Taku M.

Taku M. is a Quantitative Researcher at Squarepoint Capital since December 2022, focusing on algorithmic execution within the intraday trading team, dealing with multi-asset futures, spot FX, and FX forwards. Prior experience includes serving as a Quantitative Analyst at Barclays from August 2020 to December 2022, where responsibilities involved developing statistical models for regulatory stress testing and hedging. Taku M. also completed a work placement with HSBC's eFX team during the MSc Computational Finance program at UCL in mid-2020 and interned as an Off-Cycle Analyst at Goldman Sachs in January and February 2019. Academic credentials encompass a Master’s degree in Computational Finance from UCL and both a BCom Honours in Statistics and a Bachelor of Commerce in Actuarial Science from the University of Cape Town. Taku M. has also contributed as a Teaching Assistant in the Statistical Sciences department at the University of Cape Town between July 2017 and December 2018.