Los Angeles, California, United States
Support course instruction and conduct independent research for upper-division Finance and Business Economics elective FBE 437 Entrepreneurial Finance: Financial Management for Developing Firms, taught by Prof. Dr. Duke Bristow.
• Worked on the audit of a leading pharmaceutical and industrial investment company, as well as a major cryptocurrency trading platform. • Delivered a capstone presentation on the Future of Audit to Deloitte Partners, focusing on agentic AI applications, predictive analytics, and continuous auditing.
• Collaborated with the Portfolio Manager in overseeing FX emerging market fixed income funds and local currency bond funds, gaining exposure to Eurobonds, sovereign and corporate debt, and Turkish local fixed income instruments. • Conducted macroeconomic research and analyze interest rate trends, inflation, and central bank policies to support yield curve positioning and allocation strategies. • Gained hands-on experience with repo and reverse repo market operations for liquidity management and short-term cash positioning. • Assisted in credit research and observe portfolio construction practices to develop a deeper understanding of duration, convexity, and scenario-based risk analysis in portfolio optimization.
Collaborated with senior management in monitoring ESG progress of key clients & producing sustainability profiles and reports for credit committee evaluations.