Hugh Clark

Foreign Exchange (FX)

Fraud

Surveillance & investigation

Technology

Trading & portf. management

Hugh Clark

Hugh Clark has had a long and successful career of over 37 years in financial markets, including 17 years trading spot FX and FX derivatives as co-founder and Chief Investment Officer in an award-winning boutique hedge fund, ten years trading and structuring global equity derivatives in investment banks and over eight years devising and calibrating trade surveillance systems for tier-one banks, ensuring compliance with regulatory directives.

He is skilled in bridging knowledge gaps between legal counsel, regulators, surveillance staff, audit, IT and the front office and has a reputation for clarity. He has extensive experience in interpreting trader intent and market abuse detection in all asset classes, specifically in alleged cases of spoofing, front running, insider trading, wash trading and benchmark manipulation.

Industry Experience

Education

Areas of Expertise

Registrations and Memberships

Publications

Keywords

Industry Experience

Scotiabank

2023 - 2024

Trade Surveillance Specialist

Trading Hub Trade Surveillance Vendor

2022 - 2023

Senior Consultant

EY, KPMG (HSBC)

2016 - 2022

Transformation Consultant

Lankler, Siffert & Wohl LLP U.S. vs. Mark Johnson, FX Global Head, HSBC

2017

Expert Witness, Legal Consultant

TIR Currency Management Ltd / Arbiter Fund Managers Ltd

1997 - 2015

Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer

Curzon Capital Limited

2002 - 2003

Investment Advisor

Inverlat International Limited

1993 - 1996

Director, Head of Trading

BARING SECURITIES LIMITED

1987 - 1992

Assistant Director, Arbitrage Trader, Head of Global Derivatives Research

Education

University of Cambridge

1984 - 1987

MA Hons, Mathematics. Senior Optimes. Pure Mathematics, Game Theory, Number Theory.

Areas of Expertise

FX trading

FX trading and investment

Spot, forwards and derivatives

Voice, Electronic and Algorithmic trading

Fund structures

Equities trading

Cash equities, indices, long-short

Options, futures, warrants, convertible bonds, structured products

Hedge fund activity

FX Trading strategies

Risk management

Market Abuse Detection

FX, Fixed income, Commodities, Equities, OTC swaps

Spoofing, front running, wash trading, insider trading, benchmark manipulation

Cross product market abuse

Trader collusion

Order book rebuild

Trade Surveillance

Model compliance

Model validation / calibration

Gap analysis

AML

Transaction based AML detection

Registrations and Memberships

FCA

CFA, CF1, CF21, CF30 (lapsed)

Publications

Smart Momentum

THE FUTURE OF PREDICTIVE ANALYSIS IN THE FINANCIAL MARKETS John Wiley Trading Inc.

2001

Expert Keywords

algorithmic trading
anti-money laundering (AML)
asset management
automated trading strategies
basis
benchmark manipulation
best execution
Black-Scholes
bonds
capital markets
commodities
commodities trading
Commodities Trading Advisor (CTA)
commodity derivatives
compliance
convertible bonds
cross-currency swaps
cross-hedging
cross-product spoofing
currency derivatives
currency swaps
debt markets
delta
derivative execution
derivative hedging
derivative trading
derivative valuation
derivatives
Electronic trade execution
energy derivatives
equities
equity derivatives
equity markets
equity swaps
exchange-traded derivatives
financial crimes compliance
financial expertise
financial fraud
financial markets
financial regulations
fixed income
Fixed-Income derivatives
foreign exchange
forwards
fraud
fraud detection & prevention
front running
fund management
futures & options
futures trading strategies
FX
FX forwards
FX options
gamma
gap analysis
Greeks
hedge fund management
high frequency trading (HFT)
indices
insider trading
interest rate curves
interest rate derivatives
interest rate risk
interest rate swaps
interest rates
listed derivatives
machine learning (ML)
margin calls
margining
margins
market abuse
market abuse detection
market making
market risk
market structure
model risk
model validation
option exercise
option pricing
option valuation
options
options trading strategies
order book reconstruction
order data analysis
order management systems
OTC derivatives
OTC securities
OTC trading
over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives
portfolio construction
portfolio management
pump and dump
ramping
regulatory compliance
short squeeze
speculating
spoofing
spot
spot FX
structured products
surveillance model calibration
surveillance model effectiveness
surveillance model validation
surveillance procedures
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs)
swap dealer
swaps
synthetic assets
systematic trading environment
trade data analysis
trade surveillance
trader
trader aggression
trader collusion
trader intent
trading
trading bots
trading risk limits
trading strategies
trading systems
training and audits
treasury bond futures
USD rates options
volatility
warrants
wash trades
white-collar crime
yield curve
yield curve construction

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Hugh Clark

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Industry Experience

Scotiabank

2023 - 2024

Trading Hub Trade Surveillance Vendor

2022 - 2023

EY, KPMG (HSBC)

2016 - 2022

Lankler, Siffert & Wohl LLP U.S. vs. Mark Johnson, FX Global Head, HSBC

2017

TIR Currency Management Ltd / Arbiter Fund Managers Ltd

1997 - 2015

Curzon Capital Limited

2002 - 2003

Inverlat International Limited

1993 - 1996

BARING SECURITIES LIMITED

1987 - 1992

Education

University of Cambridge

1984 - 1987

Areas of Expertise

FX trading

Equities trading

Hedge fund activity

Market Abuse Detection

Trade Surveillance

AML

Registrations and Memberships

FCA

Publications

Smart Momentum

Expert Keywords

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