Introduction to Foreign Exchange Markets
Paul Meadows Overview:
While everyone can participate in the Foreign Exchange Market at some point, (think Airport Bureau de Change) very few fully appreciate the scale of this Market & how the wide range of participants engage with it. The numbers may surprise you.
Why you should Attend:
Foreign Exchange is a global decentralized Over-the-Counter (OTC) Market which is the deepest & most liquid of any Market today, globally across all Asset Classes.
While anyone can - & does - participate, what matters is are you a price taker or a price maker?
From Central Banks through to Hedge Funds (& everyone in between,) are you participating merely to facilitate a transaction, or purely in the pursuit of profit?
Areas Covered in the Session:
- FX - Is it all a zero-sum game? Can it be considered as an Asset Class?
- Participants’objectives? Hedging or Risk Taking?
- Speculating in the pursuit of Profit. Carry Trading explained
- Geography of the Liquidity in the market
- Most popular Currency Pairs
- Purchasing Power Parity. The Big Mac Index
- Spot vs Forward Foreign Exchange
- How do Traders forecast Currency movements? Technical Analysis
- What about Crypto? Where does this fit in exactly?
Who Will Benefit:
- Middle & Back Office Professionals from Exchanges
- Regulators
- Asset Managers
- FinTechs
- Fund Administrators
- Investment Banks
- Wealth Managers
- Custodians
- Clearing Houses
Speaker Profile
Paul Meadows has fifteen years Investment experience through various Front Office roles on the Buy side of the Markets in the UK - Trader, Global Equities Research Head & Portfolio Manager. He has knowledge of working in both Institutional & High Net Worth Private Client environments with the likes of Royal Insurance & Lloyds Private Bank He has been designing & delivering both Public & in-house Financial Markets Training programs worldwide since 2000, initially with the in-house tailored training arm of Euromoney, DC Gardner & has been the Managing Director of Chadley House Training since 2004. Clients range from Investment Banks (Citi, Deutsche Bank), Private Banks (Hoare & Co), Fund Managers (Blackrock, Axa IM), Sovereign Wealth Funds (Kuwait Investment Authority), Regulators (from London, Mongolia, Angola & Tanzania), Exchanges (London, Nigeria), Hedge Funds (Brevan Howard, Man Group).