Curriculum Vitae Claudiu Mihai Cazacu
Education
2014 – 2016 London Business School, London, UK
Masters in Finance (FT rank: 1st for post-experience in Finance)
2010 – 2012 Finance and Banking (FABBV), University of Economic Studies (ASE) Bucharest
DOFIN Masters in Finance, Quantitative focus, Thesis: Stock Market and FX Market Interactions in CEE Countries. Top 15% in the class.
2000 – 2005 Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology, Politehnica University, Bucharest, Romania
Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics & Communications, Mobile and Satellite Communications)
1996 - 2000 “Cantemir-Vodă” National High School, Bucharest, Romania
IT Class, Assistant Programmer Certification
Work Experience
January 2020 - Present Original Media, Bucharest, Romania
Senior Economist
Research on economic policy, markets and econometrics. November 2019 - Present Consulting Strategist XTB Romania
Consulting Strategist
Market trainings and presentations, sector and global markets reports, media representation.
June 2015 - December 2020 Original Media, Bucharest, Romania
Economic Consulting
Contract based research work on economic matters.
July 2011 - November 2019 XTB Romania, Bucharest, Romania
Chief Strategist
Managing the research department. Writing reports and providing direct daily market information and research through webinars. Coverage of major market events for the media: TV networks (including TVR, ProTV, Digi24), major financial media, print and online. Speaker at financial education events, organized both in-house and externally, in Bucharest, Cluj, Brasov and other cities. Teaching for investment advisor formation program leading to ASF certification, and other courses. Contributor to the CEE currencies report and official forecaster on FX for FXstreet.com (2011 – 2017).
December 2009 - June 2011 XTB Romania, Bucharest, Romania
Financial Markets Analyst
Creating reports on markets and market moving events, focus on equities and FX. Delivery through written reports, client calls and meetings, larger events and conferences.
February 2005 – December 2008 Vanguard S.A. (now Tradeville), Bucharest, Romania
Stock Broker
Taking orders for trading stocks, options and futures on Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) and Sibiu Derivatives Exchange (Sibex). General market information, discussions on strategies and risk management.
Presentations, Trainings and Certification Courses (Speaker)
2018 ASER To Finance Conference 2018 Introduction to investments, ASER presentation for students
2017 Continuous education module (ASF certified training credits): Biases in finance, focus on investments
2017 Continuous education module (ASF certified training credits): Advanced technical analysis: candlestick filtering techniques
2017, several series of Investment Advisor Course (course for ASF certification): Rational and Irrational Investments. Portfolio Management. 2017 Conference at IBR (Institutul Bancar Român): Investing in 2017
2016 Continuous education module (ASF certified training credits): Advanced Technical Analysis, Price Patterns
2015 Presentation for VIP Student Association (ASE) Investments: Market Correlations
2014 Continuous education module (ASF certified training credits): Psichology in Trading
2014 Conference at IBR: Money Management in Trading
2014 Training: Economy and Capital Markets
2013, 2014 Bank to Basics, ASER – Introduction to Financial Markets. Technical and Fundamental Analysis.
2011, 2012, 2013 XTB Academy: Fundamental analysis, investments and psychology, advanced technical analysis. Prizes
2013 Market News International (Deutsche Boerse Group) Economic forecast. Rank: 8th in over 200 global economists
2012 FXStreet.com Best Research. Fundamental view of the British Pound.
Author
Japanese Candlesticks Improvement Techniques, in ”Risk demands know-how”, published in Poland, Hungary, Romania.
Further information
Advanced econometrics knowledge, good EViews, average Matlab working knowledge.
Good knowledge of English and French. Basic understanding and speech abilities in Spanish. Comments and interviews for TV networks TVR1, TVR2, Digi24, ProTV, Money Channel, Prima, Antena1, Antena3, Realitatea. Research and views published in: ZF, Wall-street.ro, Profit, Financial Intelligence, Capital, Bursa. Contributor to FXStreet.com, research and CEE currencies forecast (until 2016). Managing own stocks portfolio since 2004.