David Wille, Cfa Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

New York City

New York City

Key Responsibilities:Building, managing, and enhancing a global dataset of 30+ macroeconomic and financial indicators that help clients benchmark country performance and respond to economic risks.Creating excel-based economic and country risk models that combine macro-financial, political, and ESG data to grade country risk exposure for financial sector clients.Writing periodic quant-driven country reports that help clients understand how macro, geopolitical, and ESG… Show more Key Responsibilities:Building, managing, and enhancing a global dataset of 30+ macroeconomic and financial indicators that help clients benchmark country performance and respond to economic risks.Creating excel-based economic and country risk models that combine macro-financial, political, and ESG data to grade country risk exposure for financial sector clients.Writing periodic quant-driven country reports that help clients understand how macro, geopolitical, and ESG trends impact different asset classes.Participating in ad-hoc consulting projects that combine macro-political and ESG risk data to help clients understand their risk exposure.Regularly presenting data and research to clients and prospects, both in-person and remotely, via webinars, conferences, and other client-facing deliverables.Meeting with our financial sector research team on a weekly basis to coordinate strategy on how upcoming macro-political events will impact markets.Key Accomplishments:Implementing improvements to the company’s portfolio of 33 economics indices that enhance the value of the dataset and increase efficiency without hurting client experience.Partnered with BlueBay Asset Management to co-author an empirical research paper that modeled the relationship between sovereign environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance and market pricing to help investors understand the market impact of ESG.Presented company research to a panel at the annual PRI Americas conference. Show less

Rosslyn, Va

Arlington, Va

Key Responsibilities:Supporting Mercatus Center Fellows with all aspects of their economic policy research, including data collection, literature reviews, exploratory analyses, and report drafting.Working closely with Senior Fellows in the Financial Markets Working Group, including a current SEC commissioner, with their research on the market impact of financial regulation.Authoring policy briefs summarizing Mercatus’ academic research for audiences in public policy and… Show more Key Responsibilities:Supporting Mercatus Center Fellows with all aspects of their economic policy research, including data collection, literature reviews, exploratory analyses, and report drafting.Working closely with Senior Fellows in the Financial Markets Working Group, including a current SEC commissioner, with their research on the market impact of financial regulation.Authoring policy briefs summarizing Mercatus’ academic research for audiences in public policy and in the U.S. Congress. Presenting research at academic and public policy-oriented conferences.Key AccomplishmentsPublished a comprehensive review of scholarly research on the state of small business lending since the financial crisis in the Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy.Co-authored a Mercatus Center working paper that empirically estimated the causal impact of hospital regulations on patient health outcomes. Published an analysis of the political economy of intervention and development in war-torn Syria and Iraq in the edited volume 'Knowledge and Incentives in Public Policy'. Show less

Virginia, United States

Virginia, United States

Ma, Applied Economics

Coursework in microeconomics, macroeconomics, econometrics, mathematical economics, development economics, and public policy analysis

Ba, Communications, Middle East Studies

Activities and Societies: Northwestern University Library

Completed Level 3 In 2024

Study Abroad, Arabic