NYIF
CFPInstructor
Vinh Q. Tran, Ph.D.
Practical Experience:
Vinh Q. Tran has been a money manager for over twenty-five years with global financial institutions, including Morgan Stanley and Bank of America. He is Managing Partner at Pinehill Capital LLC, an investment advisory firm. He has been doing research and writing on global and Asian markets and economies, and given lectures at renowned universities, including Wharton School of Business, Harvard Business School, New York University. He is Adjunct Professor at NYU Center for Global Affairs, and lead lecturer and founder of the real estate finance program at New York Institute of Finance.
Dr. Tran has had career experience in managing global investments, hedged equities and alternative investments, including institutional real estate and private equity, and advising wealthy individuals and institutional investors. He was Director of Alternative Investments at Bank of America, Head of Global Fixed Income at Morgan Stanley, and Director of International Investments at Aetna Life & Casualty. He has earned high acclaim for his top investment performance from Fortune, the New York Times, Morningstar, and others.
Dr. Tran is the author of Market Upside Down: How to Invest Profitably in a Shrinking Economy (FT Press/Wharton School Publishing) wherein he discusses how to achieve long-term objectives with absolute return strategies and opportunistic investments, while minimizing risks of capital loss and liquidity shortfall; Evaluating Hedge Fund Performance (John Wiley & Sons), a recommended reading for the CFA program and being translated into Chinese by Shanghai University Finance and Economic Press; and Foreign Exchange Management in Multinational Firms (University of Michigan Research Press,).
Dr. Tran taught investment and quantitative finance as adjunct professor of finance at NYU Stern School of Business, and was Visiting Scholar at NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate. He holds a Ph.D. and MBA in Finance from The George Washington University, and graduated magna cum laude in both Business Administration and Political Science from the University of Dalat, Vietnam.
Education:
Ph.D. and MBA in Finance from George Washington University Magna cum laude in both Accounting and Political Science from the University of Dalat, VietnamPublication(s):
Market Upside Down: How to Invest Profitably in a Shrinking Economy Evaluating Hedge Fund Performance Foreign Exchange Management in Multinational FirmsCourses:
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