Sam Johnson is the Managing Director at iSAM Securities. With a successful 14-year career at UBS, Sam has gained valuable experience in the world of electronic trading, leading the UBS London office, becoming the firm’s SME on FX Fixings and running the Electronic Precious Metals Franchise. Sam acknowledges the overlap between sales and trading skillsets in the systematic world, with both roles requiring a deep technical understanding of the offering, commercial awareness and the patience to understand and provision for client requirements. He envisions a future marked by both product innovation and service excellence, supporting the team in deepening existing expertise whilst also progressing to service clients who were historically out of reach.
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U.S. Election 2024: Markets Brace for High-Stakes Vote as Polls Tighten
04 Nov 2024
With over 75M early votes, the tight 2024 U.S. election stirs market volatility. Swing states and potential rate hikes drive uncertainty in global markets.
A Bank Holiday here in the UK, but with China trading for the first time post their May Day celebration the activity overnight has been positive, the CSI 300...
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The Fed have opted to hold interest rates at their 23-year high and have announced plans to slow down their quantitative tightening programme. The Federal Open...
Mayday, Mayday, don't be alarmed but there is a Fed Meeting today. Europe and China have public holidays and liquidity will be thin so what are we expecting?...
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A quick recap from last week and you will understand why the weekend press used the word Stagflation. In the US GDP for Q1 was +1.6%, well below the 2.5%...
In the April BOJ meeting, rates were kept on hold at 0.1% and the Yen weakened and opens at 156. Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said he would respond firmly...
Meta’s revenues jumped over 25% in Q1 and beat expectations, but shares dropped by 15% yesterday after they announced that they will spend more this year than...
Some positivity overnight, stocks have bounced back and in Asia, the Nikkei was +2.8%. In the US, Nvidia, the poster child of the artificial-intelligence boom,...
The FTSE 100 closed above 8000, a new all time high and we should be full of cheer but, sadly, it is the 'Cheap Britain' story with Cable at 1.2340 that are...
Whilst the risks of one war subsides, another picks up! Over the weekend the risks of all-out war between Israel and Iran seem to have dissipated. Israel on...
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