The Perfect Aussie Storm: Inflation, War & FX Volatility
Join us to survey the current circumstances that Aussie FX traders need to be aware of Bloomberg Intelligence economist James McIntyre will present the global and local economic backdrop and inflation outlook, after which our workflow specialists Gaurav Kapoor and John Lagman will cover the best FX hedging/trading practices for the current volatile market.
Speakers
James Mcintyre
Economist
Bloomberg Economics
James McIntyre is Bloomberg Economics economist covering the Australian and New Zealand economies. He has previously covered the Australian and New Zealand economies at Macquarie Bank and Commonwealth Bank. He also has a background across economics, public policy and politics through his roles in the Australian Treasury, the Australian Banking Association, and as an economic advisor in the Office of the Prime Minister. He is based in Sydney.
Gaurav Kapoor
Market Specialist - Derivatives & Risk
Bloomberg L.P.
Gaurav specializes in X-asset derivatives pricing and risk management at Bloomberg and leads the structured products strategy for the APAC region.
Prior to joining Bloomberg, he has worked in the corporate and investment banking industry across Asia & Europe including specializing in structuring of complex derivative products. He is passionate about quantitative finance and risk management, with a keen interest in application of machine learning techniques in finance.
He holds a Bachelor of Engineering and MBA (Finance) from the M.S. University of Baroda. Gaurav has also been awarded the Certificate in Quantitative Finance (CQF) and is a Financial Risk Manager (FRM).
John Lagman
Asia FX Workflow Specialist
Bloomberg
John Lagman is Bloomberg's APAC Crypto Lead. He joined Bloomberg at the end of June 2014, and works with the Sales teams to provide solutions to address the complex needs of the clients. This is done via direct one-on-one training or seminars on FX and introducing and explaining how Bloomberg applications can help make clients’ workflows more efficient. He also provides feedback internally on applications to develop in order to assess the clients’ needs.
John has 14+ years of experience as an FX Options Trader/Manager based in Singapore and was an FX Options Trainer for ACI Singapore and Malaysia. Previously, he also worked for 2+ years on the buyside as a FX/Rates/Credit Execution Trader & Strategist. He has a B.S. in Economics from Purdue University and a Masters in Economics from Brandeis University.