Bradley Leather

A co-founder of Global Trader, Bradley Leather gained his early experience in London, Sydney and New York. He started on the LIFFE market in London, then traded financial futures on the Sydney Futures Exchange, specialized in emerging markets at Intercapital Brokers and then worked at Cantor Fitzgerald in New York for three years. When Bradley relocated to South Africa, he focused on broking South African bonds. He was appointed as Head of Sales for Global Trader in 2007

Travis Robson

Five years in London gave Travis Robson a thorough grounding in investment banking. When he returned to South Africa in 2008 he was snapped up by Global Trader, where he started in our sales department. Travis now heads up Global Trader's Eastern Cape region. Travis is distinguished by his relaxed and informative interaction with our clients, and he has a passion for the local equity market.

Stuart Rawlinson

Stuart developed his interest in the financial markets from the age of 16, and has an excellent insight into this sector. He studied at Rand Afrikaans University and went on to work in a range of business sectors from Engineering to Industrials. Stuart has an in-depth knowledge of Global Trader's various platforms. This, combined with his easy delivery style, allows our clients to gain a sound understanding of Global Trader. 

Mark Perkins

Mark Perkins entered into the finance industry 5 years ago, having completed his B.Com in financial management.  He was first involved in Mergers & Acquisitions, and then specialised in Institutional OTC Derivative and Equity Markets with leading London Investment Banks.  He joined GT in its developing Western Cape Sales Branch with focus on Retail as well as Institutional Clients.  In seminars, he includes his knowledge of technical analysis, conveying these techniques in layman’s terms.

Deon Loots

Deon Loots has been in the financial industry for the past 3 years, gaining experience in Standard Bank and Liberty, and then joining Global Trader in 2008.  Deon is fully bilingual, enabling him to service the Afrikaans market.  He brings a fresh, client focused approach to his seminars, and forms an integral part of the Global Trader sales department in our Cape Town office.

Andrew Kinsey

Andrew Kinsey's charismatic presentations are informed by 18 years of experience in the financial markets. Andrew has a Masters Degree in Financial Economics and is currently Head of Risk Trading for Global Trader. Andrew provides training services in risk management, portfolio management and capital market products to international investment banks.

Lavan Gopaul

Lavan Gopaul has been a Professional Markets Trader since 1994, having studied for a B.Com, LLB and completing Law Articles. He traded on the floor of the ‘old’ JSE on Diagonal Street and then went on to trade a variety of derivative instruments on Equities, Bonds, Indices, and Currencies. He’s run Trading Desks for B P Bernstein, HSBC and Merrill Lynch in the past, and now works in the Durban Global Trader Office.

Nilan Morar

Prior to joining Global Trader in 2002, Nilan had gained experience in the finance industry which spanned over 7 years. He worked in various areas of financial markets, including the money market derivatives, fixed income administration and trading. Seeing the opportunity with Global Trader’s new and innovative offering to the market, Nilan joined Global Trader in 2002 as a sales Trader. He now manages the South African Trading Desk. 

Introduction to Money and Capital Markets

This course will construct a framework of analysis for the various markets typically faced by a trader, risk or portfolio manager in his/her day-to-day activities.

The course will take the form of:

• Formal lectures

• Case study analysis

• Development of take-away spreadsheets for pricing and risk management

• Ongoing testing

• Simulated trading and

• A final examination

Expected benefits:

Within this structure various cash instruments will be introduced for which the delegates will be required to:

• Understand their function, price and mark-to-market their interim values, and finance any positions held
• Recognise the risk management function as it applies to each instrument (and within a portfolio context)

Theory will be applied through practical methods within a trading environment 

Attendees will receive self constructed spreadsheets, course material, case studies and exam solutions

A certificate will be issued upon successful completion of each course

Anyone that is interested in:

• Financial Markets
• Trading
• Risk Management
• Portfolio Management 

• Basic understanding of Financial Markets
• Basic understanding of MS Excel

Options Trading and Risk Management

This course will introduce the concept of probability and asset priced distribution so vital in the understanding of modern finance. Delegates will be introduced to popular options pricing models before moving on to understanding risk parameters associated with options, namely the Greeks. Developing option strategies and understanding how to manage these positions in changing market conditions will be a prime focus of the course in the toughest of all environments – the financial markets.

The course will take the form of:

• Formal lectures 
• Case study analysis 
• Development of take-away spreadsheets for pricing and risk management 
• Ongoing testing 
• Simulated trading

Course Benefits

• Delegates will progress from a theoretical to a hands-on environment through:
• Transforming a theoretical understanding into building options pricing models
• Constructing a framework of analysis through building option strategy spreadsheets
• Applying these principles to apply in the dynamic management of options strategies 

A certificate will be issued upon successful completion of each course

Who should attend? 

Anyone that is interested in:

• Financial Markets
• Trading
• Risk Management
• Portfolio Management 

• Basic understanding of Financial Markets
• Basic understanding of MS Excel

Portfolio Management

The course serves as an introduction to the concepts and practices of portfolio management. The course will present concepts of return and risk associated with equity, fixed income, currency and commodity products. Concepts such as mean, variance, covariance, beta and correlation will be examined as well practical methods of calculating such measures. These factors will then be consolidated into relevant portfolio metrics within an excel environment so that participants may understand the relevance of calculating such factors.

Delegates will identify alternative portfolio goals and through this process gain a stronger understanding of the risk that an individual is willing to accept. Developing this theme the course will then examine the case for diversification within a multi-asset portfolio understanding the benefits and pitfalls associated with alternative investment vehicles. The role of money market and fixed income funds will be examined before moving onto an overview of alternative equity oriented funds. Such concepts as asset allocation and attribution as well as an introduction to portfolio optimization will also be introduced to delegates. All delegates will undergo the process of developing their own basic portfolio management and measurement system within an excel environment, using live market data.

Money markets

Content includes:

• An introduction to the terminology and methodology of trading in Global Markets

• Basic trading tips to help you start trading

The course is presented by our Head of Trading, Nilan Morar

Prior to joining Global Trader in 2002, Nilan had gained experience in the finance industry which spanned over 7 years. He worked in various areas of financial markets, including the money market derivatives, fixed income administration and trading. Seeing the opportunity with Global Trader’s new and innovative offering to the market, Nilan joined Global Trader in 2002 as a sales Trader. He now manages the South African Trading Desk. 

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Product Training Sessions

The course covers the fundamentals of Futures and CFD Trading.

Course content includes:

• Products definitions

• Trading examples

• Product advantages

• Product risk management

• Trading applications demonstration

• Question and answer session

Platform Trading Sessions

These practical sessions are aimed at educating you on how to optimise your usage of the Global Trader trading platform. The training sessions are ideal if you have prior knowledge of CFD and Spread Trading.

We cover based topics such as:

• How to place a trade 

• How to trigger stop losses, take profits and trailing stops

• How to close out positions

In order to attend these platform training sessions, you are required to open either a simulated or a live account.