Josh Cui

Josh Cui is a Chinese entrepreneur and financial expert, best known for founding Hedge Fund Company, Watercrest Capital. Cui is known for his expertise in private equity, hedge funds, leveraged buyouts and macro-economic methodologies, risk management, and asset management. 
In 2020, he founded Watercrest Capital, a hedge fund company that specialises in alternative investments and multi-strategy approaches. Cui led the company as Managing Director to focus on alternative investments.
Cui initiated his career with an internship at Standard Chartered Bank in 2011 during his first year at the Australian National University, specialising in wholesale banking and risk control. Subsequently, Cui gained experience in investment banking and company valuation for initial public offerings (IPOs). Cui's career includes involvement in the Sydney property market in 2014, where he raised funds in the Asia-Pacific region for property development and strategically exited the market in 2017. He was recognised as a "Top 10 Investment Management Firm to Watch" by the Australia Business Journal, and Watercrest Capital was featured in Forbes Australia. 
==Early life and education==
Josh Cui was born in Yangzhou, China, into a family with a background in property development and financial management, which gained him his first interest in real estate and trading. When he was 18, he moved to Australia to pursue a Bachelor's degree in Finance at the Australian National University (ANU). 
He then attended the University of New South Wales (UNSW) to complete a degree in Master's in Professional Accounting. His environment at Universities brought Cui's interest in the fields of finance, investment, and business management.
==Career==
Cui started his career when he was in his first year at the Australian National University in 2011. He undertook an internship at Standard Chartered Bank, gaining exposure to wholesale banking and risk control. After SCB, he secured another internship position at Citic Securities, where he focused on investment banking, company valuation strategies and initial public offerings (IPOs).
After completing his Bachelor's degree, Cui got an opportunity in the private equity sector, and worked for a Private Equity Investment Company in Shanghai China that was working in high-end technology and pharmaceutical sectors. He was responsible for leveraged buyouts (LBOs) and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions for globally-listed companies. 
In 2014, amidst the booming Sydney property market, Cui capitalised on the opportunity, raising funds in the Asia-Pacific region to enter the Sydney property market for development purposes. Subsequently, he successfully exited the market in 2017.
Post his real estate venture, Cui worked in a local securities dealer, assuming the role of Portfolio Manager for an Asset Management Family Office. He was engaged in activities in the secondary market, trading through derivatives instruments such as equity options (ETO), over-the-counter (OTC) options, contracts for difference (CFDs), and other future contracts.
In 2020, Cui founded Watercrest Capital, a hedge fund, specialising in leveraged buyouts and employing a macro-economic methodology in active managing strategy. 
Under Cui’s leadership, the company employs a multi-strategy approach in alternative investments to optimise returns and manage risks.
==References==
==External links==
* Watercrest Capital
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