Our CEO had the opportunity to be in Singapore last week at the EQDerivatives, Inc conference. He was quoted as saying:

“The conference brought together asset allocators, investments managers, liquidity providers and financial institutions where they provided interesting panel discussions and perspectives on risk, market structure, supply and demand dynamics and some of the intra-market challenges that exist. Very topical that the content was expanded to incorporate commodity derivative markets.”

We thank all the presenters, sponsors, partners and team at EQD who have made this a world class event for participants in the derivatives market.

We are looking forward to EQD Asia 2024 conference!

Our CEO, Stephen Howard, joined the DBS Investment Lunch: Assessing Market Trends and Fund Strategies in Central Hong Kong earlier this week.

Big thanks to Clara Chow, CESGA® from Preqin for describing the 2023 hedge fund landscape for the performance returns by strategy and asset class.

The panel (Ortwin Gierhake, Alvin Fan and Benjamin Wong) shared some really interesting insights on fund raising as they discussed the latest market trends and offered expert opinions on fund raising and fund formation structures. Critical takeaway, its all about flexibility and delivering a client solution.

Many thanks to DBS Bank for organising such an insightful lunch, to their partner sponsors, and to every who joined in this timely discussion.

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Last week, our CEO had the opportunity to join Bloomberg for their insightful session on “Investing Strategy Amidst Inflation, Recession Scares, and Policy Change.” The timing couldn’t have been better, considering the myriad challenges that investors were contending with.

A big thank you to Bloomberg for hosting such a valuable discussion, and to everyone who participated and engaged in this important conversation. Looking forward to discussion with the team from Bloomberg like this in the future!

This year we launched a new Sub-Stack for graduates who want to embark in a Finance career.

With detailed profiles on the businesses within an Investment Bank, the Roles, the Markets Terminology and a Unique interviews with market professionals – Derivative Salespeople, Traders, Proprietary Traders, Flow Sales Traders, Operations Specialists – this will help answer the questions about the industry you never knew you had.

Our recent Chat discussions have covered Career Planning and Curating a Better CV to stand-out from the rest.

Understanding how the business works, the companies, the roles, sharpening a CV to present your best possible self, preparing fully for an interview, is critical and with the competition so intense you need to lean on the best support possible.

Ensure you have practical insights to develop your career in finance.

Howard Trading wishes you peace and happiness during this holiday season. May the upcoming year be full of opportunities and achievements that will bring you to greater heights. Happy New Year!

As Christmas draws near, we at Howard Trading wish you and your families a Merry Christmas! We hope your holidays will be filled with joy and laughter through the New Year.

It is with the deepest sadness and respect we acknowledge the passing of her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. For the people of Great Britain, the Commonwealth and many others around the world her departure is a tremendous loss. Her Majesty was a role model for us all about the dedication to family, duty and service. May god bless her and keep her. God save the King.

These are critical functions that anyone operating in a financial institution expects to be undertaken and completed to a high standard. They are the bedrock, along with counterparty credit and collateral risk quality, of any asset backed or collateralised lending business.

Done well, they add certainty to the risk management and trading process, done poorly they can and will cripple a business.

Crypto platforms are more and more illustrating they have been moving way too fast without a clear view on the fundamental risks within the business. We are believer’s in the technology, there is a place for it, however the guardrails just are not yet in place fully and need to be. Here is a great example of how it can, and does, go wrong from time to time.

Crypto.com accidentally transfered $10.5M to client instead of $100 refund

If you want to discuss how we can help your organisation put those guard rails in place, enhance your risk management capabilities and reduce your operation risks, then reach out.

Our heartfelt and best wishes are with you and your family throughout this New Year. Wishing you prosperity and happiness from all of us at Howard Trading. Kung Hei Fat Choi!

With 2021 coming to a close, and having been full of challenges for everyone, we want to send our best wishes to all of you. We hope 2022 brings greater opportunities and success for you, your family and your business. From all of us at Howard Trading Limited, Wishing you a very Happy New Year!