Sales Trading

Luke Hobbs

NW* *UR, London 079******** **********@*****.***

11+ years Systematic Trading Multi Asset Delta One at a Tier 1 global bank looking to re-enter a trading role post completing a sales-trading execution role

Career Experience

2016

to

2018

Director, Equity Sales Trading London

BGC

Provided high-level expertise in to co-ordinating the electronic offering, executing and optimising sales trading flow and establishing a client base.

Responsible for sales-trading and execution of all Delta One Index products including MSCI, ETF and index futures to ensure best execution

Co-ordinated and designed the electronic execution platform to bring the client network onto automated trading network. Modernised the capture, distribution and analysis of this flow

Produced, delivered and distributed market colour, quantitative trade ideas and D1 specific thematics and analysis to generate substantial new order flow with both sell side and buy side client base

Director, Delta One Trader London

2005 to

2016

Credit Suisse

Traded, Executed and Sales Traded both agency and principal orders across the Delta One product range, developing excellent systematic trading and sales-trading skill and expertise in Equity, Fixed Income and FX classes

Systematic and Cross Asset Trading – Identified and electronically market made European and US Listed delta one products both through RFQ platforms and in building an electronic platform, to systematically trade across asset classes. Executed both agency and principal orders within the Delta One product range, developing excellent quantitative trading skill and expertise in Equity, Fixed Income and FX classes

Product Knowledge – Managed, traded and executed index swap, ETF, Custom Indices, principal strategies, facilitated EFP, program trading and corporate action for Multi regional flow strategies. The focus was on building a strong client facing franchise and principal systematic generated revenues with strong risk management

Principal Strategies – Traded index arbitrage, both high frequency and finance and dividend arbitrage. Strategies included trading rolls, relative value, corporate action, rebalances, EFPs, EDSP expiries, and intraday market making across all European listed futures. Originally learnt within the Global Arbitrage team

Inventory and Corporate Action Arbitrage. Actively traded index rebalances, dividend forecasts, corporate actions and special situations. Produced revenue both through principal positions and by creating a systematic approach to electing optimally on the firm’s available inventory

Project Development- Instrumental in creating the centre of excellence in Mumbai which now employs more than 25 specialist staff who are key to the Delta One performance. Tasked to manage the Prime Services Dublin migration and co-ordinate the firm to offer interactive electronic Delta One access

Education

2005

Master of Science in Mathematics, Operational Research, Statistics and Economics

University of Warwick, 1 st

First class Masters in Actuarial and Financial Mathematics, with computer science

Interests: Manchester City, Triathlons, Yoga, Travelling, Spanish, Military History

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