Jan-Thomas Schöps

• Supporting relationship managers in the acquisition of clients • Responsible for creating client-specific investment proposals for discretionary mandates solutions • Project Management: planning and supervising an IT infrastructure project • Business Management support

• Analysis of equity and fixed income securities in the European utilities and telecoms area • Responsible for covering the Q3 2013 reporting of utility companies • Independent pre-IPO analysis of Twitter (valuation models, market research) • Support in the daily tasks of the Private Banking research

• Support in the execution of portfolio management tasks • Analysis of market data, as well as equity and fixed income securities • Independent creation of Excel VBA-based portfolio management support and quantitative investment tools to enhance team productivity and create investment ideas • Assistance in the strategic development and establishment of product concepts • Independent preparation of product presentation material

• Independent generation of company fact books and valuation models (DCF, SOTP, peer group, ROCE/ WACC) • Independent creation of chemicals market research report (incl. market shares, drivers, trends, etc.) • Development of initiation of coverage reports for Umicore and Johnson Matthey • Support in execution of daily analyst tasks (independent research of market data) • Assistance in the publication of the quarterly Key Chemical Elements Report tor 1Q10 and 2Q10

• Conducting company analyses (market and competitive analyses, analysis of company exposés and annual reports) • Support in the structuring of financing models and in conducting due diligence • Supervision of existing equity investments

Graduation magna cum laude / Master thesis in Quantitative Finance: “On the cross-sectional pricing over time of default probability in equity returns in a structural model framework. Is the distress puzzle so puzzling after all?” (written externally with MainFirst Asset Management AG, Switzerland)

Business Administration, Finance

Graduation with distinction / Business Administration / Finance