Utku Eroglu
175F Route De La Capite, Vésenaz
Summary
Talented Fixed Income and Forex Professional with 17+ uninterrupted years of experience in the Financial Markets.
Enthusiastic Financial Markets Professional eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail and excellent organizational skills. Clear understanding of Fixed Income and Forex instruments and training in Economics. Motivated to learn, grow and excel in Emerging Markets.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Fixed Income Portfolio Manager, Vice President
Banque de Commerce et de Placements SA
05.2022 - Current
- Managing the bank’s HQLA, Long-Term and Short-Term Investment portfolio in line with the group ALCO and ESG framework and Investment Guidelines.
- Developed rebalancing strategies to minimize risk exposures.
- Following the primary as well as secondary market to identify relevant investment opportunities mainly in USD, EUR, GBP, CHF and AUD as well as Local Emerging Markets currencies.
- Developing and monitoring investment ideas and opportunities across global macro, investment grade and high yield credit.
- Achieved more than 5% higher returns comparing to benchmark Fixed Income Funds.
- Communicating portfolio performance, positioning and strategy internally and externally.
- Attending periodic Investment meetings along with related departments, and preparing periodic recommendations and daily reports.
- Balance sheet management; executing repo/reverse repo deals.
Senior Trader / Portfolio Manager
Banque de Commerce et de Placements SA
09.2020 - 05.2022
- Responsible for Sovereign and Financial sector Fixed Income instruments trading.
- Generated decent profit from Emerging Markets fixed income instruments and European High Yield financials.
- Assessed hourly market conditions to look for hedge and arbitrage opportunities.
- Discussed trading strategies with portfolio managers to highlight current market sentiment, price points of resistance and support and liquidity characteristics of positions.
- Executing institutional and private banking client orders on primary and secondary Fixed Income and FX markets with providing ad-hoc market advisory.
- Responsible for preparing periodic market reports, updates and memos for internal and external clients.
Senior FX Trader
Banque de Commerce et de Placements SA
01.2012 - 08.2020
- Deputy Head of FX Dealing Desk.
- G10 and EMFX Proprietary spot FX and FX options trading, with respect to the internal and international regulations; specialization in high-beta Emerging Market Currencies with solid track record in terms of P&L.
- Led the FX team in P&L within the Treasury department over the 8 years.
- Creating ideas for hedging needs of the corporate/private clients.
- Market making for institutional and private clients, managing client flows on spot FX, FX swaps and FX options.
FX / Interest Rate Broker
Continental Capital Markets SA
01.2009 - 12.2011
- Head of the Turkish Markets Bonds trading; responsible for broking Turkish Lira denominated interest rate and fixed income products.
- Executing T-Bills, Bonds, Cross Currency Swaps, Interest Rate Swaps and Overnight Indexed Swaps between Financial Institutions. Deriving bond and cross currency curves in order to give trading ideas to traders.
- Formed the Turkish desk within the company and made the desk profitable and sustainable over the years.
Senior Dealer
Akbank TAS
11.2005 - 12.2008
- Responsible for corporate sales desk, that offers corporate clients tailor made solutions and various strategic treasury products, such as FX spot, FX forwards and swaps, FX derivatives, T-Bills and Bonds.
- Managing the high level flows of Treasury Marketing Desk; executed FX deals to managing client flows with solid P&L.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Economics
Bilkent University
Ankara, Turkey06.2004
Skills
- Investment Portfolio Management
- Fixed Income Investments
- Global Bond Strategies
- Hedging Strategy
- Client Satisfaction
- Portfolio Construction
Certification
- ICMA Fixed Income Certificate (FIC) candidate
- ICMA Bond Markets Trading Certificate.
- Barclays Options Trading and FX Strategy Workshop.
- Trading Psychology and High-Performance Trading Workshop in London.
- BIST (Borsa Istanbul), Bonds and Fixed Income Trading Certificate.
Hobbies
Enjoys traveling, skiing, and dedicated sports fan. Loves reading politics and history.
Additional Information
- Birth date: 14.02.1982
- Married, proud father of 6 years old boy, Aksel.
- Congress member of Fenerbahce Sports Club
Languages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
French
Intermediate (B1)
German
Beginner (A1)
Turkish
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Timeline
Fixed Income Portfolio Manager, Vice President
Banque de Commerce et de Placements SA
05.2022 - Current
Senior Trader / Portfolio Manager
Banque de Commerce et de Placements SA
09.2020 - 05.2022
Senior FX Trader
Banque de Commerce et de Placements SA
01.2012 - 08.2020
FX / Interest Rate Broker
Continental Capital Markets SA
01.2009 - 12.2011
Senior Dealer
Akbank TAS
11.2005 - 12.2008
Bachelor of Arts - Economics
Bilkent University
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