instruments
o Taxation
WORK/INVESTING ON OWN ACCOUNT
June 2008 - Present Investment on own account
· Have invested since 2001 on and off due to limitations imposed by employers, developed understanding of gearing, multiples, business strategy and other drivers. Achieved good performance.
· 2009 achieved c170% increase in account size (using limited leverage), was able to identify and ride opportunities in natural resource stocks / Russian equities amongst others.
· 2010 ytd down about 10%
June 2008 - Present Public Sector Employer North East England
· Responsible for producing data for submission to funding bodies and for internal use.
· Much use of Microsoft Access and Excel to extract data from internal databases.
· 9-5 job allows me to focus on investment.
September 2006 - May 2008 Investment Associate (European and Emerging European Telcos / European Utilities), Large US asset manager London
· Building complete Financial Models
· Analysing company accounts
· Building Comparison sheets to rank stocks. Use of Bloomberg.
· Developing a view on companies and rankings between them
· Finding out market views through discussion with sell-side analysts, investor relations and company managements.
· Resigned as was unhappy with company culture, my lifestyle, hours, and remuneration.
June 2005 - September 2006 Quantitative Analyst, Fund of Funds
· Quantitative Analysis for fund of funds.
· Performance analysis - quartile rank, relative performance, reconciliation as well as risk adjusted measures of return.
· Performance attribution - analysing the generators of performance within a portfolio.
February 2005 - May 2005 Graduate Trainee Futures Trader, Prop firm.
Learnt how to use Bloomberg, TT, CQG and to trade the markets using the firm's capital. Learnt how to respond, research and analyse news and economic announcements. Learnt chart analysis techniques. Cleared through Refco / Macfutures. I left as I was self employed and believed profit here unlikely.
May 2002 - Dec 2004 Economics / English teaching China.
SKILLS
· Competent level of written and spoken French, Basic conversational level Mandarin Chinese
· Touch typing (about 80wpm)
· High level of computer literacy
· Advanced Excel (including VBA / Macros)
· Advanced Access
· Powerpoint
· Some knowledge of Front Page
· Basic Visual Basic for Applications
Outside Interests & Hobbies:
· Practicing the Martial Art San Da / San Shou.
· Keeping in shape through going to the gym and running.
· I read a great deal, particularly regarding the market, financial analysis (such as Graham and Dodd and Damordan) and IT.
· I keep up to date with current events and business developments I regularly read the FT, Investors Chronicle and Economist.
Referees: Written references are available upon request:
