• Create and produce the Invesco Intelligence Seminars, both UK-wide presentations and online webinars. Provide clear and compelling charts covering macroeconomic and financial market topics in sufficient depth whilst not losing sight of commercial opportunities. Summarised with a high-level written summary. Asset classes covered include: equities; fixed income; alternatives including cryptocurrencies.• Build and evolve chartbooks for internal and external publication. Using a wide-range of… Show more • Create and produce the Invesco Intelligence Seminars, both UK-wide presentations and online webinars. Provide clear and compelling charts covering macroeconomic and financial market topics in sufficient depth whilst not losing sight of commercial opportunities. Summarised with a high-level written summary. Asset classes covered include: equities; fixed income; alternatives including cryptocurrencies.• Build and evolve chartbooks for internal and external publication. Using a wide-range of sources and methods to provide thoughtful material to promote Invesco’s expertise and provoke further conversations. Eg models of labour tightness in the US, supply-and demand-drivers of US PCE.• Write the monthly and quarterly reports, supported by charts, for the Invesco Gold ETC product. Combine market and macro material as well as specific supply and demand metrics commentary.• Contribute to the Global Thought Leadership team through weekly team meetings and topical charts for the weekly slide deck. Typically focus on UK markets to promote a diversified viewpoint eg. Real incomes and excess savings, 100yr history of 60/40 portfolio performance and the benefits of adding alternatives.• Present weekly updates for the UK retail sales teams providing market updates and insights with a question and answer session and support the team by presenting at events.• Develop novel methods to best message views such as coding a parliament chart into R to demonstrate the 2019/2024 change in the UK Parliament. Show less

• Responsible for formulating the bank’s view on interest rates, articulating the view and supporting analysis with publications on the website.•Constructed and maintained macroeconomic chart books to identify turning points in the cycle and forecast economic growth to internal committees and input to the regulatory stress tests.•Designed, wrote and gave external presentations to customers, typically economic updates but also special interest topics such as the fourth industrial… Show more • Responsible for formulating the bank’s view on interest rates, articulating the view and supporting analysis with publications on the website.•Constructed and maintained macroeconomic chart books to identify turning points in the cycle and forecast economic growth to internal committees and input to the regulatory stress tests.•Designed, wrote and gave external presentations to customers, typically economic updates but also special interest topics such as the fourth industrial revolution.•Wrote special interest papers for the Bank’s Board including scenarios following Brexit and impact of a Corbyn government.•Produced a weekly podcast to support the bankers' engagement. Show less

• Responsible for the house view for European ex-UK equities, credit, gold and property asset classes as well as initiating and maintaining a process to monitor the economic cycle and identify turning points.• Conducted macroeconomic and market research to produce investment ideas and evaluate current positions. This included both quantitative and qualitative factors.• Presented the economic and strategy view at internal and external events as well as providing written pieces for the… Show more • Responsible for the house view for European ex-UK equities, credit, gold and property asset classes as well as initiating and maintaining a process to monitor the economic cycle and identify turning points.• Conducted macroeconomic and market research to produce investment ideas and evaluate current positions. This included both quantitative and qualitative factors.• Presented the economic and strategy view at internal and external events as well as providing written pieces for the company website including market reviews and thought pieces such as the prospects for European banks. Show less

Provided research covering equities, bonds, foreign exchange and economic themes through written reports, conference calls, presentations and online videos.

Asset Allocation and Strategy Analyst (from March 2011)Responsible for macro-economic analysis for a pension scheme of £15.6bn. Concentrating on equity and fixed income asset classes.Conducted capital market research and formed tactical investment ideas through the use of derivatives. Sized trades and executed over Bloomberg Tradebook.Managed the liquidity of the Scheme. Researched and executed the Scheme’s change to using money market funds.Ran hedging programme of forwards for… Show more Asset Allocation and Strategy Analyst (from March 2011)Responsible for macro-economic analysis for a pension scheme of £15.6bn. Concentrating on equity and fixed income asset classes.Conducted capital market research and formed tactical investment ideas through the use of derivatives. Sized trades and executed over Bloomberg Tradebook.Managed the liquidity of the Scheme. Researched and executed the Scheme’s change to using money market funds.Ran hedging programme of forwards for scheme’s non—sterling exposure and executed in-house currency trades, cash and swaps, to fund individual transactions.Investment Reporting Specialist (from December 2008 – February 2011)Produce quarterly investment report for trustees including: bonds, equities, private equity and property.Monitor external managers. Conduct quarterly interviews with external managers and review performance and investment strategies. Show less

Wrote research notes for open-ended funds, investment trusts and structured products. Notes covered: North America equities; UK equities; commodities; and property. Research notes presented to in-house client advisors, private clients.

Assisted and undertook research into the underlying investment and market viability of product development initiatives. Including launch of two hedge funds.

Within the investment funds group. Audit role working on Open Ended Investment Companies, investment trusts and unit trusts.