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Financial Planner & Adviser providing a path to enjoying the lifestyle you desire by focusing on your financial needs and expectations.St. James's Place Wealth Management is a FTSE 100 company and one of the UK's leading wealth management organisations. As a company, we specialise in delivering quality, face-to-face wealth management advice with a commitment to building trusted and enduring relationships with clients. The St. James's Place proposition is further enhanced by its distinctive approach to investment management.

• Managed various books on the supply side covering client and internal demand. • Significantly increased flow business by utilising strong recognised relationships and introduced new, highly profitable business channels.

Based in Sydney Australia covering Hedge Funds located in Asia and Australasia.• Overall responsibility for winning and maintaining revenue producing business.• Regular attendance at industry conferences and events.• Worked closely with the Corporate Sales team to promote Securities Lending, Equity Swaps, ETF's and OTC Options to the Asian and Australasian hedge fund community. This required identifying target clients, presenting to external senior management, negotiating business parameters and ultimately overseeing and advising on trade execution.• Extensive travel throughout Asia to initiate, promote and maintain hedge fund relationships. A close working relationship was essential with colleagues in all related business units.• Covering all client facing aspects required in a sales role including preparation of marketing material, initial engagement, presentation of pitches and establishing client requirements.

10 years of service covering all aspects of Securities Finance.Hedge Fund Sales/Trading• Senior member of the Hedge Fund Sales Team with significant contribution to a p&l that grew every year by demonstrating a pro-active approach to sales and relationship management to increase balances.• Led Marketing Team on sales pitches to win new business. Responsibility would then include overseeing/directing the On-boarding Team.Equity Finance/Swaps/Securities Lending Trader• Managed the Synthetic Equity Swap (SES) business capturing all hedge fund swap transactions. Overall balance was valued around $5bln accounting for >$10 mln gross profit per annum. As main point of contact, clear effective communication was vital with all governing departments (including Tax, Legal, Credit and Compliance) whilst managing process and internal/external expectations.• Identified a previously untapped revenue stream and built a US equity yield enhancement business from scratch. Accountable for trade selection, p&l management and trade procedures.• Submitted an Equity Repo business plan and developed a competitive, improved financing service to the banks hedge fund clients. This business was then adopted by Treasury to assist with company finance requirements.• Significantly increased revenue by focusing on European yield enhancement trades.• Assigned the Asian matched book during the European time zone.Collateral Manager/Trader• Head of the International Securities Lending Collateral Management Team. • Turned a previously regarded cost reducing duty into a recognised profit centre through execution in FX, repo and cash investment markets.• Established the use of the tri-party collateralisation programme.Treasury Dealer• Contributory member of the banks Treasury Committee. • Responsible for daily management and investment of funds including a placing strategy for cash, commercial paper and certificates of deposit.

• Traded European forward currencies and directed the Corporate Sales desk to boost FX balances.• Provided daily commentary to colleagues and clients.

• Full responsibility of the spot $/Yen book.