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London, Gb

London, England, United Kingdom

Gardenia uses artificial intelligence and algorithmic trading techniques to make funding decisions. By analysing data from corporate financial systems, Gardenia identifies supplier behavioural patterns and assesses Purchaser payment performance. These are combined with an institutional funding structure to provide invoice financing prior to approval. This allows Gardenia to provide an income stream to the Purchaser, an attractive risk-adjusted return to the funder and accelerated payments across all the supply chain. As a value-enhancing complement, Gardenia offers Clients a suite of detailed views into their current payments,called Payment Analytics, to help optimise their working capital.

London, United Kingdom

Supply Chain Finance. Develop machine learning algorithms to act as a filter to finance new invoices.

Montevideo, Uruguay

Led research and implementation for 16 Trading Strategies with a $100MM+ allocation• Analyzed strategies in Trend Following, Statistical Arbitrage, Options Arbitrage, Carry, and Fundamental Long/Short, executed on Futures, Equities, Options and OTC Derivatives (Fixed Income and FX)• Designed model testing plans and coordinated 4-strong overseas research team in their execution• Grew firm’s flagship Trend Following program from single model trading 19 Commodities to 4 models trading diversified timeframes and spanning over 60+ Futures on Commodities, Fixed Income, FX and Equity IndicesSourced and evaluated new investment opportunities• Performed due diligence on 40+ external asset managers. Includes 20+ managers in CTA space (leading to a $10MM allocation); Market Neutral Options Traders; Fixed Income specialists (Capital Structure Arbitrage)• Reviewed 100+ strategies as published in industry journals, academic literature and practitioner-associations as sources of leads for new strategies• Headed creation of Credit Default Swap Indices trading desk. Developed valuation model, trained back-office in P&L and position accounting, organized execution facilities set up for front-officeHandled counterparty relations for Derivatives desk• Brokered execution relationships for Bonds and Fixed Income Derivatives, growing trading network from a single counterparty to 5 major global institutions• Selected execution platform (Multi-Asset: Futures, Equities and Options; Fixed Income)• Spearheaded negotiations with two major US Futures Merchants for execution and clearing of Futures and Options, resulting in a 2x increase in trading limits and a 20% commissions reduction

• Developed trading simulation models based on Principal’s expertise in Commodity Futures, eventually becoming the office’s first fully systematic product• Programmed signal generation algorithm for Trend Following model (Matlab). Developed and built prototype for firm wide cross-asset risk monitoring system

Master Of Finance Candidate

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General