APAC Equity Finance & Portfolio Finance

Cherin Kim

APAC equity finance professional with a technical edge

I build automations and data-driven workflows that sharpen financing decisions and surface insights others might miss - bringing both market depth and technical precision to equity finance across APAC.

Portfolio Snapshot
Refinancing Opps
Daily Avail
Action Items
HTB Positions
20
Daily Borrow Cost
$55.6K

Market experience
meets analytics

10+ years in APAC equity finance across hedge fund coverage, securities lending and single-stock swap execution, with deep experience in regional market structures and lender access, including Korea.

Experienced in managing fragmented SBL markets, building client relationships and navigating supply, pricing and market dynamics across APAC.

Equity Finance APAC Markets Financing Analytics Market Structure Korea Market Expertise
Apr 2022 – Oct 2025
J.P. Morgan · Hong Kong
Equity Finance Distribution
Jan 2019 – Mar 2022
J.P. Morgan · Hong Kong
Equity Finance Trading
Jun 2014 – Dec 2018
Morgan Stanley · Hong Kong
Equity Finance Trading & Distribution
Jun 2013 – Aug 2013
Morgan Stanley · Hong Kong
Summer Analyst – Equity Finance & Delta One Sales

Five focus areas

Where market expertise and analytical tooling intersect

Financing Analytics

Analysis of borrow cost structures and financing drag, supporting desk-level decision-making and client reporting.

Borrow Rate Monitor
Avg Cost
3.46%
Positions
147
Refinancing Opp
$12.2K/day
Workflow Automation & Optimization

Integrating fragmented data sources and automating repetitive workflows to improve efficiency and support better decision-making.

Workflow Status
Daily Borrow Report
Completed 06:03
SBL Data Sync
Running
Position Breaks & Reconciliation
Queued
Client Deck Export
Queued
Market Structure

Short selling regulation, liquidity dynamics, APAC landscape

Market Intelligence

Market color, short interest & SBL data, shaping idea generation and client engagement

Supply & Inventory Dynamics

Supply dynamics, lender landscape, HTB access, diversification

Dashboard projects

APAC Portfolio Finance Monitor
Financing Analytics Workflow Automation & Optimization
APAC Portfolio Finance Monitor
01
Problem

Borrow rates, availability and positions are fragmented across prime brokers and funds, limiting visibility into cost concentration and refinancing opportunities.

02
Approach

Consolidates financing exposure across prime brokers, markets and positions into a centralized dashboard - highlighting borrow cost distribution, rate dispersion and cross-broker refinancing opportunities, with daily prioritized action items to drive follow-through.

03
Impact

Turns fragmented financing data into a single, actionable view - optimizing borrow costs, improving capital efficiency and ensuring high-impact refinancing opportunities are identified and acted on daily.

04
Limitation

The current version operates on simulated data, which does not fully capture real-world financing dynamics.

05
Future enhancement

Connecting to live data sources would enable automated updates and expand the dashboard into a more complete portfolio financing platform, incorporating margin, capital efficiency and optimization.

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Korea Short Pressure Monitor
Market Intelligence Workflow Automation & Optimization
Korea Short Pressure Monitor
01
Problem

Short-selling activity in Korea is fragmented across markets and data sources, making it difficult to identify which stocks face the most coordinated selling pressure on any given day.

02
Approach

Aggregates five signals into a single composite score for each stock in the top 300 market cap universe (KOSPI + KOSDAQ): short turnover ratio, short turnover acceleration versus the 5-day average, foreign net sell flow, institutional net sell flow, and price return. All components are z-scored within each market and weighted into a unified Short Pressure Score.

03
Impact

Provides a single, actionable view of short pressure - four KPIs surface breadth, momentum, price confirmation, and squeeze risk, while the AI Analysis card translates the day's signals into plain-language observations for institutional-style clarity.

04
Limitation

The universe is ranked by market cap, not by short-selling intensity, so the top-300 list skews toward large caps. Stocks with significant short activity outside this universe are not captured.

05
Further enhancement

Filtering or re-ranking the universe by short-sell turnover ratio at the screening stage would surface higher-conviction pressure signals earlier. A request has been submitted to KIS to support this enhancement at the API level.

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More dashboard projects in progress

Capabilities

Data & Analytics
Tools
Python
SQL
API Integration
+
Workflow & Automation
Tools
n8n
Claude Code
AI Automation
+
Visualization & Reporting
Tools
Tableau
HTML/CSS
Dashboard Design
+
Finance Domain
Areas
Securities Lending
Prime Brokerage
Korea Specialty
= α

Open to the right opportunity

Based in Hong Kong
Looking for APAC-focused roles in equity finance, portfolio finance or adjacent fields