“It’s easy to get things wrong”
DANIYAR TULENDINOV
Iraj Ispahani, Korn Ferry International
Title: Business Graduate
Current employer:
Thomson Reuters
Previous employers:
connections with market movers. Typically, a
PricewaterhouseCoopers; AIG; fi rm is making a decision across a number of
BTA Bank
portfolios. Th at means you need to make an
University:
aggregated trade. Th is is why it’s so important for
Schulich School of Business; York
University, Canada
a trading desk to be centralised, because they
Degrees:
execute trades across the company,” explains Kim
Bachelors in Economics; Masters in
Yates, director of the asset management practise
Economics at Principal Search, the recruitment company.
Professional qualifi cations: Traders usually come up within a fi rm,
CFA Level I candidate; ICMA –
although sometimes they are hired from outside.
foundation course
“Often, you might give a back offi ce guy a go.
Sometimes, people with sell-side backgrounds are
brought in to do something like algorithmic
What attracted you to this career path?
trading,” Yates explains.
I tasted the fl avour of the fi nancial services industry at PWC
Th e level of sophistication of the trades
doing valuations and strategy in the corporate fi nance
depends on what an asset manager is doing.
department. I like how mobile the job is. I feel as if there
“Th e bigger the fi rm, the more they develop a
are no boundaries.
trading capability on their own, without the
What are the major challenges you face in your position?
Fast decision making is the biggest challenge in my current
job: I deal with traders on a daily basis. There is no time for
ALESSANDRO
thorough analysis. You sometimes have to trust your heart,
ESPOSITO, CFA
linking previous knowledge and facts to what your intuition
tells you.
Title: Portfolio Manager
Current employer:
Are there certain skills you would consider useful for Blue Bay Asset Management
your job? Previous employers:
You need to be a good team player with excellent
Peloton Partners; Morgan Stanley
communication skills. Quick, clear thinking is vital and it
University: Cass Business School
helps to be sociable and outspoken. You must also be
Degrees: Bachelors in
logical, persistent, punctual and responsible
Engineering with Business
Finance; Masters in Mathematical
Trading
How do you think the role you’re in now will change over
Professional qualifi cations: CFA
time?
The biggest trend impacting my role is the increasing
number of automatic trades made on exchanges. The more
What attracted you to this career path?
decision making is done by machines, the less need there is
Having studied engineering, I was interested in the practical use
for my services.
of mathematics. I wanted to combine that with a faster paced
Do you have advice for someone intending to pursue the
environment.
same career path?
What are the major challenges you face in your position?
You need to defi ne what your dream job is. Once your goal is
When market turmoil occurs markets become less rational than
defi ned, do as many quantitative tests as possible, learn
you would like them to be. This, of course, creates more
calculator techniques, go to networking or recruiting
opportunities, though it also puts in danger the positions already
events, speak to professionals, read blogs, journals, the
in place. Also, with higher volatility, in spite of sound analysis,
Financial Times/Wall Street Journal, Reuters news etc. and
it’s not always possible to achieve the optimal entry point.
complete focused applications.
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