London, England, United Kingdom
- Client facing front office role within the Global Equities division of RBC’s European entity with responsibility of all equity execution and advisory commissions. - Drove a 40% increase in CSA partnerships over a 12 month period – achieved by educating both internal account managers & external clients on the mechanism and highlighting RBC’s CSA capabilities - Undertake evaluation of broker votes whilst holding regular dialogue with broker liaisons in order to further strengthen the relationship and identify growth opportunities - Educated numerous buy side firms on the 3 available approaches to research remuneration under MiFID II – CSA/RPA, Accounting Method, P&L Approach - Project Manager responsible for the evolution of RBC’s Equity execution platform, meeting regular tight deadlines in order to become MiFID II compliant - Manager of global project to implement new Equities and Fixed Income research payment process, streamlining the way in which research payments are analysed, received, booked and processed - Strong understanding of the various research pricing plans offered by the sell side - Successfully managed evolution of internal CSA processes/systems to deal with increased volume of CSA eligible trades - Member of team that arranged a highly successful MIFID II Roundtable with over 50 participants from buy side, regulation and internal RBC stakeholders - Utilised Microsoft Office & Access knowledge to streamline analysis of both internal RBC and external McLagan data, allowing easier identification of opportunities - Very strong understanding of equity commission rates, CSA rate cards, research payment structures and CSA aggregator relationships
• Helped implement GoldTier, a new client on-boarding and data handling system, whilst training current employees on its functionality • Worked with external vendors, negotiating to ensure the service they provided met RBC requirements, whilst undertaking site visits to review their processes • Won award for top Interns presentation, detailing the reasons behind the sub-prime mortgage crisis and the future impact of Basel III on RBC Capital Markets