Alfred (Yu-Min) Peng
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EDUCATION
New York University New York, NY
Master of Economic Policy & Business; GPA: 3.5/4.0
09/2012-06/2014
• Coursework: Corporate Finance, Global Finance, Valuation, Foundation of Finance, Macroeconomics, Quantitative Analysis I,
Quantitative Analysis II(Econometrics),Quantitative Methods & Skills, Political Economics, Political Economics of BRICS
Harvard University 06/2013-09/2013
Graduate Research Program in Political Economics &Business Boston, MA
GPA:4.0/4.0
• Coursework: Political Economics in China and Russia, Economic Software of R (RStudio)
• Thesis Paper: An Empirical Test on Probability Default of 8 Banks in China in Liquidity Crisis on the Merton - KMV Model
Soochow University Taipei, Taiwan
Bachelor of International Economics/Business; GPA: 3.8/4.0
06/2006-09/2010
• Coursework: International Business, Corporate Business Management, Financial Accounting I/II, Microeconomics,
Macroeconomics, Statistics Analysis, International System of Trade & Economy, International Political Economics, Finance
WORK EXPERIENCE
Alpha Capital Corporation
07/2014-Present
Investment Banking Assistant Analyst /Trainee New
York, NY
• Constructed due diligence and analyzed projections on revenue growth, EBITDA margin, ROA, ROE and ROIC for acquisition deal
on acquirer software company in printing industry with over 10 million revenue projection in 2016 after deal settled
• Using DCF, Comps, 3 statements and M&A models for company valuation and stress testing analysis on their trading multiples
under mix scenarios; constructed LBO and M&A process, practices and model building under firms financial performances
Alpine Capital Advisors New York, NY
Investment Researcher
05/2014-07/2014
• Structured research analysis on private equity, hedge fund, venture capital and securities in China and Asian economies to provide
analyses for company to expand new market in China to initiate investment portfolio to clients
• Established Chinese top hedge funds and venture capitals tracking tables, combining total over 1,000,000,000 RMB net assets, to
optimize monitoring information process on Expected Return, Optimum % and Standard Deviation
Acceleration Capital Group, LLC New York, NY
Finance Associate
02/2014-05/2014
• Conducted quantitative testing and accelerated data vilifying on financial product and advised market strategies for company to
increase over 20% market share by using product and category management and using Macro commands in Excel for calculations
United Nations, Global Economic Monitoring Unit New York, NY
Global Economic Monitor Intern
10/2013-5/2014
• Initiated country economic reports in Asian countries such as Hong Kong, China, Taiwan and Japan by analyzing global
macroeconomic data in GDP, GNP, Labor Market and foreign trade indicators to provide economic forecasting
• Managed macroeconomic data from over 250 countries in 5 combination ratios by conducting programming in Excel Macro
commands of VBA along with LOOP programs in EViews software to optimize data management and monitor
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Bank of Taiwan Hsinchu, Taiwan
Mortgage Analyst
05/2011-07/2012
Alfred (Yu-Min) Peng
425 Washington Blvd, Jersey City, NJ 07310 • 1-646-***-****• ******@***.***
• 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 loan clients on cases of personal loans, house mortgages and student loans
• Calculated corporates’ background financial status from balance sheet, income statement, cash flow statement and 10K to analyze
the debt-paying-ability and short-term-liquidity to assist bank to evaluate the mortgage applicability
FINANCE & ECONOMICS PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Liquidity Risk Project
Harvard University, MA
The Empirical Tests on Probabilities of Default of Banks in China during liquidity crisis based on Merton-
KMV Model
• Used KMV-Merton Model from value of equity, volatility of equity, default points, interest rates, value of assets and volatilities of
asset on banks in China to estimate the distance of default and probabilities of defaults
Corporate Finance Project
New York University, NY
Corporate Finance Analyses in Marriott, UST, the Super Project and MCI Communication Corp
• Analyzed firms’ financial data and estimated cost of debt, cost of equity by beta and market risk premium; estimated the optimal
financial mix to optimize firm value by analyzing COD, COE, ROE and ROD at different debt ratios
SKILLS
Technical Skills: Excel, Excel (VBA), STATA, R, MATLAB, SPSS, EViews, SQL, Bloomberg®, Capital IQ®, Thomson One
Certifications: CFA Level I; FRM Part 1 Candidate; Bloomberg Essential Training Program Certifications Charter Holder:
Commodity, Equity, Foreign Exchange and Fixed Income