Fixed Income and Equity Options Flow Trader

ANTONY PISSARIDES

Nationality: British / Italian

+44 (0-773*-***-***, ******.**********@*****.***

EDUCATION

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LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS

MSc Finance, Pass with distinction.

Options taken: Asset Markets, Fixed Income and Credit Markets, Portfolio Ma nagement, Financial Engineering, Corporate Finance.

2005-2008

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, Brasenose College

BA (Hons) Economics and Management, 2:1 achieved.

Pass with distinction at 1st year exams, awarded Scholarship status.

WESTMINSTER SCHOOL 2000-2005

Entry via Scholarship exams.

A Levels (all A grade): Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Economics, Geography.

AS Level: French (A grade); GCSEs: 7 A*, 4 A, 1 B.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

London, UK

WINCHMORE CAPITAL (WMC), Exchange Traded Derivatives Trading

Euro-Stoxx Options Flow Trader (January 2013 – Present) 2009 - Present

Selected by senior partners ahead of other WMC traders to start an equity trading desk alongside a successful equity options trader.

Take initial positions based on views of volatility, skew and macro-economic environment; manage the risk of these positions.

Actively day trade on screens and with inter-dealer brokers over the telephone.

Additionally responsible for daily P&L statements and communicating effectively with clearer to reconcile trade discrepancies.

Bund, Bobl and Schatz Options Market-Maker (June 2010 – December 2012)

Achieved year-on-year positive P&Ls as a team of three during my two and a half years on the desk.

Consistently traded 5-10% of market volume both trading against order flow and initiating business.

Trained and managed a graduate who is now a highly regarded member of the team.

Euribor and Libor Trainee Trader (September 2009 – May 2010)

Initial training took place on Euribor and Libor options trading desk while supporting senior traders.

London, UK

THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND

Summer Analyst Programme – Exotic Rates Trading (ERT) (8 weeks) and FX Structuring (1 week) 2007

Constructed and maintained a spreadsheet collating end of day risk for ERT which the team continued to use after my internship.

Aided senior traders in ‘relative-value’ analysis of economic and financial data, leading to the opening of new trading positions.

London, UK

MRI MOORES ROWLAND, Accountancy and Advisory

Corporate Finance Intern 2006

Contributed to financial due diligence reports for companies considering listing on AIM by considering the competitive landscape,

conducting industry analysis and evaluating possible strengths and weaknesses of the firms in question.

Helped reflect our research findings in meetings with prospective companies, primarily boutique Asian commodity trading houses.

London, UK

CHILTERN MONDIALE, Property Investment and Management

Summer Intern 2005

Researched trends in commercial property valuations and rental yields and presented and discussed the data in client meetings.

Achieved Ebay ‘Powerseller’ status London, UK

Online Seller 2005 - Present

Earned in excess of £2,500 revenue in the space of three months.

99.9% customer satisfaction- dispatched items promptly, represented items accurately and communicated effectively with buyers.

London, UK

CHILTERN Plc, Tax Advisory

Wealth Management Intern 2004, 2003

Completed cash-flows for client portfolios, gained exposure to hedge fund day-to-day functions by shadowing teams.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Languages: English (native), Italian (fluent), French (basic conversational), Greek (basic comprehension).

Charity: At RBS, the intern class was separated into small groups each tasked with raising as much money as possible for charity. My

group set up a ‘Financial Sweepstakes’ which, through commissions, led our group to earn more than any other competing group.

Interests: Regularly play sports (football, squash) and exercise. Captained house football team at school for three years running.

Enjoy travelling extensively- have travelled to over twenty countries across Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas.

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