About Me

Chamundeswari Koppisetti

I’m Chamundeswari pursuing Master of Science in Applied Financial Mathematics from the University of Connecticut. I have four years of work experience in Finance Industry. I specialize in Financial Markets, Investments and Portfolio management. Currently exploring my interests in Alternative Investments, Algorithmic trading and honing my skills towards it.

My Career

M.S. Applied Financial Mathematics Student

Masters student from UCONN in Applied Financial Mathematics with first semester courses: Stochastic Calculus for Finance I, Stochastic Calculus for Finance II, Financial Data Mining and Big Data Analytics

Aug 2019 - Present, Connecticut
M.S. Applied Financial Mathematics Candidate, UCONN

Fixed income Trader , Swiss Re

Fixed income trader for India branch investments portfolio totaling $200 million. Traded Sovereign and Corporate bonds, monitored the financial market to stay updated on all activity and gather all the information needed to evaluate new and existing investments. Also supported the underwriters for a couple of months to build yield database to determine to price Agro reinsurance book. Received NMRR award for improving portfolio management.

Dec 2017 - Jul 2019, India
Fixed income Trader (Asset Management), Strategy & Operations Associate (Reinsurance)

Valuation Risk Analyst , Swiss Re

Independently priced Rates and FX Derivatives using Murex and SRLib models (Curve Construction, volatility surfaces).Also performed pricing for Interest Rate Cash Products , Credit Tenant Leases, Transfer Pricing Of Funds (TPF) and Securities Lending (for underlying collateral). Automated monthly reporting for Pricing & Valuation Committee using MDX query language. Received top performance rating for the year.

Dec 2016 - Nov 2017, India
Valuation Risk Analyst (Financial Risk Management), Swiss Re

Product controller, Credit Suisse

Financial analyst responsible for P&L analysis of FID-XVA, Inflation and Prime Services. Worked with the trading desk to evaluate and integrate new products and businesses into the financial environment. Responsibilities also include monitoring unauthorized trading, research and analysis of drivers for large market moves etc. Received Recognizing and Valuing Excellence (RAVE) award for my proactive approach and analytical skills

Jun 2015 - Nov 2016, India
Financial Analyst (Product Control) , Credit Suisse

Intern, Financial Analyst, Credit Suisse

Production and analysis of daily Profit and loss for Inflation, Prime Services, APAC Credit; also include management of all market and risk provisions on the books. Received SPARTAN Award Q3 2014 for significant contribution to the trading books.

Jul 2014 - Dec 2014, India.
Intern (Product Control) , Credit Suisse

Intern, Financial Analyst, Rane Group

Developed an efficient Credit Scoring Application for the company lending unit.

May 2013 - Jul 2013, India.
Intern (Finance) , Rane Group

EPAT (Certificate of Excellence), QuantInsti

Completed executive program in algorithmic trading with certificate of excellence. Focussed on advanced statistics, quantitative analysis with Python, R and Machine learning, business environment. Have modelled and tested pairs trading strategies for FX currency.

Jan 2018 - Jun 2018, India
Executive Program in Algorithmic Trading, QuantInsti

M.Sc(Tech.), Finance, BITS Pilani

Completed MSc(Tech.), Finance from BITS Pilani India with focus on Fixed Income Portfolio Management, Derivatives and Risk Management, Business Analysis and Valuation, Investment Banking and Financial Services.

Aug 2011 - Jul 2015, India
M.Sc(Tech.), Finance, BITS Pilani

My Skills

My Projects

Real Time Financial Models

Started working to develop real time trading models

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Algorithmic Trading

Developed few algo trading strategies, tested for Indian securities. Have also uploaded few VBA and Python codes involving email automation, web scraping etc.

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