Financial Security Advisor
Freedom 55 Financial - Quadrus Investments
Total years of experience :34 years, 8 Months
• Build and maintain strong relationships with existing clients and recruiting new clients on an ongoing basis through excellence of service, referrals and networking.
• Conduct 360 analysis for potential clients and existing clients to include; Short, mid and long term liquidity requirements and investment objectives, risk profile, retirement plans, DI& CI benefits and life insurance needs. Highlight any gaps and recommend best strategies to deal with it.
• Keep my clients current with financial markets news and developments.
• Licensed to sell mutual fund, segregated funds and Insurance products in Ontario.
•Led team of dealers in international brokerage, institutional brokerage and fixed income desks to execute trades in North America, Europe, GCC and Arab equity markets.
•Promoted brokerage services.
•Managed HNW relationships.
•Acted as the first point of contact for Institutional clients wish to trade in the listed and OTC fixed income securities in Saudi Arabia.
•Business Development; Expanded equity markets trading coverage to include new regional and int’l equity markets and enhanced services delivery.
•Managed and delivered exceptional in-house online trading platform project which enabled our customers to trade 32+ equity markets online with multi currencies; www.tadawulcom.com/Global.
•Liaised internally with the Middle Office and Operations & Custody departments and externally with international brokerage houses and custodians to ensure smooth and proper processing of daily transactions and corporate actions.
•Successfully negotiated with international brokerage houses and market data vendors the best terms of services offering and business agreements.
•Led trading desk to execute orders in US and European equity markets for retail customers.
•Met and assisted customers to identify their investment targets in US and EU equities based on their risk tolerance and investment knowledge.
•Managed the relationship with international investment banks and brokerage houses.
•Executed big ticket orders for AlJazira’ “Global Equity Funds” all over the world (60+ Countries).
•Well experienced in constructing policies and procedures for brokerage firms. Contributed actively in constructing policies and procedures for new subsidiary company; AlJazira Capital, in fields of:
o Investment Strategy
o Principal and Agent Dealing
o Custody Services.
•Business development; Managed and delivered In-House OMS Upgrade project to automate orders management system.
•Executed foreign exchange orders for the customers and for bank positions; Spot, Forwards and Swaps.
•Quoted direct FX prices for bank branches.
•Money Markets activities: Executed O/N placement, term deposits and loans.
•Executed equities orders for retail and private banking customers in the U.S., Europe and Asian stock markets.
•Performed private banking activities for HNW customers
•Daily and monthly markets analysis and research. Editor for “International Capital and Equity Markets” articles under Arab Bank name in Jordanian “Addustor” daily newspaper- Economic Page and in my name in the monthly “Banks in Jordan” Magazine.
•Money Markets operations: Executed O/N and term deposits and loans.
•Audited/Reconciled Bank foreign accounts statements and inter-branch funds movements.
•Acted as bank regional branch accountant for three years, prepared daily and periodically financial statements and ad-hoc financial reports
•Performed JKB Representative duties in the Central Bank clearing room
•Well experienced in commercial banking: LG’s, LC’s, Credit, etc.
Accounting College Honors Board years 1987 and 1988