Nikolai Piotrowski
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Cape Town, City of Cape TownMember since January 30, 2023
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Degree in BBusSci Actuarial Science (honours) specialising in Quantitative Finance // CFA Level 2 Candidate
Experience
Professional and Private Academic tutor January 2017 – December 2022
- Employee of Academic Medic in 2017 and worked privately from 2017 until 2022.
- Tutored high-school, first, second and third-year students in Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Science, and Finance.
- Job shadowed a senior portfolio manager and quantitative derivative expert.
- Job shadowed the Chief Investment Strategist and Director of Alpha Wealth.
Education
University of Cape Town, Bachelor of Business Science (hons) specializing in Quantitative Finance & Actuarial Science
- Concentrations: Mathematical Statistics, Financial Economics, Quantitative Finance, Financial Modelling
- Honours Thesis: Built a multi-currency stochastic exchange rate model, incorporating stochastic interest rate differentials and stochastic volatility - using R-Studio.
- RQF Level 6/ NQF Level 8
- 90% average and 7 distinctions (highest attainable level of achievement) for final examinations
- 97% for Mathematics, 94% for Economics
- CFA Level I: Passed on the first attempt and in the 90th percentile.
- CFA Level 2: Candidate
- Python for Finance: Investment Fundamentals and Data Analytics
