School Email: nl2992@columbia.edu

Personal Email: nigelli676@gmail.com

Phone: +1 (631) 333-8668

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/nigelli2

<aside> <img src="/icons/laptop_gray.svg" alt="/icons/laptop_gray.svg" width="40px" /> I’m a Columbia Mathematics of Finance student with a background in Computer Science and Commerce. I enjoy maths, finance, and programming, especially problems that are intellectually demanding, but most importantly, practical. I like building models and tools (via Python and whatever else fits), and I’ve had exposure across investing, markets, and corporate finance. Outside of work and studies, I’m easy to talk to, and curious by default. I’m currently learning how to ski and spending a healthy amount of time recovering from the falls.

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Education

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Columbia University, M.A. Mathematics of Finance (2025 – 2026)

• Cumulative GPA: 4.07 / 4.0
• Coursework: Multi-Asset Portfolio Management; Mathematical Methods in Financial Price Analysis; Hedge Funds & Portfolio Management; Mathematical Finance; Time Series; Applied Stochastic Processes </aside>

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University of New South Wales, B.Com (Business Analytics) & B.CompSci (Artificial Intelligence) (2021 – 2025)

• GPA: 81.8 / 100
• Distinctions: High Distinction (Business School) · Distinction (Engineering)
• Awards: Engineering Dean’s Honours List (2021–23) · Business School Dean’s Award · Research Scholarship (2022)
• Coursework: Data Structures & Algorithms; Algorithm Design & Analysis; Machine Learning & Data Mining; Introductory Econometrics; Quantitative Business Analytics. </aside>

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Work Experience

Global Markets Summer Analyst at HSBC (June 2026 – August 2026)

HSBC Global Markets is the institutional trading division of HSBC Holdings plc (HKEX: 5 / LSE: HSBA), whose comprehensive international network makes it one of the largest and most dominant financial institutions across the Asia-Pacific region.

Summer Analyst (ALM & Liquids, Credit) at Challenger Investment Management (Nov 2024 – Feb 2025)

Challenger Investment Management is the investment management arm of ASX-listed Challenger Group (ASX: CGF), whose Challenger Life business is ANZ’s largest provider of annuities.

• Designed and backtested a delta-neutral BTC futures basis strategy (carry capture); observed ~9% avg. annualized basis over the sample period with ~1.4 gross Sharpe, and presented implementation and risk controls (roll, liquidity, drawdown) to the desk.
• Conducted issuer and sector credit reviews for private fixed-income portfolios; performed credit rating assessments for private/unrated debt using Moody’s methodology to support risk scoring and investment memos.
• Built cashflow projection models for mortgage trailing interest and life insurance portfolios; ran base-case vs stress scenarios using historical worst-case rate/spread shocks to support ALM monitoring and reporting.

InvesTech Intern at Wellington Management (Mar 2024 – Oct 2024)

Wellington Management is a private, global investment management firm with USD 1.3T+ AUM, with dedicated platforms across fixed income, multi-asset, and alternative investments (including private investing).

• Built a cointegration screening matrix for FX pairs and evaluated the Cointegrated Augmented Dickey–Fuller (CADF) test for commodities/FX pairs trading; documented methodology for systematic pair selection.