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Richard Sanders, CFA
In my capacity as Sven’s supervisor at NN Investment Partners’ Emerging Markets Debt team I have been very pleased with his contributions to our team. Sven spent most of his time on improving our performance reporting which was a technically challenging and operationally difficult task that he completed successfully. Key to that success is his ability to grasp complex subject matter quickly. Combined with a strong work ethic, perseverance and good planning, Sven was able to deliver tremendous amount of work in short time and do that more independent than I would expect from an intern. Sven collaborated effectively with other data scientists in the company and his talents were recognized by the High Yield team, which offered him an subsequent internship. Overall, I think Sven possesses the raw skills and attitude to become an excellent professional and I am proud he was part of our team.
Richard Sanders, CFA
In my capacity as Sven’s supervisor at NN Investment Partners’ Emerging Markets Debt team I have been very pleased with his contributions to our team. Sven spent most of his time on improving our performance reporting which was a technically challenging and operationally difficult task that he completed successfully. Key to that success is his ability to grasp complex subject matter quickly. Combined with a strong work ethic, perseverance and good planning, Sven was able to deliver tremendous amount of work in short time and do that more independent than I would expect from an intern. Sven collaborated effectively with other data scientists in the company and his talents were recognized by the High Yield team, which offered him an subsequent internship. Overall, I think Sven possesses the raw skills and attitude to become an excellent professional and I am proud he was part of our team.
Richard Sanders, CFA
In my capacity as Sven’s supervisor at NN Investment Partners’ Emerging Markets Debt team I have been very pleased with his contributions to our team. Sven spent most of his time on improving our performance reporting which was a technically challenging and operationally difficult task that he completed successfully. Key to that success is his ability to grasp complex subject matter quickly. Combined with a strong work ethic, perseverance and good planning, Sven was able to deliver tremendous amount of work in short time and do that more independent than I would expect from an intern. Sven collaborated effectively with other data scientists in the company and his talents were recognized by the High Yield team, which offered him an subsequent internship. Overall, I think Sven possesses the raw skills and attitude to become an excellent professional and I am proud he was part of our team.
Richard Sanders, CFA
In my capacity as Sven’s supervisor at NN Investment Partners’ Emerging Markets Debt team I have been very pleased with his contributions to our team. Sven spent most of his time on improving our performance reporting which was a technically challenging and operationally difficult task that he completed successfully. Key to that success is his ability to grasp complex subject matter quickly. Combined with a strong work ethic, perseverance and good planning, Sven was able to deliver tremendous amount of work in short time and do that more independent than I would expect from an intern. Sven collaborated effectively with other data scientists in the company and his talents were recognized by the High Yield team, which offered him an subsequent internship. Overall, I think Sven possesses the raw skills and attitude to become an excellent professional and I am proud he was part of our team.
Credentials
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Tableau Beginner Training
InfotopicsJun, 2018- Sep, 2024 -
Online Trading Foundation Programme
Academy of Financial TradingMar, 2016- Sep, 2024 -
International Project Week (1 ECTS)
Saxion University of Applied SciencesFeb, 2014- Sep, 2024
Experience
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UTR8
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Netherlands
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Financial Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Junior Trader
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Sep 2022 - Present
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Zurich Banking
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Switzerland
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Research Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Research Assistant
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Sep 2021 - Aug 2022
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Zanders
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Netherlands
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Financial Services
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200 - 300 Employee
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Analyst
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Feb 2021 - Jul 2021
For the financial institute team, I worked on a behavioural deposit model to determine the optimal split between operational and non-operational deposits. I was also involved in the testing phase on behalf of a Swiss Cantonal Bank. For the financial institute team, I worked on a behavioural deposit model to determine the optimal split between operational and non-operational deposits. I was also involved in the testing phase on behalf of a Swiss Cantonal Bank.
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NN Investment Partners
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Netherlands
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Data Science Intern - High Yield
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Mar 2020 - Aug 2020
As a Data Science Intern, I maintained and developed a wide variety of tools widely used in the specialized fixed income department. Projects:• Developed an API which allows the real-time processing of a high volume of emails in the system for NLP used by 20+ portfolio managers.• Developed a daily overview of the most important price and rating movers• Maintained the web framework using Python (Bottle)• Backtested cross-currency pair trade recommendations• Developed a dashboard on web summarizing the current status of about 15 data sources• Maintained credit research data• Maintained ESG data Show less
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Quantitative Research Intern - Emerging Markets Debt
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Sep 2019 - Mar 2020
At the Emerging Markets Debt team, which manages approximately $10bn across several emerging markets fixed-income strategies, my main focus was on researching and developing a performance attribution framework. This framework allows portfolio managers to gain insight into the effectiveness of trade strategies and individual portfolio manager contributions across a wide array of risk factors.Other projects that I worked on, among others, were a cross-currency tool and BlackRock data warehouse.Tools:• Python• SQL• Databricks• BlackRock Aladdin Show less
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Mint Tower Capital Management
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Netherlands
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Investment Management
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1 - 100 Employee
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Support Analyst
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Jan 2019 - Aug 2019
As a support analyst, I analyzed and reported the financial performance of the traders. Furthermore, I built and improved financial tools in Microsoft Excel(VBA) and Python. As a support analyst, I analyzed and reported the financial performance of the traders. Furthermore, I built and improved financial tools in Microsoft Excel(VBA) and Python.
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WiskundePro
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Primary and Secondary Education
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Personal Tutor
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Mar 2017 - Sep 2018
At WiskundePro, I provided individual tutoring sessions in different levels of mathematics. At WiskundePro, I provided individual tutoring sessions in different levels of mathematics.
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Erasmus School of Economics
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Netherlands
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Higher Education
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300 - 400 Employee
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Teaching Assistant
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Sep 2017 - Feb 2018
I guided first-year students of Econometrics and Operations Research for the Erasmus School of Economics. I guided first-year students of Econometrics and Operations Research for the Erasmus School of Economics.
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Education
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2020 - 2022
ETH Zürich
Master of Science, Quantitative Finance -
2016 - 2020
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Econometrics and Operations Research -
2019 - 2019
University of Jyväskylä
Summer School -
2018 - 2019
Renmin University of China
Exchange student
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