Göktan Akbaş

Fund Manager at İstanbul Portföy Yönetimi

Besiktas, Istanbul, Türkiye

About

Experienced Equity Derivatives Trader with a demonstrated history of working in the investment banking industry. Skilled in Exchange Traded Derivatives, Foreign Exchange (FX) Options, Options, Equity Trading, and Capital Markets. Strong finance professional with a Master of Science - MS focused in Financial Engineering from Boğaziçi University. Specialties: Python, R, VBA, Bloomberg Language(BLAN), Derivatives, Exotics, Hybrids, Hedging, Risk Management, Market Risk, Pricing, Options, Flow Trading, Structured Products, Murex, SunGard, Fixed Income, Emerging Markets, APAC, EEMEA, LatAm, Bloomberg, Securities, Trading, Securitized Products, Data Analytics, Automated Systems, Arbitrage, Single Stock, Index, Volatility, ETF, ETN, Equity Lending, Quantitative Analytics.

Experience

  • Portfolio Manager at İstanbul Portföy Yönetimi
    Jan 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 6 mos

  • GCM Yatırım (2 yrs 4 mos)
    • Head Of Trading
      Mar 2021 - Feb 2022 · 1 yr

    • Senior Derivatives Trader
      Nov 2019 - Mar 2021 · 1 yr 5 mos

      - Responsible for all derivative operations and derivatives book - Building SSF market making in Borsa Istanbul and OTC options on commodities, currencies, equities and indices - Setting Volatility surfaces for Turkish and Global Markets Options - Derivatives pricing and cash/futures index arbitration - Designing structured products for HNWI clients - Building derivative pricing, risk management and optimal delta hedging solutions - Established credit services and expanding partnerships to decrease/increase borrowing/lending rates - Giving educational seminars to dealers, sales teams and clients

  • Equity Derivatives Trader at Ak Investment Inc.
    Feb 2016 - Sep 2019 · 3 yrs 8 mos

  • Derivatives Trader at BNP Paribas
    Aug 2014 - Feb 2016 · 1 yr 7 mos

  • Derivatives Trader at Ak Investment Inc.
    May 2013 - Aug 2014 · 1 yr 4 mos