ekin yalcin

Ekin Yalcin

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Summary

Banking professional with focus on FX, commodities, equities sales and trading.

Experience

2015 Nov - Present
Institutional Equity Sales
BANK OF AMERICA MERRILL LYNCH / Istanbul

Provide Turkish Equities services for institutional clients in Turkey, UK, Europe and USA

Produce daily summaries of all key events, company updates and key market information and keeps clients fully informed in a timely manner

Prepare holistic sales desk research (industry & company level) and create trade recommendations

Help organize conferences, NDRs and roadshows

Develop strong relationships with company management, analysts and economists

2014 Nov - Present
Co-Founder/Editor in Chief
RUSH TECHNOLOGY A.S. / Istanbul

Help establish a C2C shopping platform; both app and a website

Work collaboratively with the software developers to achieve the perfect user interface and design

Map organizational objectives into clear digital priorities; decide on the mix and on-going use of digital channels

Modarush App & Website launched in June 2016 with 3,000 users in the space of a month

2012 Jul - 2014 Aug
Regional Sales in FX/Commodities
GOLDMAN SACHS / London

Originated new relationships and sustained a good dialogue with already established clients

Managed 90 clients across Turkey, CE3, Russia, MENA, Greece, Benelux, Israel, Germany, USA, Australia

Produced $13mn sales profit out of Turkey solely; total of $28mn during 2012-2014

Covered G10 & EM FX products, NDFs, NDOs, FX Vanilla & Exotic Options, Precious Metals Spot & Options

Worked intensively with valuation adjustment (CVA) desk to assess risks and ultimately price them in

Marketed the Electronic Trading Platform, adjusted pricing models for clients

Education

2008 - 2013
Boğaziçi University
Economics / Macro Economics, Econometrics, Financial applications

Bachelor of Science in Economics; GPA: 3.33/4.0; Honours Degree

Awarded the Cemil Koksal Student Athlete Prize

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