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.
Yesterday marked the Summer Solstice, did we see extra sunlight from Central Bankers? A quick recap - the SNB cut 25 bps, the Norges bank kept rates on hold,...
Overnight Chinese banks maintained their benchmark lending rate for a 10th month straight. The one-year loan prime rate was kept at 3.45%, according to a...
Juneteenth today and a US Holiday, we expect market activity to be subdued. Overnight the same themes have continued with another record-breaking session on...
Asian stocks rallied, following the US's lead. Tech shares drove the S&P to another record high, 5488.50 - the 30th all-time high this year. All other major...
Overnight the Chinese Data was weaker than expected, despite stronger retail sales in May, industrial output and fixed-asset investment both posted slower...
The main news overnight was the BOJ keeping rates on hold 0.1%. There was 'No Change' to QT (i.e. they continue to buy bonds at a pace of JPY 6trn a month)...
The Fed has been the main news story overnight, the FOMC kept rates on hold for a seventh straight meeting. However, in the Press Conference Federal Reserve,...
It is not often that the financial markets are compared to buses, but the data has been light this week and suddenly we have the double-whammy of an US...
Stock markets are in limbo as we await US inflation data and the Federal Reserve monetary-policy decision. However, in the FX markets USD strength is the...
The euro has dropped 0.5%, falling alongside European equity futures and French bonds after Macron called a snap vote in a bid to halt gains for the far right...
The main event today will be Non Farm Payrolls, to be released this afternoon at 1:30pm. Estimates suggest the economy will add 180k people to the workforce,...
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