Careers in Investment Banks: Sales & Trading
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Join Richard Oliver, PhD and Farzad Jalali for a discussion on their work in sales and trading at HSBC.
Richard has been trading, managing and developing trading groups for over 20 years. He completed his PhD in Astrophysics in 1997 and left academia to initiate his professional career in FX swap and spot trading at Natwest Markets. In 2001, he moved to Morgan Stanley where he became co-head of FXEM EMEA. In 2010, he was instrumental in reopening the Morgan Stanley Istanbul office. He made the transition to the buy-side in 2013, joining Brevan Howard where he was partner and senior portfolio manager until 2016. He has most recently been at Nomura before joining HSBC in April 2019.
Farzad has been trading with FX related products for over a decade. He completed his studies at Maastricht University whilst working as Junior Finance Lecturer with focus on financial markets. Prior to joining HSBC, he worked for UBS and Commerzbank. Farzad covers a global client base including large institutional investors such as leading asset managers, banks, pensions and insurance companies.
Open Q&A session to follow presentation.
