Abstract
Financial trading has been transformed over the last 30 years by the increased pervasiveness of automated trading systems. In this talk Rob Carver will explain what these systems do, and the challenges of creating and running them in both an institutional and retail trading environment.
Biography
Robert Carver is an independent systematic futures trader and writer. He is a visiting lecturer at Queen Mary, University of London, and is research advisor to Stylus Capital, a hedge fund trading digital assets. He is the author of four books: “Systematic Trading”, “Smart Portfolios”, “Leveraged Trading” and “Advanced Futures Trading Strategies”.
Until 2013 Robert worked for AHL, a large systematic hedge fund, and part of the Man Group. He was responsible for the creation of AHL’s fundamental global macro strategy, and then managed the funds multi billion dollar fixed income portfolio. Prior to that Robert worked as a research manager for CEPR, an economics think tank, and traded exotic derivatives for Barclays investment bank. He spent his early career in the Middle East.
Robert has a Bachelors degree in Economics from the University of Manchester, and a Masters degree, also in Economics, from Birkbeck College, University of London.