Mikaël Richol
Look for opportunity (Europe/US)
06/2011-12/2011 NATIXIS ASSET MANAGEMENT – Fixed Income Department – Paris, FR
- Fixed Income Analyst (Funds and Insurance)
o Cash Management and implementation of FX forward and spot trades
o Preparation of trades: calculating orders and restriction checking for Fund Managers
o Maintain all trade records and back-up documentation
o Portfolio analysis in order to prepare internal meetings and client presentation
o Participation in daily Macroeconomics and Credit meetings
o Economic and Credit notes writing in order to prepare the client meetings
o Real-time investment analysis tools creation (Bloomberg - Excel)
02/2010-02/2011 CREDIT AGRICOLE CIB – Risk and Permanent Control – New York, USA
- Market Risk Analyst
o Daily VaR and stress scenarios computation, Risk limits and back-testing analysis
o P&L attribution using Front-Office tools for the Treasury Desk (sensitivity, curves)
o Direct interaction with Traders to gain a deep understanding of the activity
o Improvements in timeliness and usefulness of Risk and P&L reports(VBA macro)
o Creation of automated ALM Reports (liquidity, currency risk analysis)
12/2008-10/2009 AMUNDI AI – Hedge Fund Manager Relations & Selection – Paris, FR
- Junior Hedge Fund Analyst (Managed Accounts)
o Trained in due diligence and Hedge Fund selection activities across all strategies
o Exposure, attribution, leverage and performance monitoring of invested funds
o Invested/followed funds documentations analysis (performance, strategy details)
o Financial market & Economic weekly notes writing (equity, fixed income)
o Quantitative and qualitative analysis especially for CTA and Global Macro
o Automated analysis tools creation (Excel/VBA macro)
o Master’s thesis: Hedge Funds: Good bet?
12/2006-09/2008 NATIXIS - Natixis Investor Servicing - Charenton-Le-Pont (94), France
- Performance Analyst
o Reporting production for high profile clients – typically large institutional investors with complex portfolio structures
o Constant interaction with asset managers to develop new financial indicators tools
o VBA, Access, and Excel programming of financial tools for Asset Managers
2004-2006 GROUPE KEYRUS, Consulting and Website Services - Chantilly (60), France
Project Manager then Strategic and Marketing Department
2004-2006 ESIEE Management School, Noisy le Grand (93)
Business Student Association President - Sales: 25 K€, Team: 20 people
2003 Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Cachan - Cachan (92), France
Internship Creation of a Search Engine for Researchers of ENS Cachan (C++, PL/SQL)
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2009 Postgraduate degree in International Financial Analysis
Reims Management School - Reims (51), France
Mathematics, Economy, Asset management, Derivatives, Corporate Finance
2006 Ecole Supérieur d’Ingénieurs en Electronique, Electrotechnique et Management
ESIEE Management, Awarded with merits - Noisy Le Grand (93), France
Graduate Degree - Equivalent of an MSc in Computer Science and Management
2003 Computer Science HND - Vélizy (78), France
A two-year post secondary level course in computer science and mathematics
2000 Baccalaureat S, Chantilly (60), France
French national High School diploma specialized in mathematics and physics
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2011 - 2011o Cash Management and implementation of FX forward and spot trades
o Preparation of trades: calculating orders and restriction checking for Fund Managers
o Maintain all trade records and back-up documentation
o Portfolio analysis in order to prepare internal meetings and client presentation
o Participation in daily Macroeconomics and Credit meetings
o Economic and Credit notes writing in order to prepare the client meetings
o Real-time investment analysis tools creation (Bloomberg - Excel)
2010 - 2011o Computation of portfolio P&L, VaR and stress scenarios (treasury, interest rate derivatives, credit derivatives, GICs…)
o Daily results and P&L attribution by risks indicators
o Collect and validation of observable and non observable market data
o Production of AML Reports (liabilities, counterparties, currency positions limits)
o P&L Reconciliation with Accounting Departement
o Improvement of Financial tools for P&L and Risk Report (VBA, Access)
2008 - 2009o Formation aux activités de due diligence et de sélection de gérants alternatifs en support des analystes séniors (analyses qualitatives et quantitatives)
o Développements d’outils d’analyse (VBA, Excel)
o Suivi des principales stratégies de hedge funds et des risques associés
o Réalisation d’études de performance, comprenant la maintenance et le développement d’outils d’analyse des fonds de la plateforme
o Participation à l’effort de veille permanente sur l’univers des hedge funds et du marché