Brian Rahley Email & Phone Number

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Boston, Ma

Rates Trader (2014-Current)Member on a 3 person team responsible for trading following assets:Treasury Bonds/NotesTreasury StripsTreasury FuturesABS/MBS/CMBSTrading responsibilities:1. Create and execute orders to extend/shorten duration across various account benchmark groupings2. Monitor yield curve moves to identify potential strategic Off the Run relative value switches.3. Monitor cashflows and work with PMs to manage duration and cash by creating and executing trade orders4. Work with credit traders to assist in hedging duration for corporate bond buys/sales by getting On The Run treausries, creating hedge orders with Off The Run treasuries and/or futuresABS/CMBS1. Gather dealer inventory runs and identify potential buy candidates2. Monitor BWICs on Bloomberg for potential buy candidates3. Send out BWIC list for executionMonitor compliance warnings/alerts and notify PMs if action is neededGenerate various reports/maintain spreadsheets for PMs

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Fixed Income Team System Administration• Maintain all portfolio management software• Maintain all composite related data in line with GIPS standards• Daily extraction of data from custodians including prices, transactions, and positions• Update security specific details including mortgage factors, variable rates, interest payments, maturities, calls, and pre-refunds using BloombergTrade Operations• Manage trade settlement process for fixed income securities over DTC and Fed Wire• Daily communications with over 50 custodians and broker/dealers to ensure timely settlement of trades• Monitor all trade activity for internal and external errorsReconciliation• Perform detailed portfolio reconciliation against custodial bank statements• Generate trading and cash movement reports for portfolio managers to utilize• Generate daily cash balance reports that are sent to clients• Responsible for interacting with custodians to resolve errors on client statements• Research bond interest payments and paydowns to ensure accuracy using BloombergPerformance Reporting• Calculate monthly and quarterly returns for portfolios and composites• Generate databases for each marketed composite at quarter end using Bloomberg, Bondedge, and Excel• Research and maintain all benchmark/index data on a monthly basis using BloombergAccomplishments• Streamlined reconciliation process thereby reducing the number of days portfolios went unchecked• Successfully created a system of checks and balances to monitor trade settlement process in an environment without direct access to DTC interfaces thereby eliminating trade errors• Worked with Compliance Officer and outside consultant to verify all portfolio and composite history to be compliant with current GIPS standards• Initiated custodian change for client which resulted in a dramatic reduction in trading fees • Gained experience with Bloomberg, Bondedge, various Advent products, and Excel

Msf, Finance

Activities and Societies: Beta Gamma Sigma

Bachelor'S Degree, Mathematics