Achievements
Some of the peaks in my life. Share the joy with me!
CFA Level 1 - May 2021 Pass
May 2021
Amongst the 25% candidates who passed the May installation of the examinations
Mensa Singapore
Mar 2018
Singapore's High IQ Society (Top 2%) and entered as the top 1%
Algogene Trading Challenge
Nov 2021
Finalist to Singapore's first algorithmic trading competition, with a live-testing of 3 months. Chose the Forex Market for our trades.
Results: 38% APY, 9% Max Drawdown, Sharpe 0.5, Treynor 1.5
SMU Circle Award
May 2021
Awarded at Graduation for being the top 12 in school for academics and holistic development
Tan Tee Chee & Tsan Kah Ngooh Excellence in Student Life Silver Award
Feb 2021
Awarded for outstanding contributions to student life
SMU Student Life Award Bronze
Feb 2021
Awarded for outstanding contributions to student life
StockTrak - Wiley Trading Competition
Oct - Dec 2020
Top 15 internationally (amongst professionals and students)
Check out this post!
https://content.stocktrak.com/wiley-fall-national-challenge-getting-into-the-winners-minds/
Literati Poem-Writing Competition
Sep 2020 - Nov 2020
Grand Champion
SMU School of Economics Summer Challenge 2020 - 1st Position
Jun - Jul 2020
4 weeks of intensive economics-related questions posted by professors and I've emerged the first to complete the challenge.
Call me the Econs Guru haha!
NUS IGC Chinese Chess Championships
- 1st Runner Up
Jun 2020
Annually held, this competition was the first-ever for me and also, the first-ever held online. Quite a refreshing experience from when I took part in a Chinese Chess competition back in my JC days!
Literati Poem Competition - Grand Champion
Apr 2020
Written poems over the course of several weeks and emerged champion after judging from the internal panel and from the general public
SMU Excellence in Student Life Gold Award
Year 2019
Awarded for outstanding contributions to student life especially in the area of Special Interests
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Case Competition - Semi-finalist
Dec 2019
Learned about the various macroeconomic diagnostic tools that economists use to see past performance, forecast the future and to stress test!
StockTrak Portfolio Management Competition - Top 5
Oct 2019 - Nov 2019
A portfolio trading competition spanning 7 weeks and achieved an average alpha of 1.56 and a beta of 1, keeping in track with the S&P and outperforming it!
CDL-GCNS Young Leaders' SDG Case Competition - Grand Champion
Sep 2019
Developed ideas and measured their feasibility for the assigned companies (CDL and Spic n' SPan) to achieve their part in the UN's Sustainability Goals
Mentored 2 teams in the 2020 instalment of the competition (Team First Class and Team Chubbies), and they won 1st and 4th places respectively out of the 10 finalist teams! So proud of them!
HSBC Private Banking Case Competition - Semi-finalist
Aug 2019
This was when my interest in Wealth Management started to spark!
SMUSA-BIZCOM Student Life Award
Year 2019
Awarded for holistic and well-rounded education beyond academics
Luxasia VIE Award
Year 2019
Awarded and commended for Vitality, Innovation and Enterprise
Tan Tee Chee & Tsan Kah Ngooh Excellence in Student Life Silver Award
Year 2018
Awarded for outstanding contributions to student life
SMC National Riichi Mahjong Tournament - Grand Champion
Dec 2018
Competed amongst the best 36 Riichi players in Singapore from various tertiary institutions and the public. Attained the entry to represent Singapore in the World Riichi Tournament in Vienna
Phillip Futures MT5 Trading Competition - Prize Winner
Year 2018
Traded Forex, mainly and G8 currencies, on the MT5 platform and performed well!