ALFRED YU-MIN PENG

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EDUCATION

New York University 09/ 2012-06/2014

New York, NY

Master of Political Economics; GPA: 3.5/4.0

Coursework: Corporate Finance, Global Finance, Foundation of Finance, Macroeconomics, Quantitative Analysis I,

Quantitative Analysis II(Econometrics), Quantitative Methods & Skills, Political Economics, Political Economics BRIC

Harvard University 06/ 2013-09/2013

Graduated Research Program in Political Economics; GPA: 4.0/4.0 Boston, MA

Coursework: Political Economy in Russia and China; Software of R (RStudio)

Research Paper: An Empirical Test on Default Probabilities of 8 Major Banks in China during Liquidity Crisis Based on the

Merton-KMV Model.

Soochow University 06/ 2006-09/2010

Taipei, Taiwan

Bachelor of International Economics/Business; GPA: 3.8/4.0

Coursework: International Business, Corporate Business Management, Financial Accounting I/II, Microeconomics,

Macroeconomics, Statistics Analysis, International System of Trade & Economy, International Political Economics

WORK EXPERIENCE

ALPINE CAPITAL ADVISORS 06/2014-Present

New York, NY

Investment Researcher

Conducted research on private equity, hedge fund, venture capital, public market and securities in Asian and emerging

economies to provide strategy as well as analyses to the CEO of company to initiate investment portfolio to the clients

KAPLAN, INC. 05/2014-06/2014

New York, NY

Strategy Associate

Analyzed data and created products portfolio on technology demand in Chinese market to initiate business strategy to

the Strategy and Innovation Group by using Excel Macro command in spreadsheet calculation and variable monitoring

ACCELERATION CAPITAL GROUP, LLC 02/201*-******

New York, NY

Finance Associate

Conducted quantitative testing on latest financial product and advised market strategies for the company to expand the

market share based on using product and category management as well as using Macro commands in Excel calculation

UNITED NATIONS, GLOBAL ECONOMIC MONITORING UNIT 10/2013-5/2014

New York, NY

Global Economic Monitor Intern

Initiated country economic reports by using global macroeconomic data and econometric models as well as conducting

programming in Excel Macro commands of VBA along with LOOP programs in EViews software for data management

TAIPEI ECONOIMC OFFICE IN NEW YORK 072013-10/2013

New York, NY

Accounting Associate

Conducted accounting tasks over 100,000 USD based on calculating monthly budget cost and monthly activity expenses

by using oversaw reimbursement process, creating financial statements and monitoring balance sheet in Excel

BANK OF TAIWAN 052011-07/2012

Hsinchu, Taiwan

Mortgage Analyst

Analyzed over 250,000 USD combining 2300 loan cases for default possibility test by analyzing annual income after tax,

debt ratio and collateral assets for the loan clients based on cases of personal loans, house mortgages and student loans

FINANCE & ECONOMICS PROJECT EXPERIENCE

LIQUIDITY RISK PROJECT Boston, MA

“The Empirical Tests on Probabilities of Default of Banks in China during liquidity crisis based on Merton-KMV Model”

Used KMV-Merton Model to test the probabilities of defaults by running economic data from value of equity (Ve),

volatility of equity (SigmaE), default points(D), interest rates(R), value of assets(VA)and volatilities of asset (Sigma A)

from financial statements of 8 major banks to estimate the distance of default (DD) and probabilities of defaults(PD.)

CORPORATE FINANCE PROJECT New York, NY

“Corporate Finance Analyses in Marriott, UST, the Super Project and MCI Communication Corp”

Analyzed financial statements of firm and estimated cost of debit as well as cost of equity by regressing beta and

market risk premium; estimated the optimal financial mix to maximize firm value by analyzing COD, COE, ROE and

ROD at different debt ratios to minimize cost of capital; estimated stock price of the firm and doing stressing test

SKILLS

Technical Skills: Proficient in Excel (including VBA), STATA, R, MATLAB, SPSS, EViews, SQL(Basic), PowerPoint

Certifications: CFA Level I Candidate (June2014); FRM Part 1 Candidate (May2014); Bloomberg Essential Training

Program Certifications Charter Holder: Commodity, Equity, Foreign Exchange and Fixed Income

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