Martialis Consulting

This discussion is raw and personal. It covers the changes Kent has made to his life post trading and how he nearly destroyed himself in the process. This issue is faced by everyone eventually: how do I move on from my current work life? Kent uses his sown example and offers us some tips based on a successful trading career, how it went wrong and what happened next.

Options on FX and interest rates have been available in financial markets for many years. The use of these valuable tools has varied greatly with significant declines in use is the past few years.Why has this happened? Ross and John discuss the market data, performance of options and how options would add value and flexibility to managing risks.Ross also proposes some ways to analyse the effectiveness of options compared to other products and why paying a premium can improve outcomes for many end users.

This podcast discusses the development, products and trade execution methods on an electronic broking platform, Yieldbroker. Anthony Robson and I discuss Yieldbroker and how these platforms have changed the markets in fixed income. Anthony was the CEO of Yieldbroker for many years and has a unique insight into the developments of the platform, the clients and users as well as the technical aspects of running a complex IT environment. We also discuss the surveillance and oversight methods used by Yieldbroker to maintain a fair and efficient market. This includes potential market manipulation and pre-hedging activity. Pre-hedging is becoming more of a focus especially after the FMSB published their examples of pre-hedging recently which included electronic execution.

This podcast discusses the methodology we use to calculate the market probabilities of the official cash rate movements in AUD and USD.

The podcast looks at execution of trades as: 1) point in time; 2) agency style; and 3) pre-hedging. We discuss the merits and challenges of each strategy and how they may impact the outcomes.

The existing and updated guidance for financial market participants for executing trades has created some uncertainty. We look at the guidance and also the enforceability of any activity by traders and clients.

This interview with Ken Louden addresses a number of questions about how banks might manage conduct risks in financial markets. The combination of client, regulators, senior management and boards all play a role in this complex subject.

The Martialis podcasts are introduced in this episode. We will cover a range of topics focussing on financial market pricing, startegy, regulatory developments and much more.