Wenhua Gao
Director at Shenwan Hongyuan Securities Co., Ltd.- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Shenwan Hongyuan Securities Co., Ltd.
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Capital Markets
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200 - 300 Employee
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Director
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Nov 2020 - Present
Derivative modeling Derivative modeling
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Nomura
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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EQ Model Validation Quant, VP
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May 2018 - Oct 2020
Responsible for Nomura North America Equity Derivative Model Validation/Model Risk Management. Independently implement various pricing models, perform technical analysis/benchmark/model reserve methodology, validate and sign off models for all Equity derivatives. Conduct research on the improvement of existing model, including but not limited to: enhancement of current extrapolation methodology of Nomura Implied Volatility Surface based on Exchange Traded Option data and Totem Consensus data, quantifying the implied volatility uncertainty and reserve; governance of current model calibration process and model parameter fitting guidance. Show less
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Bloomberg
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United States
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Financial Engineer
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Aug 2011 - May 2018
• Derivative Valuation: Provide independent valuation service and risk analysis for Cross-Asset derivative products for including Rates, Equity, FX, Commodity, Credit and Hybrid derivatives, helping clients to manage portfolio risks, P&L attributions in various market conditions, scenario analysis and collateral management. • Proxy Implied Vol Construction: Implemented a novel algorithm to construct proxy volatility surface for Equity names with illiquid or no Exchange Traded Options based on historical time series regression and correlation analysis. • Market Data Enhancement: Implemented an algorithm to check the historical market data integrity/consistency, identify outliers and improve the data quality in several key statistics. • Model Validation/Enhancement: Collaborated closely with internal teams to prototype and validate various financial pricing models to enhance the existing OTC derivatives pricers. Developed off-terminal pricing tools for new products that were not supported by existing terminal pricing functions. Show less
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PIMCO
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United States
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Investment Management
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700 & Above Employee
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Quantitative Intern
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Mar 2011 - Jul 2011
• Swap Curve Construction: Developed and implemented a smoothed monotone convex method which is local and stable for swap curve construction. Analyzed and quantified the pricing difference across curve construction methods, OIS/Libor discounting framework, etc. • Swap Curve Construction: Developed and implemented a smoothed monotone convex method which is local and stable for swap curve construction. Analyzed and quantified the pricing difference across curve construction methods, OIS/Libor discounting framework, etc.
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Technicolor Creative Studios
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United States
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Entertainment Providers
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700 & Above Employee
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Summer Research Associate
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Jun 2010 - Aug 2010
• Digital Image Processing: Designed and implemented an efficient algorithm for tone mapping and compression from High Dynamic Range Images to Low Dynamics Range Images. • Digital Image Processing: Designed and implemented an efficient algorithm for tone mapping and compression from High Dynamic Range Images to Low Dynamics Range Images.
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Education
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UCLA
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Peking University
M.S., Mathematics and Statistics -
Peking University
B.S., Mathematics and Statistics/Economics