Carlos Palma Arzubialde

Carlos Palma Arzubialde has extensive work experience in the financial industry, specializing in fixed income trading and sales. Carlos is currently serving as the Head of Fixed Income/Institutional FI Sales at BBVA en Perú, where they are responsible for trading fixed income and managing sales of institutional and private banking accounts. Prior to this role, Carlos held the position of Head of Fixed Income at Renta 4 SAB Perú, where they led the research and trading team and focused on sales of Peruvian institutional accounts.

Carlos has a strong background in trading and strategy, having worked as a Senior Trader at Profuturo AFP. In this role, they negotiated fixed income, equity, and FX, and was involved in fixed income strategy and research. Carlos also developed databases and algorithmic models to support trading activities.

Before becoming a Senior Trader, Carlos served as an Investment Strategy Analyst at Profuturo AFP. In this capacity, they managed the global portfolio and played a key role in developing quantitative models for investment strategies. Carlos also conducted quantitative portfolio analysis, benchmarking, optimization, and VaR analysis.

Carlos also has experience as a Financial Data Consultant at Nisira Systems S.A.C., where they provided consulting services related to financial data.

Overall, Carlos Palma Arzubialde has a proven track record in fixed income trading, sales, strategy, and research, and has demonstrated expertise in portfolio management and quantitative modeling.

Carlos Palma Arzubialde earned a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the Universidad del Pacífico in Peru, completing their studies from 2007 to 2012. Carlos then pursued further education in the field of computer science, specializing in data science and machine learning. From 2021 to 2023, Carlos is enrolled in a Master of Computer Science program with a focus on data science and machine learning at UTEC - Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología. In 2019 and 2020, they completed an online program on machine learning and decision-making technology offered by MIT Professional Education. Carlos also holds additional certifications, including a Certificate on Quantitative Finance from the CQF Institute obtained in 2021, Scrum Foundations Professional Certificate (SFPC) from CertiProf in 2021, and a Data Analyst with Python Track certification from DataCamp in 2021. In 2014, they passed Level 1 of the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) exam, making him a CFA Candidate.