Buy-side Perspectives Issue 14 Special edition | Page 28

It is important to work for an
employer, such as Schroders, which
supports and promotes diversity and
equality in the workplace.
What are the challenges you face as
a buy side in the FX markets?
In what has become such a highly-
regulated market, you need to ensure
as a desk you have fair and achievable
key performance indicators which are
reported to clients and regulators,
and that you are adhering to all of the
new market regulations.
Every dealer needs to be aware of
their internal compliance rules and
desk protocol.
Equally, it is important to offer the
It is important to work for an
employer, such as Schroders, which
supports and promotes diversity and
equality in the workplace.
best service to underlying clients.
As a trader it is our role to source
and provide the best prices for our
clients. I believe that this is achieved
through a blend of electronic and
manual dealing. Ensuring you have
the most robust trading platform and
current pricing tools is key. This can
be achieved by discussing with peers
what works and which are the best
e-tools, algos and offerings in the
market.
FX has always been an ever-changing
market and, especially at Schroders,
we are aware that we want to have
the best trading applications, price
discovery tools and exposure to
the best liquidity. It is important
to stay abreast of the new offerings
that come to market as they may
potentially add value, as well as
minimise cost and risk to execution.
Having traded multi assets/
commodities previously, is there a
big difference between these and the
FX markets and can you tell us what
you like/don’t like when comparing
the two?
I have predominantly traded and
specialised in FX trading, and this
has always been the market which
interests me most.
To be able to give high-level service
and interactive value-adding
coverage to a Portfolio Manager
trading an active product, I personally
feel that the best approach is to
have specialised dealers in each
market asset class, who back up their
colleagues, rather than all dealers
covering all products at the same
time.
Can you tell us a bit about your
family? How do you manage
to juggle being a mum of 3 and
maintain a full-time career in buy-
side trading?
Of course! I have 3 young children. My
eldest son Frank is 6 years old, and goes
to a lovely local comprehensive school,
and my youngest two children Harry
(3) and Iris (2) are both in a brilliant
private nursery full time. They all really
enjoy going to school and nursery, and
I think making sure your children are
happy, and in the right setting is very
important. Being a mum is the best
job, and when you work full time you
really have to make the most of the
weekends!
I am generally up and out of the house
before the children wake up, and we
have recently got an au pair from
Spain, who drops the children to school
/ nursery and collects them in the
evening. This has alleviated a lot of the
stress of needing to rush out of work,
and race home to collect the children
in the evenings. The more stress free
you can make your life, the more you
can enjoy family time, and the less
distracted you will be in your work.
For me it is really important to be able
to come into work knowing that my
children are safe and happy, so that
I can focus and do the best job I can.
Furthermore, working for a family-
friendly employer like Schroders,
enables me to have total reassurance
that I would never be expected to miss
an assembly, school play or nursery
concert. My managers have made
it very apparent to me that family
comes first at Schroders. Having this
kind of support from your co-workers
Jenny at the 9 th ATF Foreign Exchange London 2018
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