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Xueying Liang

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1. Hello again Xueying Liang. I received a system message saying that your CV hadnt been put on a
template. If you scroll down through my initial edits, it is formatted in a clean copy. You said you were
happy with your own format, so if you prefer to use that one please accept the track-changes.
2. If you want to make it fit on one page, delete the bullet points from the Mathematical Contest in
Modeling.
3. If there is anything else you want changed, please get back to me and I will do the corrections asap
and return its to you. As I said in the earlier message, the place to stress your strengths is in your
cover letter.You CV is basically just a record of your education and experience. All the best.
4. Greetings Xueying Liang. I checked the Cornell Financial Engineering Manhattan program and you
are an ideal candidate as you have a combination of theoretical understanding and practical
experience. The program offers all sorts of added extras seminars, speakers so that is a bonus.
5. I assumed that B.S. stands for Bachelor of Science, but if I got it wrong please let me know.
6. Small details. Write out % as percent and remember that numbers less than 10 are spelled out as
words so it is five, rather than 5.
7. Spelled out the months as it is stronger than abbreviations.
8. Although you said you were happy with your format, I am playing with designing a template so I will
send you two formats and you can decide on the one you like the best. Scroll down the end so view
version two.
9. Left China in the first Wuhan and then deleted the others as it is redundant information.
10. Let me know if there are any further alterations you want made to your CV as we have iteration.
All the best with your application. I suggest you stress the theoretical and the practical in your cover
letter as that is what they are looking for.

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lxy 28/11/2014 10:15
Comment [1]: You mean delete what I did in
Mathematical contest in Modeling? But why??
Is that part unclear?? I think that part
demonstrate my ability in mathematics and
computer science. This is important. If I am
not clear, please give me some suggestions.

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XUEYING LIANG
1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 86 158-7140-8881 sharonliang93@hotmail.com

EDUCATION
HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Wuhan, China
Bachelor of Science in Economics (major in mathematics), GPA: 3.89/4.00
Expected June, 2015
Honors: Excellent Academic Performance Scholarships 2012, 2013, 2014 (top 10 percent)
Coursework: Stochastic Processes, Operation Research, Differential Equation, Time Series, Database
System, C++ Programming, Portfolio Investment

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EXPERIENCE
WorldQuant LLC
Wuhan
Quantitative Finance Research Consultant Program
May to
September 2014
Read finance research papers to find alpha ideas for statistical arbitrage in the US stock market.
Created 15 different alpha models that have Sharpe ratio above 2.5 in historical data test (Python).
China Cinda Asset Management Co., Ltd.
Wuhan
Business Department Intern, Hubei Branch
August to
September 2014
Carried out the due diligence for a real-estate company, analyzed five years of financial statement data to
evaluate clients pay-off ability.
Wrote feasibility reports of a debt-restructuring project, which involves using Excel models to calculate
the estimated cost and return.
Completed risk-rating for 10 client companies.
HSBC Bank (China) Company Limited
Wuhan
Elite Club Summer Program
July
to August 2014
Completed fundamental training courses under the business line of Commercial Banking & Global
Banking and Retail Banking & Wealth Management.
Provided support to help clients manage personal finances.

PROJECTS
Working Paper
The MAX Effect: Evidences in Hong Kong
April to October 2014
Sorted portfolios based on the maxim daily return over the previous month (MAX), using Hong Kong
stock market data from Jan 2003 to June 2014 (Matlab).
Run cross-sectional regression of MAX and future returns and found a significant negative relation
between the two. Confirmed that idiosyncratic volatility puzzle is just a proxy for MAX Effect (Matlab).
Mathematical Contest in Modelling
COMAP
November 2013 to February 2014)
Built AHP-Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation model to choose the best sports coach among 3000 coaches
Used accelerated genetic algorithm to solve optimum problem (Matlab).
Received Meritorious Winner (nine percent) for the submitted work as team leader.
Social Practice Competition
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
July to October 2013)
Conducted Regional Economic Research of Optics Valley of China, collected data of financial
institutions and analyzed the investment condition in Optics Valley.
Awarded as the outstanding social practice of campus level and received RuYi social practice funding.
Econometric Research Project
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
July-September, 2013
Cross-sectional analysis of urban real estate market in 2012 (Eviews)

lxy 28/11/2014 10:00

Comment [2]: I think read I used here is not
good enough. I did a lot of research of classic
and cutting-edge papers and gain creative
alpha ideas. Could you change this sentence
to make it more technical?

lxy 28/11/2014 10:03

Comment [3]: I think my nature of work is
corporate finance and financial analysis. Is
writing in this format OK? Or the readers will
think what I did is like accountant??

lxy 28/11/2014 10:02

Comment [4]: I think this sentence here is not
concise enough, I want it to be in one line.

lxy 28/11/2014 10:11

Comment [5]: Is this part of work unnecessary
to mention?

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 Time-series analysis, including co-integration test of urban real estate market from 1998 to 2012 (Eviews)
CIMA Global Business Challenge
The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
October to December 2012)
Solved a real life business case study and gave financial management advice.
Received a silver medal in the Regional Finals of the West North division as team leader.

COMPUTER SKILLS

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Comment [6]: Do you think this experience is
not that technical and useful? I have class
assigned econometric research project,
should I substitue it? The project is written in

Computer skills: C++ (3.5 years), Matlab (3years), Eviews (3 years), Python (0.5 years)

the following page.

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Xueying Liang

email: sharonliang93@hotmail.com
telephone: 86 158-7140-8881

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Comment [7]: Is it too vague?

postal address: 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan

Education:
Huaxhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan, China
Bachelor of Science in Economics (major in mathematics), GPA: 3.89/4.00 Expected June, 2015
Honors: Excellent Academic Performance Scholarships 2012, 2013, 2014 (top 10 percent)
Coursework: Stochastic Processes, Operation Research, Differential Equation, Time Series, Database
System, C++ Programming, Portfolio Investment
_______________________________________________________________________

Experience:
WorldQuant LLC
Wuhan
Quantitative Finance Research Consultant Program

May to September 2014

Read finance research papers to find alpha ideas for statistical arbitrage in the US stock market.
Created 15 different alpha models that have Sharpe ratio above 2.5 in historical data test.

China Cinda Asset Management Co.,Ltd.

Business Department Intern, Hubei Branch

August to

September 2014
Carried out the due diligence for a real-estate company, analyzed five years of financial statement data to evaluate
clients pay-off ability.
Wrote feasibility reports of a debt-restructuring project, which involves using Excel models to calculate the
estimated cost and return.
Completed risk-rating for 10 client companies.

HSBC Bank (China) Company Limited

Elite Club Summer Program

July to August 2014

Completed fundamental training courses under the business line of Commercial Banking & Global Banking and
Retail Banking & Wealth Management.
Provided support to help clients manage personal finances.

___________________________________________________________________________

Projects:
Working Paper
The MAX Effect: Evidences in Hong Kong

April to October 2014

Sorted portfolios based on the maxim daily return over the previous month (MAX), using Hong Kong stock market
data from Jan 2003 to June 2014 (Matlab).
Run cross-sectional regression of MAX and future returns and found a significant negative relation between the two.

Confirmed that idiosyncratic volatility puzzle is just a proxy for MAX Effect (Matlab).

Mathematical Contest in Modelling

COMAP

November 2013 to February 2014)

Built AHP-Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation model to choose the best sports coach among 3000 coaches
Used accelerated genetic algorithm to solve optimum problem (Matlab).
Received Meritorious Winner (nine percent) for the submitted work as team leader.

Social Practice Competition

Huazhong University of Science and Technology

July to October 2013)

Conducted Regional Economic Research of Optics Valley of China, collected data of financial institutions and
analyzed the investment condition in Optics Valley.
Awarded as the outstanding social practice of campus level and received RuYi social practice funding.

CIMA Global Business Challenge

The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants

October to December 2012)

Solved a real life business case study and gave financial management advice.
Received a silver medal in the Regional Finals of the West North division as team leader.
___________________________________________________________________________________________

Computer Skills:

C++ (3.5 years), Matlab (3years), Eviews (3 years), Python (0.5 years)


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