Long Zhang has over 4 years of experience as an equity and derivatives trader for China International Capital Corp in Beijing and Shenzhen. He has experience executing daily trades in Chinese, Hong Kong, and US stock markets with an average daily volume of 400 million RMB. He has also participated in developing innovative trading products. Zhang holds a BA in Mathematics from Queens' College, University of Cambridge and has received academic awards for his performance in math and physics olympiads. He is fluent in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese with strong computer skills in VBA, Excel, and quantitative analysis programs.

1. LONG ZHANG (Tom)
11th Floor, No.117 Repulse Bay Road, Hong Kong | Email: long.zhang@cantab.net
Nationality: Chinese Hong Kong SAR | Mobile: +8613510808637
Work Experience
Mar 2014 – Present:
Sep 2013 -Jan 2014:
Jun 2012-Aug 2012:
Aug 2010-Sep 2010:
Equity & Derivatives Trader, China International Capital Corp Ltd, Beijing/Shenzhen
Prime Brokerage Group, Sales & Trading Department
• Equity & derivatives execution – Execute daily flow trades in China, Hong Kong and US stock
markets. Diversified experience in equity trading, total return swaps, index future, and bond
repurchase transactions. Average daily volume handled around 400 million RMB.
• Product Development and Innovation – Participated and lead several innovative product
designs including risk-leverage market neutral trading platform, linear and non-linear OTC
derivatives integration (equity options), credit derivative structure design (Collateralized Debt
Obligation), CICC TRS monitoring system.
• Post trade booking and client asset value calculation – Working closely with middle office
colleagues, focused quantitative risk evaluation, Proprietary hedging portfolio management,
and producing daily, weekly and monthly PnL reports.
• Quantitative research – Programmed a quantitative risk evaluation procedure in analyzing
portfolio risk level using several techniques including average daily trading volume analysis,
portfolio volatility, correlation analysis, and Monte-Carlo simulation.
• Client interaction – Served as prime broker assistant for several hedge fund and ultra-high
value client entities fulfilling request in several aspects such as trading report, portfolio
settlement and evaluation and investment strategy consultant.
Quantitative Intern, Manifold Partners LLC, San Francisco, USA
Global Equity Portfolio Management and Trading Team
• Evaluated global hedge fund performances by examining strategy, IR and volatility.
• Analyzed emerging market capital flow by foreign capital (FDI, debt, private portfolio).
Creighton Quantitative Research Team
• Improved the stock assessment algorithm by developing high-dimensional calculator and
matrix decomposition and inversion procedure using C# to estimate future returns.
• Developed a VBA model to analyze trading data capable of over 1000 long/short trades.
Summer Analyst, Sales and Trading, China International Capital Corp Ltd, Hong Kong
• Developed a VBA model which algorithmically optimizes trading size to reduce trading cost.
• Client Interaction – sales assistant for several institutional investors in roadshow events.
Summer Research Analyst, PinPoint Capital, Hong Kong
• Conducted financial analysis on NYSE-Euronext Inc. Based on historical financial data and
consensus estimate and produced revenue forecast report.
Education
2010-2013
2008-2010:
BA (Hons) in Mathematics, Queens’ College, University of Cambridge
A-level, Oundle School, Peterborough, United Kingdom
Academic Awards
2009: 20th in UK, British Maths Olympiad final round
2007: Hong Kong Physics Olympiad Bronze
Extracurricular Experience
Apr 2011- Apr 2012: President of the CNY Society (Chinese New Year Trust Cambridge)
• Raised over 15,000 GBP to sponsor underprivileged university Scholars in Beijing.
Oct 2012 – Oct 2013:
2010 – 2013
Captain of Queens’ College Tennis Club, University of Cambridge
• Arranged training and matches with team members and captains from other colleges.
Equity and index future trading experience
• Trading Style exercised: arbitrage, market neutral, mean reverting, long-term trending.
Skills and Interests
Languages: Native or Bilingual proficiency in English, Mandarin, Cantonese, elementary in Italian
Computer Skills: Professional Proficiency in VBA, EXCEL, experienced in Matlab, SciLab, R, Bloomberg.
Interests: Yacht sailing, Sports (tennis, golf, snowboarding), Texas Hold’em player, Music