Student

Yan MA

1615 E. Florida Ave., Apt. 104B ( Urbana, 61802 ( (217) 417-4845 ( yanma4@illinois.edu

EDUCATION

University of illinois Urbana-Champaign, IL

Candidate for Master of Science in Finance, Dec. 2016 GPA: 3.6/4.0

Merit Scholarship

Fudan university Shanghai, CHINA

B.A. in Economics, Public Finance, June 2015 GPA: 3.2/4.0

National Scholarship (2014-2015); Excellent League Member of Fudan University

EXPERIENCE

Jim A. GENTRY CASE COMPETITION Champaign, IL

Top 3 Team March. 2016 – April. 2016

• Worked with teammates to analyze and forecast company’s financial statements

• Downloaded relevant data from Capital IQ, calculated EV, leverage, and EPS using different financing method to support growth and came up with the recommendation.

COZAD ASSET MANAGEMENT Champaign, IL

Winter Practicum of College of Business Jan. 2016 – May. 2016

• Calculated stock & debt buyback data for each sectors in Russell 2000 index using Capital IQ and Bloomberg, identified active industries and the trends

• Analyzed 5 years stock buyback for each sectors; calculated time series and cross-sector buyback return, compared with Index return to find sectors’ features and buyback signal

• This insights will be documented as part of a research article that will be shared with Cozad's clients is recognized a 2 credit independent research

SWS RESEARCH COMPANY Shanghai, CHINA

Associate Research Analyst Nov. 2014 – May. 2015

• Composed research reports on market financial investment products

• Wrote daily reports according to resources from China major securities companies

• Summarized and analyzed world’s daily stock markets using Wind financial terminal

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