Weihan "Bobby" Luo

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I graduated from SMC in 2017 with a degree in Mathematics. Later on I attended the Business School in the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia and graduated with a Master’s degree in Finance.

Currently, I work in the Rosefinch Fund in Beijing, China, and my position is in Macro Data Research. In my department, we use data from governments across the world, data centers like IMF, OECD and the listed companies to forecast the future trends such as GDP, PPI, PMI, etc. Based on the calculations, we are also trying to predict the future of commodities. We have customers of all kinds. Central Government is using our data as a reference to make the policy; financial companies are using our industry data to predict the stock market; manufacturing companies are using our commodities data to calculate the future cost of their product.

My job requires lots of skills from both mathematics and finance; however, as a researcher, the most important skill is gathering the research method, and this isn’t the skill I can learn from a textbook. Knowing the knowledge of mathematics and finance is helping me during the research such as the calculation process, but knowing the method is like knowing the password of the front door. The skill of method using came from long-term learning, which is exactly what SMC has taught me by the liberal arts education. The skill of method using and the rigorous logic from my math major were all taught at SMC, and that is boosting my career of research at this moment.

I never imagined that I would work in the financial and research area when I was a student at SMC. The skills that SMC has taught give me a wide range of selections and today I will call it the “truly freedom.” In the past three years, I have served in the consulting, economics, and fund industry, and I never feel afraid when I enter a new area because I know the skill of fast learning can help me through every task.