Mark Cudmore

Trader
MCFX Capital

Mark has over a decade of experience of trading predominately FX from a macro perspective on both the buyside and sellside. Having started his banking career as an Emerging Markets FX trader at Lehman Brothers, he resigned from his most recent banking role last year as European Head of Hedge Fund Sales at Commerzbank to trade his own capital under MCFXCapital. With a strong focus still on FX, Mark proactively trades around his longer-term macro fundamental views. Mark graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a first class honours degree in Mathematics and Economics.

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INFRASTRUCTURE AND LONG-TERM DRIVERS IN FX

Saturday, May 9th, 2015

09:40 360° Perspective: Discretionary Trading-Which method is best for achieving trade execution?

• What are the benefits of discretionary trading methods?

• What kind of investor is suited to the discretionary trade?

• In a market where pioneering technology is leading the way in transforming trading strategies, why is automated trading not more popular?

• What are good discretionary strategies and what key factors need to be taken into account when making trade decisions?

• Will automated trading eventually replace most discretionary trading?

14:20 CASE STUDY: EM FX: Where the opportunities lie in the year ahead

Chair: Carl James, Former Global Head of FX, BNP Dealing Services

• Key themes dominating EM FX

• Trading EM -not just fundamentals and technical- how to navigate these discrepancies when trading?

• Accounting for these variables, where might the opportunities lie in the year ahead

• Where are the mispricing’s where stale stories are no longer supported by fundamentals: What might be the triggers for the story to change?