Dhruv Agrawal
Bendheim Center for Finance, ** Prospect Ave, Princeton, NJ
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United States citizen
EDUCATION
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Master in Finance
Expected coursework: Modern Regression and Time Series, Asset Pricing, Behavioral
Finance, Corporate Finance and Financial Accounting, Stochastic Calculus and Derivatives
2006-2010 Stanford University Stanford, CA
BS honors Mathematical and Computational Sciences GPA: 3.8/4.0
Minor in Economics
Relevant Coursework: Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Money and Banking,
Programming Abstractions, Probability Theory, Derivatives, Investment Management
WORK EXPERIENCE
Summer 2012 Federal Reserve Bank of New York New York, NY
Intern, Credit and Payments Risk
Developed a model to forecast cumulative loss rates for Commercial Mortgage Backed
Securities
Morgan Stanley New York, NY
2011-2011 Analyst, Risk Management
Ran Monte Carlo simulations to figure out the worst case PE95 exposures of the
portfolio
Summer 2010 Rotational Intern
Created a hedging tool for an investor to hedge his exposure to a given security using IG
and HY indices (cash or CDS) across geographies and contributed to weekly credit basis
reports during a credit strategy rotation
Constructed a gasoline demand forecasting model and created a heat map for the
electricity generation nodes in Texas during a commodities division rotation
Assisted in the creation of a report looking at the USA as a financial corporation and the
implications for its taxpayers under Mary Meeker during a rotation for technology equity
research
Summer 2009 Houlihan Lokey San Francisco, CA
Part time intern, Tech M&A team
Worked on M&A case studies, public information books, and industry profiles as part of
deal pitches
Summer 2008 Citadel Investment Group New York, NY
Intern, Credits Division
Ran regressions to find out historical correlations between securities for hedging
Documented the risk assessment models
Learned about and built a Credit Default Swap pricing model
Summer 2007 Intern, Portfolio Construction Group
Created Markowitz Model for optimal portfolio allocation
Assisted in the consolidation of portfolio after the takeover of assets of Sowood Capital
Management
SKILLS & INTERESTS
Technical Skills: C++, Java, R, VBA, Perl, Bloomberg
Activities: Co-President of FUSION (social entrepreneurship organization at Stanford) and Associate Director
at Blyth Fund (investment association at Stanford)