Oliver Wong

Former Portfolio Management Intern, Aviva, London | BSc Economics and Finance, University of York

Wirral, England, United Kingdom

About

Final year student studying economics and finance at University of York. Interned in Portfolio Management at Aviva in London and Mole Valley Asset Management. Head of trading for York Trading Society, publishing sector updates and placing simulated trades based on research. Senior Analyst for the Griff Investment Fund. VP for York Investment and Finance Society. CISI Qualification: International Introduction to Securities and Investment. UpReach associate. SEO London member.

Experience

  • Senior Analyst at The Griff Investment Fund
    Oct 2024 - Present · 1 yr 9 mos

    Analyst for the thematic and tactical sector for a long only investment vehicle managing £20k AUM. Collaborate in pitching equities developing theses and modelling assumptions in valuations.

  • Associate at upReach
    Mar 2025 - Present · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Portfolio Management at Mole Valley Asset Management (MVAM)
    Apr 2026 - Apr 2026 · 1 mo

    Assisted in the active management of bespoke multi-asset portfolios for HNWI clients, conducting monthly rebalancing and producing return visualisations to support client reporting. Developed and back-tested quantitative sectoral financial metric ranking models in Excel across 6 years of EU market data, generating a simulated annualised alpha of 7.5% above benchmark.

  • University of York Investment and Finance Society (2 yrs 8 mos)
    • Vice President treasurer
      Mar 2025 - Apr 2026 · 1 yr 2 mos

    • Director of Diversity and Inclusion
      Mar 2024 - Mar 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo

      Lead sessions on DEI and update members on opportunities for breaking into finance.

    • Member
      Sep 2023 - Mar 2024 · 7 mos

  • York Trading Society (2 yrs 8 mos)
    • Head of Trading
      Nov 2024 - Apr 2026 · 1 yr 6 mos

      Oversight for publishing market reports. Delivering talks on financial instruments and trading. Managing simulated portfolios of the cohort.

    • Lead EMEA researcher
      Sep 2023 - Nov 2024 · 1 yr 3 mos

      Lead researcher publishing macro updates on EMEA and using research to place simulated trades in various securities including equities, futures and options.