FERNANDO AUGUSTO LOPES+44 7455 117 985 | augusto.lopes.fal@gmail.com

EU Portuguese Passport Islington – London Portuguese | SpanishLinkedIn profile: https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/fernando-augusto-lopes/19/115/54b

QUALIFICATIONS Securities Institute of London – Understanding Derivatives - 2005London School of Business & Finance – Seminar under ISDA Protocol Extension on both DF Wall-Street Act and EMIR Business Conduct Rules - 2013

SYSTEMS Electronic Trading Platforms: Calypso, MarkitSERV, Markitwire, SwapClear from LCV.Clearnet, DTTC, DTC, Murex, SWIFT Messaging, Sophis, Smartstream, Intellimatch, Summit, Imagine, Bloomberg, Reuters and Excel [Data rich systems V LooK Ups, Pivot Tables and Macros]

MARKET INDEXES covered PSI 20, EUREX EURO STOXX 50@, Euro Synthetic Asset Swaps, EUREX Deliverable Bonds and Conversion factors, EURO Bund Futures, IBEX 35, CAC 40, FTSE MIB, Xetra DAX, FTSE 100, EURO STOXX 50, NASDAQ Composite, Dow Jones Stoxx, S&P 500, BOVESPA, IPC Mexico City, Bolsa de Comercio de Santiago [Chile], Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires [Argentina], EUR|USD FX

CAREER HISTORY

Jan 14 - Jan 15 Career Break

Jul 08 - Jan 14 HERME GLOBAL FUND STRATEGIES, Lisbon - Portugal Derivatives Trade Support Operations - Private Wealth Management□ Functional knowledge of Front Office trade workflows and interacting

directly with the trading desk to monitor trade input submissions across the trade lifecycle.

□ Support post-trade capture across a range of multi-asset derivative types covering credit, equity, FX and Fixed-Income products to confirmation, settlement and clearing reporting on both bilateral and CCP trading activity.

□ Verification of trade booking were validated on term sheet blotters and moved to back office queues to establish paper or electronic matching.

□ Using ISDA deal tickets agreements to confirm trade economics with counterparties and oversee the bilateral settlements of interest payable and receivable.

□ Oversee all aspects of Trade Capture & position reporting [internal and external] and Exceptions management of trade confirmations on MarkitWire & DTCC. 

□ To monitor and securely maintain all SSI data relating to settlement of OTC derivatives.

□ New Account Set Up□ In accordance with the deal information settlement input and margin

movements ensuring cut off times are met on derivative instruments and bond products, including IRS vanilla and exotic, TRS, Infl swaps, Zero Coupon Inflation Swap, CDS [single name, index and emergent], CFD's, FX options, Swaptions and Iberia and Brazilian Credits, Latin America Government Bonds, High Yield and Emergent Market currency funds.

□ Identification and bespoke coupons calculation of business-as-usual lifecyle events on rate resets, dividends, novations, terminations and option expires.

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□ Direct ownership of T | T + 1 daily control of cash flow mismatches and T+3 feed breaks on fixed income that were raised by the trading desk to identify fail issues caused by amendments, novations, suspense, duplicate and cancelled trade bookings errors.

□ As per EMIR trade reporting, validated and aligned to pair |match TriOptima credit events and ensuring the dashboard of all asset classes submissions were flowing to the Trade Repository. Equally, identification and scripting of User Acceptance Testing to open counterparties in assign Unique Trade Identifier with Trade Repository.

□ Responsible for oversight, correction and clearing of end-user EMIR exceptions as well as managing entries on MTM feed queues to ensure that all trades are identified, matched and resolved on TD and evidenced by volume of rejections | exceptions.

□ Conduct timely reconciliations across asset classes and liaise with internal areas to identify and investigated T Nostro discrepancies for root cause resolution of unmatched failed positions and client trade allocations.

May 07 – Mar 08 HSBC, LondonGlobal Equity Derivatives Operations□ In collaboration with traders, trade support into-a-End system,

responsible for OTC trade valuations processing lifecycle into an end system which include settlements of reset payments, premiums, coupons, terminations and novations. Trade booking entries to reflect a FO position, within MO

□ Per-confirmation business effort with clients to cover core economic of an underlying security [notional principal, tenor or period duration, strike and payments intervals], and professional dispute of any resolution interpretations with counterparties

□ Settlement and nostro matching reconciliation of cashflow breaks associated with Equity Derivatives, namely Equity Swap, Options [swaptions], Total Return swaps, providing support to senior management to ensure uplift in volumes are addressed and workflows managed accordingly

□ Trade maintenance, monitoring and trade booking entries to reflect a FO position, within MO + BO [ensuring the accuracy of the trade bookings when validating the settlement instructions and authorizing payments and verification of product set up.]

□ Taking ownership by minimising the risk of cash movements and client default by investigating, handling and query solution of nostro reconciliation rationale

□ Clearly undertake a root cause analysis of occurring issues to prevent fail discrepancy trading, by liaising with FO [sales and trading teams]; and MO [Product Control, Legal and Risk.]

Oct 06 – May 07 DEUTSCHE BANK, LondonGlobal Equity Derivatives Operations□ Member of eight-person Global Equity Risk Derivatives (OTC

Derivative Client Services) Corporate and Investment Bank team that covered the aspects of GED trade support

□ Was exposed to a range of equity derivative products including equity swaps, options, variance swaps, and Total return swaps. (as above)

Mar 06 –Oct 06 NOMURA, LondonDerivatives Trade Support Operations - Interbank Reconciliation□ Term contract in OTC Derivative Client Services, Interbank

Reconciliation – Zero Coupon Inflation Swap, Callable Swap, Swaption (EUR | BERM), etc.

□ Held responsibility for the booking (SMO / GLOSS - in suppressing receipts and releasing payments), confirmation and settlement of swap roll trades, together with any subsequent cash breaks or

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reconciliation (DTCC and summit knowledge) and consequent investigations arising from the settlement of these transactions, in a timely fashion, following established guidelines.

□ Minimised the risk of cash movements and client default, through investigation of discrepancies / mismatches in T Nostro reconciliation breaks (cash breaks reconciliation).

□ Liaised with various areas of operations (documentation), traders (other FO areas) to resolve queries, and review the daily processes.

□ Managed control around daily cash movements ensuring funding /stream requirements (Stubs, Interpolations etc) were established and swift messaging executed. Completed and cleared backlog.

Sep 05 – Mar 06 CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON, LondonDerivatives Confirmations - OTC Mediterranean Client Focus Group□ Term contract in OTC Mediterranean Client Focus Group (OTC

Derivative Client Services) with some Spanish | Portuguese speaking. □ Confirmed future cash flows with clients covering Interest Rate,

Equity and Credit Derivative Products.□ Maintained client database to ensure accurate contact information;

liaised with marketers, and traders to resolve issues when required; acted as single point of contact for Platinum Clients for all OTC process related queries; proactively worked with and supported our Platinum image globally.

Jul 05 – Aug 05 Relocation and Job search Nov 04 – Jun 05 MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL GROUP INCORPORATED, NYC - USA

Emergent Market Clerk [EM Latin – America]□ Prepared standard daily / weekly / monthly / quarterly client revenue

credit rating reporting for Distribution and Client Relationship Management using various reporting (internal) tools

May 04 – Oct 04 DELOITTE & TOUCHE, LondonOutsourced from Barclays Financial Planning LtdInsurance Settlements Team – Case Handler□ As below.

Sep 01 – May 04 BARCLAYS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LondonCase Handler, Insurance Settlements Team□ The Settlements team reduces the costs and risks associated with

fund subscriptions, redemptions and confirmations of surrender values by automating and standardising these processes and reviewed accepted offers to ensure accurate and completed documentation.

Jul 00 – Aug 01 WELSH ASSEMBLY GOVERNMENT, Cardiff - WalesPolicy Officer - Partnerships Project - NHS Structural Change Team

EDUCATION University of Glamorgan, Cardiff (1996 - 2000)BA (Honours) Government and Politics- Work Placement: Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lisbon - PortugalDiplomatic Relations (Jun 98 – Feb 99)

Secondary School, Portugal (1994)

INTERESTS Zen Rinzai Buddhism Meditation, Swimming, Rugby and Training | Conditioning Athlete.

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