QuantBrains Seminar Series
Available on-demand
Fixed Income Insights - Nordic Region
June 16th, 2021
On the first installment of the QuantBrains Seminar Series of 2021, we are joined by Eske Traberg Smidt, Global Head of Rates and Credit Trading at Danske Markets, Lee Bartholomew, Global Head of Derivatives Product R&D at Eurex and our own Jonty Field, Head of Product at Quantitative Brokers for an overview of the macroeconomic landscape of the Nordic region including outlook on volatility, inflation and using data to strategically trade in altering market dynamics.
The on-demand Quantbrains webinar covers:
The effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on local Nordic markets
Changes in liquidity and market dynamics
Utilizing change as an opportunity for growth
Speakers
Eske Traberg Smidt - Head Global Rates Trading at Danske Bank
Eske is the Head of Rates & Credit Trading at Danske Bank, responsible for the trading unit across the bank. Eske has been with Danske Bank for 12 years. Before joining Danske, he worked at Carnegie Investment Bank where he was a trader across several different products, including cash bonds, swaps, and cross-currencies. He worked closely with the short-end money market and cross-currency, focusing on Scandinavian currency crosses. He covers both the Scandinavian client base as well as international institutional clients. He holds a Master of Finance from the London School of Economics and a Master of Economics from Copenhagen University.
Lee Bartholomew - Head of Derivatives Product R&D Fixed Income at Eurex
Lee is the Head of Derivatives Product R&D Fixed Income at Eurex. He is responsible for developing the existing portfolio of products as well as the evaluation and implementation of new products and services within FIC. He is tasked with leading the next phase of product innovation by building and managing Eurex FIC product research and development business. Prior to joining Deutsche Börse, Lee was responsible for building the flow structured rates trading business at Royal Bank of Canada. Before RBC, he was at Lloyds Banking Group where he held a number of senior trading positions within its Global Derivatives Trading business, responsible for market-making GBP, EUR, and USD vanilla and exotic interest rate derivatives to its clients.
Jonty Field - Global Head of Product & Performance at Quantitative Brokers
Jonty is the Global Head of Product at Quantitative Brokers and is instrumental in developing and delivering original, out of the box solutions and strategies for benchmarking and achieving best execution.
