HONG MA

30 River Road Apt. 4H • New York, NY 10044 • 917-741-5361 • hm2482@columbia.edu

EDUCATION
Columbia University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, New York
Master of Arts in Mathematics of Finance Expected May 2011
Current Coursework Topics: Trading Strategy Design and Implementation, Option Pricing, Monte Carlo Simulation,
Market Risk and VaR, Credit Risk, Interest Rate Risk, Risk Management, Brownian Motion, Markov Chain, Martingales,
Stochastic Processes, PDEs, Black-Scholes Formula, Time Series Analysis, Linear Regression Models, Stochastic
Processes, the Greeks

Future Coursework Topics: Term Structure of Interest Rates, Fixed Income Derivatives, Equivalent Martingale Measures,
Utility Maximization, Monte Carlo Calculations of VaR, Asset Allocation Modelling, Numerical Methods in Finance

City University of Hong Kong, Department of Mathematics, Hong Kong

Bachelor of Science in Computing Mathematics; Minor in Finance; GPA: 3.8/4.3 Jul. 2010
Honors: First-Class Honors; Dean’s List (Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010)
Activities: Academic Secretary, Mathematics Student Union (08-09); Financial Secretary, University Resident Union (07-08);
President, Soccer Club, Chinese Students and Scholars Association at CityU (2007-2008)
Coursework Topics: Derivatives, Risk Management, Security Analysis, Portfolio Management, Optimization, PDEs

EXPERIENCE

Bank of China International, Beijing, China Summer 2010

Intern, Technology, Media and Telecom Group, Investment Banking Division

Led teams in conducting industry/firm specific analysis, studying successful capitalization cases and presenting results

Liaised with colleagues to perform fundamental analysis of firms’ financial performance, capital structures, business
operation models and risk factors in equity research

Wrote weekly reports examining recent industry trends, discuss firm specific events such as acquisitions, debt or equity
issuance and business operation changes, and track capital market data of the industry and firms

Obtained a systematic training on the investment bank structure and data collection skills using Bloomberg

Hai Tong Assets Management (HK) Limited, Hong Kong Dec 2009/ Jan 2010
Intern, Private Equities Department

Conducted Due Diligence Investigation on target companies by analyzing financial reports, risk factors and marketing
strategies in a $100 million private equity investment project

Liaised with the private equity fund manager to write the investment proposal for clients

Collected capital market data for industry analysis

PICC Property and Casualty Company Limited, Beijing, China Summer 2009
Intern, Department of Reserve Assessment

Researched on the calculation methods of unearned premium reserve of extended warranty and composed a research
paper introducing an improved actuarial method based on statistical analysis

Collected and analyzed the domestic Traffic Accident Liability Insurance data for the company’s management team,
which led to improved understanding of the company’s position in the market and future development

ACTIVITIES

Volunteer/Community Services, Hong Kong

Volunteer, City-Youth Empowerment Project, City University of Hong Kong

Provided over 100-hour tutoring services to the children from single parent families and new immigrant families

Outstanding Volunteer Service Award, City-Youth Empowerment Project, CityU

ADDITIONAL

Proficient in MATLAB, SAS, C/C++, VBA, Office (WORD, EXCEL, POWERPOINT)

Native in Mandarin, Fluent in Cantonese

Passed CFA Level 1Exam