Emerging Markets Trader at Goldman Sachs
London, United Kingdom
- Current
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- Emerging Markets Trader at Goldman Sachs
- Author of Racing Towards Excellence at Leveraged Publishing Ltd
- Founder at Oxbridge Admissions
- Past
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- Founder & CEO at Nicube Ltd
- Co-Founder & President at CrewDates Limited
- Partner at AlphaParties
- Hedge Funds Advisor at LSE Alternative Investments Conference 2008
- Vice President & Chief Strategist at Cambridge University Investment Club
- Investment Analyst Intern (part-time) at AKO Capital LLP
- Analyst Intern at Marshall Wace LLP
- Summer Analyst Intern, Trading, FICC & Equities at Goldman Sachs
- Partner at IBTalk Consulting Limited
- Summer Analyst Intern, 0-4yr Euro Swaps Trading, Rates at Barclays Capital
- Spring Analyst Intern at Goldman Sachs
- Spring Analyst Intern at UBS Investment Bank
- Spring Analyst Intern at Deutsche Bank
- Education
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- London School of Economics and Political Science
- University of Cambridge
- Bootham School
- J. Skoda Gymnasium
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Jan Sramek’s Summary
Always up for yet another bet/challenge. "To gain what is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else."
If you would like to get in touch, please drop me an e-mail at jan@nicube.com.
Jan Sramek’s Specialties:
Financial Markets: Emerging Markets, Global Macro
Academia: Mathematics, Economics, Finance
Entrepreneurship: Innovation, Technology
Jan Sramek’s Experience
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Emerging Markets Trader
Goldman Sachs
(Public Company; GS; Investment Banking industry)
July 2009 — Present (5 months)
Trading cash and derivative products on sovereign and corporate debt across the EMEA region.
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Author of Racing Towards Excellence
Leveraged Publishing Ltd
(Publishing industry)
January 2009 — Present (11 months)
Co-authored a book on life skills for young between around the ages of 16-25.
Sir Howard Davies, the Director of the London School of Economics and board member of Morgan Stanley, wrote the Foreword.
Received outstanding feedback from senior executives, hedge fund managers, entrepreneurs and students.
See: http://www.racing-towards-excellence.com and our Amazon page for reviews (http://tinyurl.com/rte-order). -
Founder
Oxbridge Admissions
(Education Management industry)
July 2006 — Present (3 years 5 months)
Collected profiles of 600+ students and provided them to 100,000+ potential applicants
Acknowledged by government authorities, British & International schools associations etc -
Founder & CEO
Nicube Ltd
(Education Management industry)
January 2008 — June 2009 (1 year 6 months)
Founded an innovative, community-driven knowledge-base with a focus on careers
Helping young people make the right career choices, and then make them happen
Lead the development of business strategy; architectured the technology platform -
Co-Founder & President
CrewDates Limited
(Entertainment industry)
January 2008 — June 2009 (1 year 6 months)
Co-founded a meeting people/dating platform that aims to change the way we think about interaction of new and existing friends groups
Secured pre-launch seed capital
We 'make friends easy'. -
Partner
AlphaParties
(Entertainment industry)
December 2007 — June 2009 (1 year 7 months)
Implementing new scalable marketing & operations strategy for a successful party promoter
Leveraging personal network to expand the business into new markets
Seeking synergies & opportunities for value creation with my other ventures -
Hedge Funds Advisor
LSE Alternative Investments Conference 2008
(Financial Services industry)
October 2007 — June 2009 (1 year 9 months)
Co-organised the most successful student-run conference on hedge funds and private equity in the world with delegates from leading firms and universities
Participants include:
a) Hedge Funds: Marshall Wace, Man Group, GLG, Landsdowne, Liongate Capital
b) Private Equity: KKR, Blackstone, Apollo Management, TPG, Bain Capital, Abraaj Capital -
Vice President & Chief Strategist
Cambridge University Investment Club
(Financial Services industry)
April 2007 — June 2009 (2 years 3 months)
1) Initiated a review and an expansion of the Club‘s strategy: designed, outsourced and oversaw implementation of a brand new corporate identity, incl. internal and external website, leading to tripling of the sponsorship budget
2) Founded the Absolute Return Fund, a completely new operation of the Club - the only one of its kind in Europe: Global Macro and Long/Short Equity strategies, trialed in Jan-Apr '08, launch in Oct '08 -
Investment Analyst Intern (part-time)
AKO Capital LLP
(Financial Services industry)
October 2007 — May 2009 (1 year 8 months)
Produced qualitative research reports and quantitative models for senior portfolio analysts, including:
a) Non-Performing Loan analysis: mortgage book reverse engineering, modelling and forecasting
b) Jet engines & components revenue modelling: 2007-2030 forecasting
c) GDP Structure of Emerging Markets: Exports, Imports and Commodities contribution
d) Economic cycles, 1970-2007: Impact on two-way air traffic at 30 biggest US airports
e) Steel markets: Industry trends for 2008-2015, worldwide with focus on Germany
f) BRIC growth beneficiaries: Analysis of European exporters with €5bn+ market cap
g) Valuation models & statistical correlation analysis on several industrial companies
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Analyst Intern
Marshall Wace LLP
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Investment Management industry)
December 2008 — December 2008 (1 month)
Interned in Quantitative Trading/Quantitative Research as part of the Marshall Wace Student Bursary programme.
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Summer Analyst Intern, Trading, FICC & Equities
Goldman Sachs
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GS; Investment Banking industry)
June 2008 — August 2008 (3 months)
Placements: Emerging Markets (Credit, Rates, FX) & Commodities (Oil, Power & Gas, Metals)
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Partner
IBTalk Consulting Limited
(Financial Services industry)
April 2007 — June 2008 (1 year 3 months)
Lead the process from discovering an asset, 6 months of acquisition negotiations and raising capital to closing the deal, using a highly leveraged structure
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Summer Analyst Intern, 0-4yr Euro Swaps Trading, Rates
Barclays Capital
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BARC; Investment Banking industry)
June 2007 — August 2007 (3 months)
Daily tasks: monitoring of risk, checking trades, explaining P&L, providing on-demand data series analysis & reports during the credit/liquidity crisis for traders
Projects include:
a) Scenario Analysis – created a model to determine the most efficient way of expressing a curve trade idea (incl. FRAs, futures, swaps, swaptions, caps, floors)
b) Advanced Risk Overview – created an interface capable of working simultaneously with multiple curve models
c) P&L explain – significantly improved the way daily P&L is explained by individual positions
Outcome: Offered internships (summer 2008) with several desks -
Spring Analyst Intern
Goldman Sachs
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Financial Services industry)
April 2007 — April 2007 (1 month)
Desk rotations: Vanilla Rates, Inflation, Rates Exotics, FX Exotics
Team project: Capital-protected commodity-linked (GCSI) CHF-denominated structured note
Contribution: technical aspects of the transaction, incl. pricing & hedging
Outcome: Offered internship (summer 2008) -
Spring Analyst Intern
UBS Investment Bank
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; UBS; Investment Banking industry)
March 2007 — March 2007 (1 month)
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Spring Analyst Intern
Deutsche Bank
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; DB; Banking industry)
March 2007 — March 2007 (1 month)
Jan Sramek’s Education
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London School of Economics and Political Science
BSc , Mathematics and Economics , 2007 — 2009
Courses incl. Quantitative Finance, Financial Mathematics, Economics, Econometrics
2nd year results: 1st class; 3rd year predictions: 1st class- Activities and Societies:
- LSE Alternative Investments Conference 2008
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University of Cambridge
BA , Mathematics , 2006 — 2007
Courses incl. Analysis, Probability, Linear Algebra, Groups, Number Theory, Calculus
Felt like 'done that, been there', ready for a change after my 1st year. Wanted more.
Transferred to the LSE to leverage activities in financial markets and entrepreneurship.- Activities and Societies:
- Cambridge University Investment Club (Vice President), Trinity 1st & 3rd May Ball (Treasurer), Ballroom dancing
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Bootham School
A-level/S-level , 2004 — 2006
AAAAAAAAAA at A-level: 100% in 33/60 papers, 94% average
Triple Mathematics A-level. Self-taught 5 subjects at A-level, 3 at S-level
3 Distinctions at S-level (AEA): Mathematics, Economics, Business
One of the best results in history, featured in national papers and broadcast- Activities and Societies:
- Fencing, Debating
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J. Skoda Gymnasium
GCSE-equivalent , 13 A*s , 1998 — 2004
Mathematics, Physics & Informatics Olympiads.
- Activities and Societies:
- Handball.
Additional Information
Jan Sramek’s Websites:
Jan Sramek’s Interests:
Emerging Markets, Global Macro, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Handball, Skiing, Fishing
Jan Sramek’s Honors:
Financial News: named as 'wildcard entry' for Rising Stars of European financial markets
[2008 - 2009]
Marshall Wace Asset Management Bursary, London
[2008-2009]
'One to Watch' by FreshMinds
[2008 - 2009]
UBS Academic Sponsorship Scholar, London
[2006 - 2009]
EU Accession Scholarship Trinity College, Cambridge
[2006 - 2009]
Citigroup Trading Game National Finalist, London
[2006]
John Bright Academic Scholar Prize, Bootham School, York
[2006]
Academic Scholarship George Soros Foundation (OSF/HMC)
[2004 - 2006]
Mathematics, Physics & Informatics Academic Olympiads
[1998 - 2004)
Young Enterprise Honour, Ministry of Informatics
[2x - 2002, 2003]
Olympics Talents Team, Czech Handball Federation
[2002]
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