Online Finance Tutor Bruce

Bruce

Bruce

Finance, Investment Management, Demographics, Survival Statistics, Population Projections Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia, Certificate in Finance and Investment (London)

5.0

$52/hr

I am ideally suited to tutoring university students studying finance and investment for the first time or for people having difficulty with basic maths and excel and financial terminology. I am a qualified actuary and have directed training of actuaries in finance and investment. I was a senior consultant in an international investment consulting firm for over 20 years. In recent years I have tutored on-campus at Macquarie University for 3 years and have been tutoring online continuously through Spires for the past 4 years.

I relate well to young people as was acknowledged within my consulting firm for mentoring junior consultants.
I am very responsive to messages. I am available for Classes 7 days a week mornings and evenings. I offer the first Class free for new clients, to discuss specific needs and study plans. I only offer tutoring through the Spires platform.

Bruce
5.0
198 classes

Institute of Actuaries (London), Institute of Actuaries Australia - Finance, Investment Management, Demographics, Survival Statistics, Population Projections - Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia, Certificate in Finance and Investment (London)

I am ideally suited to tutoring university students studying finance and investment for the first time or for people having difficulty with basic maths and excel and financial terminology. I am a qualified actuary and have directed training of actuaries in finance and investment. I was a senior consultant in an international investment consulting firm for over 20 years. In recent years I have tutored on-campus at Macquarie University for 3 years and have been tutoring online continuously through Spires for the past 4 years.

I relate well to young people as was acknowledged within my consulting firm for mentoring junior consultants.
I am very responsive to messages. I am available for Classes 7 days a week mornings and evenings. I offer the first Class free for new clients, to discuss specific needs and study plans. I only offer tutoring through the Spires platform.

Recent Students: 3
Total Hours: 200
Last Online:
All-time Students: 45
Total Classes: 198
Signed Up:
Recent Students: 3Total Hours: 200Last Online:
All-time Students: 45Total Classes: 198Signed Up:

About Me

I am very responsive to your messages prior to Classes and prepare well for Classes. I am available for Classes 7 days a week. My preferred time of day for classes is early mornings and evenings.

I offer the first Class free for new clients, to discuss your specific needs and study plans and to help familiarize you with Spires systems. I only offer tutoring through the Spires platform and limit my student load to a maximum of 2 students at any one time.

Tutor Experience

I am ideally suited to tutoring people studying finance for the first time or where their maths has not been their main strength. I am a qualified actuary and have directed training of actuaries in finance and investment and I was a senior consultant in an international investment consulting firm. I relate well to young people as was acknowledged within the consulting firm for my role mentoring junior consultants. In recent years I have tutored on-campus at Macquarie University for 3 years and have been tutoring online continuously through Spires for the past 4 years.

Topic Expertise

Corporate Finance Year 1 (time value of money, risk models, portfolio models, regression, WACC, Case Studies, Project Analysis).

CFA Level 1 and MBA Finance Unit (quantitative methods, merger and acquisition, private equity, endowment funds, alternative investments).

Personal Financial Planning (Needs Analysis, Savings Plans, Insurance, Estate Planning, Superannuation, Age Pension).

Population Projections, Demographic Studies.

Client Reviews

Bruce's lessons are absolutely excellent - he truly understands the topics and shows a deep understanding of the objectives I am aiming to achieve with the lessons (this is very rare to find with online tutors). Bruce truly goes above and beyond - with a provision of many useful additional resources, in-depth preparation ahead of lessons, well thought-through homework exercises, and a general high level of professionalism.

I have had a lot of different online tutors over the years and can say that these lessons truly stand out across the board - in terms of quality and the level of progress I can see in my skills after each lesson. In just a short space of time, Bruce's lessons have already massively increased my knowledge, skills and confidence in the topics covered. I could not recommend these lessons enough!!

- CFA

Bruce is great, always so prepared for our classes with helpful formulas and examples ready to go!

- Finance

Bruce has been so helpful in explaining stuff to me and keeping it very simple. This has been a great experience for me. It has reduced my anxiety levels around finance as this is a mandatory module in my MBA

- Finance

This has been extremely helpful and has clarified a lot of stuff for me. Bruce was very patient as I struggled with finance.

- Finance

Very helpful with a nice conversation to keep you focused and entertained!

- IoA

The class was good, Bruce had done some pre-work to help prepare for the area I needed help with.

- Finance

Great class. I know what i need to do until the next class

- Statistics

Group discussion method that would be usable to a team corporate work environment

- Finance

Excellent.

- Finance

Provide additional insights on becoming a professional, versatile and always willing to go beyond for his students.

- Finance

Testimonials

Unsolicited recommendation recieved in May 2023 from a recent student for whom I provided tutoring from beginning to end of an MBA Finance unit. The student achieved 85% in the final exam:

"Bruce was fantastic as a tutor for Managerial Finance (MBA UWA). He was well-prepared for sessions, provided a very useful structure for me to work within and was patient, responsive and empathetic. I highly recommend Bruce! Jianele G J"

From: Head of Business at Mercer, November 2009

Subject: Bruce

To all our Australian and New Zealand IC staff:

With over 40 years in the superannuation and investment industry, and following the last 12 years' loyal service with Mercer and its predecessor organisations, Bruce Gregor has announced his intention to retire in mid 2010.

Bruce has played a key role in the success of Mercer's investment consulting business in Australia, leading some of our most demanding client relationships, and in advancing our reputation in the endowment and foundation sector. In addition, his research in the private equity space has been critical to our ability to offer a truly comprehensive investment advisory service to clients in this market.

Bruce's contribution to the superannuation industry and actuarial profession over his career must also be recognised including his involvement in the development of the investment strategy covenants of the SIS Act, arguably one of the most important factors in the success of the Australian superannuation system and the innovation we have seen in the institutional investment industry in the past decade.

There are however two aspects of Bruce's professional life that I particularly want to highlight. The first is his unerring commitment to our clients. He has forged strong client relationships over the years based on a reputation for delivering high quality, honest, and value-adding advice. To many of these clients, there's no doubt Bruce would represent all of the attributes of the "trusted advisor", a level of relationship to which all professional service firms would have their consultants aspire. Consistent with his dedication to clients and his professionalism, Bruce has carried out detailed planning to ensure client transitions to new consultants in the coming six months are successful.

But it's Bruce's informal role in the development and mentoring of our people that arguably has been of the greatest value to our firm in the latter part of his career. He is always generous with his time and has gone out of his way to help newcomers to our business at all levels understand what it takes to be an investment consultant. He is a source of wise counsel for us all.

For all of this we owe Bruce a significant debt of gratitude.


Mercer
Darling Park Tower 3, 201 Sussex Street, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia

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Qualifications

Certificate in Finance & Investment – Institute of Actuaries(UK)
Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia
Certificate for Foundations in Teaching & Learning Macquarie University
Certificate in Learning to Teach Online University of New South Wales

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