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John Smith, CFA

Your Address ▪ City, State Zip Code

Phone Number ▪ E-Mail Address

Leadership … Team Commitment … Superlative Business Acumen …

Focused, analytical and quick thinking financial professional with strong communication skills and ability to

comprehend, translate and act upon market fundamentals and breaking news. Offer experience in: performing

autonomously and/or collaboratively in a rapid-paced, high-pressured environment and developing trade concepts and

strategies that generate alpha while minimizing risk. Core competencies include:

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

 Progressed from the role of Junior Trader to acting Head of Trading Desk at Major Investment Firm in less than three

years. Contributed +25 basis points, in Q4-2008, to $5 billion portfolio’s total return via buying Eurodollars and

other long gamma strategies.

 Selected as Head Trader and Strategist for Major Bond Fund with $2 billion assets under management.

 Designed the hard-copy trainee template which was implemented and utilized firm-wide in the training of all new

Junior Trader hires.

 Formulated a multi-factor swap spreads model that enabled and recommended optimal hedging strategy based on

model output, changes in market and economical variables and the most recent trading patterns that added

approximately 30 basis points to the portfolio performance.

 Integral contributor to the sales group that successfully moved from fifth ranked dealer to insurance counterparties

(by notional traded) to the top ranked dealer, within one year.

CAREER TRACK

Company Name

City, State

Associate

09/2009 – Present

Company Name

City, State

Trader

Fixed Income

06/2006 – 09/2009

Company Name

City, State

Intern

Private Wealth Management

05/2005 – 06/2006

CERTIFICATIONS ▪ EDUCATION ▪ LICENSES

Chartered Financial Analyst – 2010

Bachelor of Arts ▪ Economics – 2006 ▪ Your University – City, State

FINRA Series 7 ▪ 63

SOFTWARE/TECHNOLOGY PROFICIENCIES

Bloomberg ▪ YieldBook ▪ STAR ▪ TradeWeb  Charles River

Microsoft Word ▪ Advanced Excel/VBA ▪ PowerPoint ▪ Outlook

 Asset Liability/Risk Management

 Macroeconomic Fundamentals

 Technical Analysis

 Strategic Hedging

 Trading Concepts

 Relationship Development

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CMOs ▪ Foreign Exchange ▪ Options ▪ Futures  Interest Rate Swaps ▪ Swaptions ▪ TBAs ▪ U.S. Treasuries

 Established relationship and transacted with numerous Tier I and Tier II accounts,

with an average of $25 billion AUM, culminating in a gross production of $100,000

within 12 months. Products included: derivatives and mortgages.

 Pitched trade concepts based on client’s cash flows, market support/resistance

levels, portfolio duration requirements and potential/realized rating changes.

 Conducted relative value analysis, monitored news flow and macroeconomic

fundamentals, collaborated with portfolio managers to formulate trading strategy

and executed trades for actively managed funds with $100 billion AUM.

 Oversaw proprietary trading and hedge trading P&L.

 Proactive in the trading of fixed income bonds and derivatives with average face

values of $100 million, including: T-Bills/Bonds and European Governments.

 Interfaced with clients to determine investment goals, constraints and risk tolerance.

Utilized mean-variance optimization to determine favorable products that fit these

parameters.

 Incorporated the Monte Carlo simulation to aid in evaluation of portfolio risk and

probability of achieving imposed goals.

 P&L Monitoring

 Relative Value

 Trade Execution

CAPITAL MARKETS

FIXED INCOME

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