Trading Talk: Recent Episodes
UBC Trading Group
Trading Talk is a podcast from the UBC Trading Group. Each episode interviews our peers as they navigate the world of finance. If you have suggestions or topics you want us to talk about feel free to send a message to wco@student.ubc.ca or contact@ubctradinggroup.com.
We are honored to have Bill Tilford, a seasoned quantitative investment professional with over three decades of experience at RBC Global Asset Management, CPPIB, and CC&L. Bill shares insights into his roles at Arrowstreet Capital and CC&L, discussing the challenges and successes in the quantitative investment landscape over the years. We talk about keys to building a successful quantitative investment team, and Bill's experiences meeting industry heavyweights like Jim Simons and John Campbell. Recorded by Brandon Yan and William Clinton Co
Logan was a UBC COGS student and is now part of the analytics team at Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS). Logan talks about his time time at UBC, his Natural Language Processing (NLP) research and his new analytics role in TRS.
Recorded in September 2023 by William Clinton Co.
Piper Hoekstra is a UBC Sauder graduate working as a Senior Research Analyst at Connor Clark and Lunn (CC&L) on the Quantitative Equities team. Piper talks about quantitative investing, her research at CC&L, and her path to quantitative finance from UBC. Recorded in December 2022 by Alex Bastin and William Co.
Disclaimer: The views expressed by Piper Hoekstra are hers alone and do not represent those of CC&L. CC&L may hold positions in securities discussed in this podcast.
Uma Thurnau is a fourth-year finance student at the UBC Sauder School of Business. She has been re-elected as President of UBC Trading Group and is the recipient of the 12th Edition of the Women in Financial Markets Award from National Bank Financial. Recorded in October of 2022 by William Co.
Marc Lefrance is UBC Economics student currently working as an Associate at RBC Dominion Securities. Marc talks about his path and experience in derivatives trading and gives some advice he learned along the way.
Trading Group member Benjamin Ross is currently pursuing a bachelor’s in Finance at the University of British Columbia, with interests in Public and Private Equities, High Yield Credit, and Macroeconomics. He was recently a summer analyst at the Guardian Capital Group, and is a research associate at the prestigious PMF program here at UBC.
Miranda is an ambitious student currently pursuing a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance, Accounting and Economics at the Goizueta Business School at Emory University. Miranda is working at BCI under the marco investment research team and has recently extended her offer at BCI with the Financial Planning & Analysis team