Ismael Zie Diamoutene
Senior Business Analyst, Cash Analytics at RBC Capital Markets
📍 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Ismael is the Founder and CEO of SharpeEdge, a quantitative strategy firm. His expertise is rooted in his background as a risk and business analyst at prominent financial institutions including RBC Capital Markets, Desjardins, and Scotiabank. He holds both a Bachelors and a Master of Science from the University of Ottawa.
He recently pivoted his company’s core methodology to a walk-forward optimization framework, increasing computational spend to ensure a more robust strategy evaluation process.
Read the full overview →Experience
4 Years
Current Role
Senior Business Analyst, Cash Analytics
Job Level
Junior
Location
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Priorities
Topics Ismael cares about
Quantitative Strategies
Focuses on developing a proper evaluation framework for financial strategies, specifically using walk-forward optimizations to ensure robustness.
Risk-Adjusted Returns
Uses risk-adjusted returns as a core performance metric, planning to engage customers only after hitting three consecutive months of positive, benchmark-beating results.
Career
Work history
5-2026
Senior Business Analyst, Cash Analytics
RBC Capital Markets
7-2025 - 3-2026
Analyst, Counterparty and Issuer Risk Management
Desjardins
3-2025
Founder and CEO
SharpeEdge
6-2022 - 6-2024
Risk Analyst
Scotiabank
9-2020 - 4-2022
Student Researcher
Statistics Canada
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Education
9-2020 - 7-2022
Master of Science - MS
University of Ottawa
9-2016 - 4-2020
Bachelor of Science - BS
University of Ottawa
Social presence
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