Askar Akhmedov, Cfa Email & Phone Number

Almaty, Kazakhstan

Astana, Kazakhstan

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

- Created features with pipelines using PySpark.- Ran jobs and workflows on GCP- Assessed performance and analyzed trading algorithms- Implemented methodologies from peer-reviewed journals.- Wrote data importers and parsers

Almaty, Kazakhstan

Portfolio management for HNW clients according to one of our company's strategies.- Successfully protected clients’ portfolios from the March 2020 bear market by purchasing long-term US Treasuries and reducing market risks- Managed a team of financial analysts and data scientists- Co-developed a highly effective ML-based algorithmic model for short-term trading. Allocated a portion of clients' assets to invest in accordance with the model since September 2020. The model outperformed… Show more Portfolio management for HNW clients according to one of our company's strategies.- Successfully protected clients’ portfolios from the March 2020 bear market by purchasing long-term US Treasuries and reducing market risks- Managed a team of financial analysts and data scientists- Co-developed a highly effective ML-based algorithmic model for short-term trading. Allocated a portion of clients' assets to invest in accordance with the model since September 2020. The model outperformed the fundamental equity strategy, which in turn outperformed S&P 500. Show less

Almaty, Kazakhstan

- Designed and registered three new mutual funds and attracted initial funds - Managed assets of over $600mn in proprietary and clients portfolios- Coordinated work of 3 traders and 7 portfolio managers- Responsibility over 90%+ of company’s revenues

Almaty, Kazakhstan

Applied machine learning to counter the biggest problem of Kazakhstan’s financial sector – massive covert lending to insolvent related parties:- Cleaned data and created new synthetic variables using Pandas and Numpy Python libraries- Created classification models with logistic regressions, decision trees, ensemble and boosting models with Scikit-learn, XGBoost and LightGBM Python libraries- Visualized data in highly informative graphs, heatmaps and decision trees’ branches using… Show more Applied machine learning to counter the biggest problem of Kazakhstan’s financial sector – massive covert lending to insolvent related parties:- Cleaned data and created new synthetic variables using Pandas and Numpy Python libraries- Created classification models with logistic regressions, decision trees, ensemble and boosting models with Scikit-learn, XGBoost and LightGBM Python libraries- Visualized data in highly informative graphs, heatmaps and decision trees’ branches using Matplotlib, Seaborn and GraphViz Python libraries Show less

Almaty

- Doubled assets under management thanks to stellar investment performance - Coordinated a team of three portfolio managers- Worked with clients to improve investment policies, construct their budgets- (Co-)created presentations for potential clients- “Best employee” award (1st degree)

Almaty

- Significantly exceeded investment goals by predicting and leveraging falling interest rates.- Modeled the Kazakhstan’s sovereign yield curve using a specialized Nielson-Siegel model adjusted for illiquidity of the market.- “Employee of the year” award (3rd degree).- Promoted to senior portfolio analyst in February of 2017.

Almaty

- Created and maintained financial models of companies in utilities and communication services sectors.- Constructed an econometric model of Kazakhstan’s economy.- Promoted to senior analyst in July of 2015.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Master Of Science - Msc, Data Science

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Finance, Second Upper Honours