Sepehr from UBS wealth Management returned to deliver a masterclass to our year 12 maths learners exploring how to use the mean and standard deviation to calculate risk of stocks. This session helped our learners to contextualise the curriculum topics of mean and standard deviation in an exciting industry setting.

Throughout the masterclass learners were guided through how to use mean and standard deviation to help us determine the volatility of an investment, what the Sharpe Ratio is and how to use it to calculate risk adjusted return and using Excel to analyse large data.

As Sepehr works as an investment banker for UBS Wealth Management, one of the foremost financial companies in the world, he was well versed to lead the learners through these concepts. Sepehr shared, “It is important that young mathematicians explore the world of finance. Even if they don’t choose to go into this industry, it is vital to have financial literacy.” 

Following this session, learners were tasked with a project to select five companies for potential investment and use the skills taught during the session to calculate the risk of investing into those companies. Learners will present their findings and recommendations to our visitor via Padlet and receive valuable feedback.

Thanks to Sepehr for taking his time to share his valuable expertise. Our learners truly valued this employer engagement. 

“This session was really challenging and stimulating! I found it nice to have these topics contextualised in a really interesting industry and how we explored real life companies in the session,” year 12 maths learner, Kerina.