Rakesh Odedra Email & Phone Number

London, England, Gb

London

- Providing Global Macro/FX/FI analysis of 32 economies that cover major G10 and EM currency markets.- Delivering in-house Global Economic and FX/FI research to the senior investment strategy team.- Successfully developing business relationships and communicated effectively with other businesses.- Creating, as well as using, various econometric modelling techniques to develop forecasts.- Conducting presentations, which non-economist audiences were able to understand in order to inform decisions.- Producing a monthly Global Economic Outlook via publishing and forecasting of key global macro indicators.- Analysing all data amassed to assess feasibility, producing forecasts of economic trends, determining the implications of findings and making recommendations of ways to improve efficiency.- Providing and delivering FX / FI trade recommendations as a paper trader

- Provided accurate and timely commentaries on European economic data, ECB, BoE policy and other economic and political events that affect the European money markets and sovereign debt markets.- Produced data previews/reviews and composing value added analytical pieces and longer term publications.- Explained research methodology and justifying conclusions drawn from research data.- Devised methods and procedures for obtaining data to present to the company.- Wrote various technical and non-technical reports on economic trends and forecasts.

- Provided support to investment decisions for the Weavering Macro Fixed Income Fund.- Traded in the 3-month Libor futures market for the US, UK, Eurozone and Japan, driven by macro fundamentals and monetary policy decisions.- Following short-end money market rates, including overnight swap rates such as SONIA and EONIA rates in the Sterling and Euro markets as well as longer-dated sovereign debt spreads.- Performed macro research on G7 markets plus the major emerging market economies (BRIC economies)- Enabled policy rate forecasting for the European Central Bank (ECB), Bank of Japan (BoJ), the Bank of England (BoE) and the US Federal Reserve.- Compiled internal research to support trading teams.- Developed weekly and monthly research publications in support of existing and potential investors.- Responsible for the operations of the fixed income / economic research desk. - Conducted regular internal and external presentations to the firm and its investors.Key Achievements:- Assisted the Fund in achieving an 11.5% annual return in 2008, by forecasting that the ECB and BoE rates would drop rapidly in late 2008 in spite of an inflation spike and contrary to the predominant market view.- Helped to educate the Fund for the development of key themes within the Global macro environment, which included extensive analysis on the major emerging market economies in Europe and Asia.- Substantially saved US$30K by negotiating a deal with a major economic research consultancy to supply external research to Weavering as part of the company’s analysis.- Designed and authored a monthly global market overview that covered developments in the wider fixed income market, including sovereign debt markets, as well as commodities, FX and equities.- Major contributor towards the weekly publication, which centred around key global macro themes affecting Central Bank policy making in the week ahead.

- Provided models and projections of macroeconomic variables for 177 countries.- Performed detailed research and producing a written analysis on emerging economies in Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Eastern Europe and utilizing the Oxford Economic Forecasting macroeconomic model. - Contributed to OEF publications, focusing on international trade and inflation trends in the world economy, the Eurozone macro economy, and Oxford’s highly regarded country brief service that is focused on countries in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, as well as South Africa.- Responsible for training, and supervising the junior Economist staff.Key Achievements:- Studied data and statistics, using an understanding of economic relationships to uncover trends, whilst carrying out considerable amounts of research and collecting large amounts of information.- Supervised and trained new economists on writing research publications, utilizing the OEF model.- Provided specialist advice based on the application of economic theory and knowledge.- Lead on a project, forecasting key macro indicators for up to 175 different economies on a bi-annual basis.- Conducted monthly modelling workshops for external clients, including basic modelling techniques as well as running scenario analysis sessions on the key issues affecting the global economy.

Msc, Economics & Finance

Bsc, Economics & Econometrics