A PERSONAL RECORD

What a place
carries.

I grew up between Shanghai, Toronto, and Hong Kong — three cities built by convergence, none of which let you believe a place has a single origin. Everything I work on circles the same question from two directions that don't usually share a sentence: finance, and documentation.

SHANGHAI TORONTO HONG KONG
Ansong Wang
“What does a thing carry from where it came from — and how do you keep that record from disappearing?”

THREE CITIES

Study, exchange, and the in-between.

I study Finance & Economics at the University of Toronto's Rotman Commerce, class of 2027, with a semester on exchange at the University of Hong Kong Business School. cGPA 3.75/4.00, University of Toronto Scholar, Dean's List Scholar. Coursework in Capital Market Theory, Corporate Finance, Machine Learning in Finance, and Data Analysis — the same instincts, pointed at markets instead of memory.

THE RECORD

Education & Experience

2023 — 2027 (expected)

Bachelor of Commerce, Finance & Economics Specialist

Rotman Commerce, University of Toronto · Fall 2025 exchange, BEcon&Fin @ University of Hong Kong Business School

  • University of Toronto Scholar, Dean's List Scholar — 3.75/4.00 cGPA
  • Coursework: Capital Market Theory, Corporate Finance, Machine Learning in Finance, Data Analysis

July — August 2025

Summer Intern

Boutique Investment Firm · Hong Kong, China

  • Conducted due diligence for two stock pitches — leveraging Capital IQ and Bloomberg to support recommendations presented to a panel of 4 senior leadership members
  • Collaborated on an asset allocation exercise for a hypothetical $100M portfolio across equities, fixed income, and alternatives; explored agentic AI and decentralized finance
  • Authored research reports on post-COVID industry trends across American and Chinese markets

January — April 2025

ACP Member

Student-Run Investment Fund · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • Contributed investment analysis and case studies alongside 6 senior analysts managing over $30,000 in private investor capital
  • Valued and pitched NFI Group using Bloomberg, Capital IQ, and FactSet — concluded a hold with 8.9% implied upside
  • 2nd place, internal stock pitch competition (50 participants) — nuclear energy provider, 10-page report
8.9% implied upside2nd of 50

March 2022

Adjudication Committee

UBC Asian Debate Club · British Columbia, Canada

  • Facilitated communication between debate teams and judges to determine tournament winners over one week
  • Synthesized a 5-page thesis of teams' arguments for fellow adjudicators to consult

TOOLS OF THE TRADE

Skills & Certifications

Software & Modeling

Excel & MacrosPowerPointBloomberg Capital IQFactSetPythonStata DCF ModelingM&A ModelingLBO Modeling

Certifications

Financial Modeling Core IMerger Consequences Analysis & Modeling LBO Short-Form ModelingBloomberg Market ConceptsBloomberg Finance Fundamentals

Languages & Manner

English — FluentChinese — Intermediate Attention to DetailStrategic ThinkingResearch & Writing

HONOURS

Awards

  • BC Achievement Scholarship (2023)
  • Ragbir Riarh Memorial Scholarship (2023)
  • Innis College Alumni Association Scholarship (2024)

BEYOND THE DESK

Interests & Activities

  • Music & drumming — school drum technician, performance tours, teaching younger drummers; avid swimmer
  • CFA Program Level I candidate (November 2026)
  • Rotman Commerce Finance Fundamentals 2024, TSIC Foundations, RCFA Buyside Night Stock Pitch (top 12)
  • Rotman Microsoft Excel Hackathon Nov 2024 (top 10%), RCUF x Fidelity Stock Pitch (top 10), internal fund stock pitch (2nd)

THE OTHER DIRECTION

C// Dispatches

If finance asks what a thing is worth, this is where I ask what it remembers. A small, ongoing series on people who work directly with material and memory.

EP02

Making the Unnoticed Noticed

Calvin Sio, whose Macau company turns spent tea leaves into usable material. The angle was making the unseen seen.

EP03

What Does a Space Remember?

Yoshitoki Iijima, the Japanese architect working in cork and raw soil. He posited whether childlike wonder and memory could be held in physical space — what stays in a material, and what gets lost as we grow up.