Team Profile

Syl Yip

FOUNDER

Experience:
Product Strategy, Trading Infrastructure, Corporate Finance,
Risk Management & Data Analysis

Education:
MBA from New York University
BA in Economic and Statistics from UC Berkeley

Background

Syl was a Managing Director responsible for Product Strategy and Portfolio Analytics at the Institutional Fixed Income Division of INTL FCStone. Prior to INTL, Syl worked in Quantitative Finance, Risk Management and Product Strategy at firms such as Citi Alternative Investment and MSCI Barra.

Syl earned her MBA from New York University and BA in Economics & Statistics from University of California, Berkeley. She completed exams for Series 7, 63, 65, 52 and 53 licenses, SASB FSA Credential, level l I of CFA (Charter Financial Analyst), FRM (Financial Risk Manager) and CAIA (Charter Alternative Investment Analyst).

To give back, Syl had served for eight years as the Treasurer and a Board member of Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), a Washington DC based leading think tank that focuses on advancing women’s status through social science research, policy analysis, and public education.