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QUANTITATIVE EQUITY / SEOUL

Yoo Yeonghwi

Quantitative Equity Portfolio Manager

Systematic equity investor with experience across Emerging Markets and Eurasia markets within the MSCI ACWI universe. I contribute across research, portfolio construction, rebalancing and order execution, and risk monitoring within benchmark-aware institutional portfolios.

EXPERIENCE

Institutional investing, research, and markets.

A career spanning quantitative equity portfolio management, financial data, global markets research, and equity prop trading.

Korea Investment Corporation

Seoul, South Korea

Manager, Quantitative Equity

Contribute across quantitative research, portfolio construction, rebalancing and order execution, and risk monitoring for a Eurasia regional portfolio within the MSCI ACWI universe. Coverage includes Europe, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and other regional markets.

Associate, Quantitative Equity

Served as a junior portfolio manager for Emerging Markets ex-Korea quantitative equity portfolios, with primary market exposure to China, India, and Taiwan. Conducted quantamental research across arbitrage and thematic ideas.

Solution Chapter AI Specialist

Shinhan AI

Seoul, South Korea

Analyzed financial datasets using Bloomberg and supported exploratory work across structured and unstructured data for internal use cases.

Global Markets Research Trainee

Societe Generale

Seoul, South Korea

Translated and synthesized macro and FICC research into structured briefs for internal circulation and client communication.

Equity Prop Desk Intern

Meritz Securities

Seoul, South Korea

Supported portfolio positioning through external research synthesis and produced an internal single-name equity research report.

INDEPENDENT RESEARCH

What I want to test next.

Two public-data projects I am developing independently, shaped by questions encountered across markets. Reproducible research will be published as each project takes form.

01

Multi-Factor Research Across Markets

A public-data study of value, quality, momentum, and earnings-revision signals across Japan, Europe, and Emerging Markets, with attention to sector neutrality, signal decay, turnover, and implementation.

Multi-Factor / Global Equity
02

Pairs Trading Under Real-World Frictions

A market-neutral pairs-trading project covering pair formation, cointegration stability, regime changes, borrow and transaction costs, and out-of-sample validation.

Stat Arb / Pairs Trading

SIDE PROJECT

Finance knowledge, turned into a working product.

An independent project that brings together finance-domain knowledge, communication, and end-to-end product execution.

The Street Speaks dashboard showing daily learning goals, progress, and financial-English decks
LIVE WEB APPINDEPENDENT

The Street Speaks

A financial-English learning app built around the language used in earnings calls, markets, macro, quant, risk, and investment banking.

Built the product end to end, including curated learning decks, original reading materials, adaptive review, and card, quiz, listening, and writing modes.

2,000+
Expressions
68
Curated decks
4
Practice modes
View live app ->

EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS

Training for the work.

EDUCATION

Sogang University

B.A. in Economics, Magna Cum Laude

Graduated February 2023
PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS
  • CFA Charterholder
  • Financial Risk Manager (FRM)
  • Investment Manager Certification (Korea)
TOOLS
  • Python
  • SQL
  • Bloomberg

CONTACT

Based in Seoul.

LinkedIn / yeonghwiyoo