Fixed Income Trader And Analyst
Managed Interest Rates for a Global Macro Fixed Income firm. Managed the firm's Multi-strategy Short Duration portfolio. Responsible for in-depth economic and investment analysis for a variety of developed and developing nations. Traded Interest Rate Swaps and Cash bonds, Agency Bonds and Discount Notes as well as US Treasury MTNs and Futures, and Repo. Tasked with hedging interest rate risk versus the respective benchmark of our funds, including managing key rate duration, spread duration and overall portfolio effective duration in a Total Return environment. Generated value-added investment ideas in strategies such as global interest rate curvature and slope and Sovereign debt. Managed our Collateral and Middle Operations group. Chaired the firm's Trade Oversight Committee and reported directly to the Board of Directors. Filed all quarterly and annual reports for the SEC, the CFTC/NFA and CIMA regulatory agencies. Negotiated ISDA and CSA agreements with all the major Wall Street counterparties and Primary Dealers.