Conducted a thorough research on competitors’ proprietary indices using Bloomberg and other relevant industry databases to report market leaders in rates, commodities and currencies indices Created a model on Microsoft Excel that simplified preparing term sheets for Zeros with maturity of up to 30 years by automatically generating timings and amounts of cash flows given trade inputsLed a team of 3 interns for a research project on the growing market of CNH-denominated products and delivered investment proposals for clients seeking exposure to ChinaMentored a team of other interns by helping them learn pricing and valuation of fixed income instruments and derivatives through various exercises and feedback

Designed and developed fixed income products including plain vanilla as well as exotic hybrid structures for clients seeking either high-yield investments or hedging strategies with an average trade notional of USD 1MAssisted the Executive Director in creating new products based on Nomura’s in-house research and prepared sales pitches for clients utilizing extensive back-testing techniquesLinked communication between treasury and traders via Bloomberg and e-mail to provide timely pricing of structured rates, commodities and currency products using Nomura’s innovative derivative pricing softwarePrepared winning pitches for MTN-I and Finance Asia awards;