Christopher Evans

Experience

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  Salomon Brothers

  Nov 1985 - Dec 1992

  Vice President, International Fixed Income

  • Covered the largest global macro accounts in the USA at the time- Soros, Tiger, Pimco, Cargill.• Managed the global fixed income sales desk.

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  Omega Advisors

  Jan 1993 - Jun 1995

  Partner

  • In three years from start up, assets under management grew 10 fold, positions peaked at approximately $9bn.• In charge of all macro positions, primarily fixed income and foreign exchange.

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  Brevan Howard

  Apr 2004 - Jul 2005

  Outside CTA

  • Traded equity index futures, forex, fixed income and some commodity contracts using proprietary algorithms.• Specialized in mean reversion techniques using trend adjusting oscillators.

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  Graham Capital Management, L.P.

  Aug 2013 - Aug 2014

  Portfolio Manager

  • Managed a portfolio of macro pairs. • Investigated inter-market relationships to create new trading vehicles.• Investment decisions were informed by variables designed and tested inside automated algorithms.

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  Paratrade Systems LLC (Founded 1999)

  Oct 2014 - now

  Principal

  Paratrade Systems is a research and consulting firm that provides analyses of value and trends (alpha and beta) for global government bonds, equity indices, foreign exchange markets, and macro pairs. • Advise hedge funds regarding volatility & macro exposure to equities, bonds and “risk parity”.• Measure risk so that Portfolio Managers and Chief Investment Officers expand and reduce exposure at appropriate times.• Designed an algorithm to run a switching system between the most liquid US equity futures with the goal of beating the S&P 500. Show less