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Luciano Di Nardo, CFA

London

Summary

Investment Professional with over 3 years' experience, seeking to apply proven mathematical, interpersonal and problem-solving skills in an Analyst role within Abrdn.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Hedge Fund Research Analyst

HSBC
London
08.2023 - Current
  • Responsible for the European Team's Quantitative Analysis. Created various Excel tools, such as Alpha Analysis templates and Peer Group reports, allowing got rigourous analysis across all hedge fund strategies,
  • Spearheaded the group's first SMA project through data collection of over 400 funds and a quantitative analysis of over 100 funds. Constant collaboration with global colleagues was required to keep various teams informed.
  • Developed strong working knowledge of a variety of hedge fund strategies. Regularly meeting with funds, writing reports to be presented at investment committee meetings and saw strong performance for funds underwritten.
  • Passed all three levels of the CFA on first attempt.

Investment Analyst

Hymans Robertson
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
07.2022 - 02.2023
  • Developed and implemented transition strategies, of over £25m, to allow a major client to meet benefit payments during the liquidity crisis.
  • Collected, analysed and managed quantitative data to write market commentary used in 150+ client reports.
  • Reviewed financial reports and collaborated with asset managers across equity, alternative and LDI funds to create investment monitoring reports in PowerPoint reports for major clients.

Implementation/Data Migration Specialist

Clearwater Analytics
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
06.2021 - 05.2022
  • Investigated discrepancies in investment data sets to identify errors and inconsistencies determining root causes, escalating to senior colleagues when needed.
  • Handled complex, time-sensitive requests from client’s accounting, portfolio management, trading operations, and IT departments with a significant degree of autonomy.
  • Often solo point of contact for a major client, delivering complex analysis on £10b of assets and updating on progression.

Customer Assistant

Vito's
Glasgow, United Kingdom
06.2013 - 06.2021
  • Semi-annually solely managed the business, allocating workloads, meeting with suppliers and ensuring the business ran smoothly at high levels of revenue. Received numerous 5* reviews during this time.
  • Maintaining excellent customer service when business is at its busiest, typically serving upwards of 100 customers daily as well as training new staff in all aspects of the business, from communicating with customers to handling money.

Education

BSc (Hons) Mathematics And Finance 2:1 -

University of Glasgow
09.2015 - 06.2019

Scottish Highers and Advanced Highers -

St Ninian's High School
08.2009 - 06.2015

Skills

  • Wall Street Prep Financial Modeling course: built a financial model from scratch with assumptions in Excel
  • Thompson One and Datastream: used to collect M&A data and financial news for my undergraduate dissertation
  • Have been recognised at a national level in Muay Thai Currently compete in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
  • Understand the importance of good health and stress management Keen runner and frequently run for charity

Timeline

Hedge Fund Research Analyst

HSBC
08.2023 - Current

Investment Analyst

Hymans Robertson
07.2022 - 02.2023

Implementation/Data Migration Specialist

Clearwater Analytics
06.2021 - 05.2022

BSc (Hons) Mathematics And Finance 2:1 -

University of Glasgow
09.2015 - 06.2019

Customer Assistant

Vito's
06.2013 - 06.2021

Scottish Highers and Advanced Highers -

St Ninian's High School
08.2009 - 06.2015

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