Daniel Cheng

CFA Level 2 Candidate | University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

About

Final-year data science student at the University of Toronto pivoting into finance. Education & Certifications ✅ 4.0 GPA at the University of Toronto ✅ CFA Level I Passed ✅ CFA Level II Candidate Technical Skills ✅ Excel & Financial Modeling ✅ Python, SQL, and Data Analysis ✅ Bloomberg Terminal

Experience

  • Financial Risk Management Intern at Nomura
    May 2026 - Present · 2 mos

  • Asset Management Intern at Greenwoods Asset Management
    Jan 2026 - Apr 2026 · 4 mos

    A long-short hedge fund with $20 billion USD. Conducted fundamental financial analysis on three North American Fertilizer firms, built DCF valuation model for each firm, and presented the investment results to senior analysts.

  • University of Toronto (Contract Part-time · 9 mos)
    • Student Researcher
      Sep 2025 - Jan 2026 · 5 mos

      Co-authored a systematic literature review on computing procrastination, participating in weekly meetings and contributing to literature synthesis and research direction discussions

    • Student Researcher
      May 2025 - Aug 2025 · 4 mos

      Designed and implemented an AI agent that plays Minesweeper using backtracking search algorithms. Presented findings at an undergraduate conference.