Industry:
Financial Services
Headquarters:
London, England
Title:
Director - iShares Product Research & Innovation
Company:
BlackRock
Company Website:
https://blackrock.com
Company Linkedin:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/blackrock/
Company Founded In:
1988
Company Size:
10001+
Current Job Duration:
12 yrs 9 mos
Country:
United Kingdom
Work Experience:
Title: Director - iShares Product Research & Innovation
Company: BlackRock
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/blackrock/
Industry: Financial Services
Company Size: 10001+
Location: London, United Kingdom
Country: None
Employment Type: Full-time
Start At: 10-2013
Ends At: Present
Description: Current
Product Research & Innovation
Formerly
Global Sustainable Indexing Team - Developed scaled analytics to help investors evaluate and select sustainable products. Consulted on active & index product comparison, product life cycle, competitor analysis, performance attribution and risk analysis.
Investment Strategist - Lead the development of index analytics and consulted with investors to choose the right index for a given macro environment.
Capital Markets - Pre-trade tool, scaled competitor and index analysis.
Product Strategist - Pioneered various analytical concepts (still used today) and consulted with investors on competitor analytics (TCO & Liquidity), choice of wrapper and tax domicile.
Title: ETF Capital Markets / Product Review Department
Company: Vanguard
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vanguard/
Industry: Financial Services
Company Size: 10001+
Location: London Area, United Kingdom
Country: None
Employment Type: Full-time
Start At: 06-2012
Ends At: 10-2013
Description: Managing the ETF primary market process
Monitoring and analysing European ETF trading
Developing tools and research for the Vanguard European ETF range
Title: Global Program Trading
Company: Knight Capital Europe
Company URL: None
Industry: None
Company Size: None
Location: London Area, United Kingdom
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 2011
Ends At: 2011
Description: Initiated the “Knight Global Index” product predicting event driven and other corporate events for MSCI (Developed and Emerging Markets), S&P (500, 400 and 600). Discussed M&A and other index events with clients and various divisions of Knight Capital.
Assistant to the newly established Global Program Trading desk running the index research product and creating prop trade ideas.
Built various models to backtest/predict corporate actions and global index rebalances.
Title: Equity Quantitative Strategy (Trainee Program - 11 Month Internship)
Company: Société Générale
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/societe-generale/
Industry: Banking
Company Size: 10001+
Location: None
Country: None
Employment Type: Internship
Start At: 2009
Ends At: 2010
Description: Extensive coverage of up and coming M&A events, estimated potential flows due to corporate events in developed and emerging markets.
Discussed trade ideas with proprietary, program trading desks and various fund managers related to index events and rebalances.
Indices covered; FTSE (UK, AW), STOXX, Euronext (AEX, BEL 20,CAC 40, PSI 20), MSCI, IBEX 35, SMI, S&P (500, 400 & 600).
Client base included Passive Index Managers, Enhanced Portfolio Managers, Active Managers, Hedge Funds and Prop trading desks.
Title: Quantitative Analysis, Delta 1 Trading Intern
Company: ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/abn-amro/
Industry: Banking
Company Size: 10001+
Location: None
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 05-2009
Ends At: 08-2009
Description: Helped to produce and market global trading and equity index research for ABN AMRO. Core product services to the proprietary trading desk, global portfolio trading sales desk and clients.
Published equities research on passive investing (coverage of Asia Pacific, Europe and Americas). Daily research note – investigated confirmed corporate events and estimated flows from passive funds into the index.
Title: Analyst
Company: MSCI Inc.
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/msci-inc/
Industry: Financial Services
Company Size: 1001-5000
Location: None
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 02-2008
Ends At: 02-2009
Description: None
Education:
School: Durham University
Degree: BSc. (Hons), Chemistry
Activities: None
School: Bingley Grammar School
Degree: None
Activities: None
Headline:
Director @ BlackRock | Product Research & Innovation