Max Kettner, CFA (09/05/1988)

251 Southwark Bridge Road, Flat 609, SE1 6FJ, London – Southwark

Telephone: +44-7309655092    E- mail: max.l.kettner@gmail.com
Education

09/ 2013 – 08/ 2014                                     M. Sc. International Securities, Investment and Banking

Henley Business School/ ICMA Centre, Reading (Average grade: Distinction, 81%)

10/ 2009 – 04/2013                                      B. Sc. in Business Administration, majors: finance, economics

Catholic University Eichstaett-Ingolstadt (Average grade: 1.65)

09/ 2007 – 06/ 2009                                     Vocational banking apprenticeship at Sparkasse Pfaffenhofen

Graduated as Bankkaufmann (Qualified Bank Officer, Average grade: 1.4)

Work Experience

09/2018 – present                                          Chief Multi-Asset Strategist at HSBC, London

Ranked #2 in the 2021, 2020, 2019 Extel survey (Multi-Asset Research); team ranked #1 in the 2020 II survey in Multi-Asset Research category

Managing a team of three; responsible for developing and setting up a tactical asset allocation framework; responsible for communicating HSBC’s multi-asset views to internal and external clients in Europe, Asia and the US with c. 500 client meetings p.a.

08/2014 – 07/2018                                       Cross Asset Strategist at Commerzbank AG, London

Ranked #2 and #3 in the 2018 and 2017 Extel survey (Multi Asset Research)

Vast amount of client meetings, conferences and media contributions (e.g. Financial Times, CNBC, Bloomberg TV)

Production of and contribution to weekly, monthly and ad-hoc research publications

Contribution to asset allocation recommendations for EM equities, EM FX & fixed income within a multi-asset context

Production of ad-hoc research publications (e.g. Risk parity; The current stage of the leverage cycle and its effects on asset allocation; Is there a small-cap effect on the credit market?; Is it too late to invest in REITs?; Frontier market debt and equities; Safe-haven assets; Shifts in cross asset correlations; Cross asset valuation; EM cross asset outlook; Equity sector allocation; Ad-hoc reports on TAA opportunities (3-6 months).

11/2013 – 5/2014                                          Working Student at Commerzbank AG, London (Cross Asset Strategy Research)

Contribution to weekly and monthly publications across all asset classes, contribution to           ad-hoc special publication on seasonality

04/2013 – 07/2013                                      Internship at Commerzbank AG, Frankfurt (Cross Asset Strategy Research)

07/2012 – 10/2012                                      Internship at BayernLB, Munich (Investment Research)

02/2012 – 07/2012                                      Internship at Independent Strategic Research, London

03/2011 – 02/2013                                      Student research assistant at the Chair of Finance and Banking, and the Chair of Taxation, Catholic University Eichstaett-Ingolstadt

Additional skills

Languages: German (native), English (fluent; TOEFL: 119), Portuguese (good)

IT: MS Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, VBA: basic), EViews, Bloomberg, Datastream, FactSet

Memberships, Affiliations, Scholarships & Other

12/2014 – present                                          CFA charterholder

2012 – 2014                                                     Student Ambassador Scholarship of the ICMA Centre, University of Reading (£10,000); Scholarship holder of e-fellows and careerloft scholarships

2007 – present                                                Singer in choirs, e.g. Audi Youth Choir Academy,  previously London Philharmonic Choir

1999 – 2013                                                     President of Arbeitskreis Mandacarú, an organisation which provides financial help for the both socially and economically disadvantaged population in Piauí (North-East Brazil). Organisation of numerous fund-raising events.