Graham Hedges Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Led the trading team since 2013 in the following: US, Latin American, Canadian and CEEMEA Equities; Global Listed and OTC Equity Derivatives; Convertible Bonds; Transaction Cost Analysis.• Originally joined as a Senior Equity and Derivatives Trader to executed orders ensuring best execution at all times and treating all customers fairly, with a primary focus on Americas Equities and Derivatives for a variety of fund managers with a wide range of strategies including Risk Arbitrage. • Reduced execution costs by 40% through development and expanding the dealing team’s use of Broker Algo suites from virtually nothing to at least 25% of the overall flow, whilst ensuring best execution was still the principal focus. • Built and strengthened key desk relationships with both Long Only and Hedge Fund teams internally, supporting them by providing market commentary or information to assist with portfolio construction and risk management.• Key member of the dealing desk when testing and then implementing Bloomberg EMSX across the Global Dealing Team to replace the Charles River EMS platform utilising my keen attention to detail with more complex issues of a technical nature and further demonstrated performance versus the appropriate benchmarks with solid Transaction Cost Analysis via Bloomberg’s TCA platform. • Created various BTCA reports using both Excel and PowerPoint to support management discussions including the following: Fund Manager Team Performance and Momentum Profiles; Broker Packs; Trader Monthly Performance; Trade Exceptions; Best Execution Committee Pack.• Organised a number of work experience placements introducing students to the Financial Industry.

London, United Kingdom

US Equity focus marketing the research product along with cash and program trading capabilities to European client base.

London, United Kingdom

Provided an experienced client facing presence in London to help gain market share at existing and potential accounts in Europe alongside the Sales team and raised the profile of the US product on the European trading floor.• Successfully integrated into the Deutsche Equity platform as the source of information in London for the US Product in addition to my primary responsibility of Sales Trading US product to European clients from London. • Relationships include Toscafund, Henderson, Insight, Cheyne, Threadneedle, F&C, First State, Pictet, Egerton, Newton, JPM Fleming, Invesco, Investec, New Star, Morley and M&G.• Worked on many business strategy projects for the US Equity business management to highlight potential opportunities and areas of underperformance. • Published and distributed daily market commentary to client base and salesforce.• Provided comprehensive support to salesforce, assisting client base in their absence.

London, United Kingdom

(Incorporating Paine Webber International (UK) Ltd from Nov 2000)Joined the Paine Webber US Sales Trading Desk then formed part of the UBSW team as a result of the merger.• Integrated PW client base within the UBSW infrastructure and introduced PW clients to other areas of UBSW such as Program Trading and the Treasury Desk to enable a greater focus and distribution of the Equity product.• Marketed to major institutional client base with various block and OTC traders.• Delivered block trading ideas to all major client dealing desks and fund managers and managed client order flow on US listed & OTC stocks, corporate, government and convertible bonds and traded options for major institutions.• Became principal contact for executing program trades using Paine Webber system in London.• Initiated set up of an order desk to manage increasing volumes from Intermediaries.

London, United Kingdom

Specialised in US Equities within a team of three Sales Traders.• Managed client order flow on US listed & OTC stocks, corporate, government and convertible bonds and traded options.• Contributed to London daily meetings with overnight activity/news and business run-down.• Streamlined program trading procedure.

London, United Kingdom

(Incorporating Greenwell Montagu Stockbrokers from Jan 1993)Joined James Capel dealing desk in January 1993 as a result of the merger between HSBC and Midland Bank, continued trading International Equities, Bonds and Options in a team of six.• Developed Eurobond trading within the newly formed team at James Capel thereby enhancing best execution capability.• Promoted to dealing desk 1991 and traded International Equities, Bonds and Options.• Recruited 1986 as checking clerk to GM Stockbroker division. Promoted to International contracts department 1989.