Managing Director of Investments / General Manager

• Managed daily investment operations of MaQasid with an equity AUM of $2 mil
• Developed and directed Private Equity Funds unit with a target of reaching an AUM of $12 mil in the first year
• Developed relations with foreign investor groups to become the primary provider of asset management services for MENA & Gulf immigrants and investors
• Developed relations with local & international investor groups for potential solar and natural gas energy investments
• Managed, coached and directed various business units with a focus of aggressive growth

• Lead and formed the company's FX risk strategies
• Monitored, analyzed and hedged company's FX & crude oil exposure.
• Advised strategies to mitigate risk arisen from Brent prices
• Managed up to 1.2 bio Usd of annual currency risk arisen from company's gas import and sales business
• Prepared, proposed, implemented FX & Energy risk guidelines, risk management products, trading platforms
• Traded short, medium, long term forward swap contracts, currency options
• Worked closely with Risk Department, Upper Management. Advised and assisted both on financial market events and financial products.
• Advised and supported other departments on their currency risk related requests

Market Risk Manager

• Managed a six-person analyst team. Worked as their leader on strategies, analyst reports, media coverage and training.
• Worked as the contact person for Integral Analyst team. Worked with the treasury, IT and upper management on future plans.
• Prepared daily bulletins on Forex sector, international & domestic futures and Istanbul Stock Exchange
• Prepared daily trading strategies and recommendations for customers. Published these strategies on the trading platform and the website.
• Prepared research reports on currency parities, commodities, domestic & international futures and domestic stock market.
• Prepared custom strategies for a group of elite customers. Supported these customers as the strategies matured and satisfied their economic & technical research/knowledge needs
• Worked as a technical & fundamental support person for the sales team
• Prepared and presented online live training sessions on technical & fundamental analyses and platform usage.

Research Manager

• Managed 2 long term & 1 short term equity portfolios with a total asset value of 4 million TL
• Sent daily market and economy reports to the CFO
• Administered setup, pricing and control of TSKB's Structured & Protected Funds
• Performed PF market research and maintained a detailed database
• Administered monthly cash flow for the P. Funds using fixed income assets

Portfolio Management Senior Associate

• Analyzed and traded equities & index futures daily
• Researched & traded IMKB 30 futures (VIX030 contracts) daily and commented to the trading group
• Researched & analyzed global market news and their effects on the Turkish market daily
• Researched & traded commodity & FX instruments daily and commented to the trading group

Treasury Trader

• Managed daily Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) valuation and control tasks
• Worked with important clients such as Barclays on their daily ETF valuation and testing needs
• Played a critical role on working with another company to improve intra day bond valuations
• Played a critical role on providing European Bond valuation for European Market hours
• Worked as a technical expert in the Basket Calculation Service group to provide efficiency improvements on daily tasks using VBA macros.

Associate Product Manager

• Co-wrote a published research paper on Financials & Credibility of Biotech industry companies between 1991-2006 by performing most of the research
• Co-wrote a research paper on mergers and acquisitions in the Biotech industry between 1991-2006

Research Assistant

• Administered the daily control and process of 4 to 6 funds with minimal supervision.
• Processed and reviewed transactions daily ensuring conformity with established procedures
• Monitored cash and asset variances between core systems and accounting systems.
• Researched and resolved discrepancies daily, especially on fund yields, Net Asset Values and position differences. Monitored income activities and resolved any exceptions related to cash, trade or rate changes.
• Processed daily controls of margin account differences on over 30 funds. Researched valuation over funds that carry futures and advised on corrections

Mutual Funds Consultant

• Assisted the Sr. HR Business Partner by implementing advancements and modifications to the various levels of the recruitment process.
• Implemented of an Excel based application tracking system, efficiency improvements on the application database and a project aimed at identifying the departmental issues and recommending solutions

Human Resources Department Asst

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Egemen Candir: Managing Director of Investments / General Manager

Egemen Candir

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Bentley College NAS Dept

J.P. Morgan Chase, World Wide Securities Dept

Bentley College Human Resources Dept

Bentley College

Bentley College

Cukurova University