Trevor Neil

Areas of Expertise:

• Technical Analysis
• Training and trader skill enhancement; seminars for banks, funds and traders
• Tom Demark Training
• Bloomberg / Reuters / CQG / Thomson Reuters

Practical Experience:
Trevor Neil, Europe’s leading technical analysis expert, has been a trader for over 30 years and a daily user of technical analysis. He was the celebrated global head of technical analysis at Bloomberg LP for four years where he was responsible for training and technical analysis software development on the Bloomberg terminal. Prior to that he was a very successful floor trader for Merrill Lynch, a Fund Manager at T-Capital and worked on the floor of LIFFE, giving short-term technical analysis support for a large group of arbitrageurs in the Bund pit. He managed a successful futures quoted fund for Union CAL Limited and, as a registered CTA in the US, his track record shows just one losing year since 1984. He left Bloomberg to set up a hedge fund in South Africa and to found BETA Group, offering consultancy to banks and funds around the world, as well as seminars to banking professionals.

Today, the top investment firms and funds throughout Europe choose him to train their staff. Trevor has given in-house technical analysis trainings at most large institutions, seminars at many conferences and extensive work for Reuters. Appointments, Media and Publications Trevor has been quoted numerous times by the top financial publications and is the principal trainer and Associate Editor for The Technical Analyst Magazine. He also delivers the popular ‘Friday Technical Analysis Surgery’ on the Thomson Reuters Webex. He is a Member of the Securities Institute. He has served on the board of the STA in London and the Technical Analysis Society of South Africa. Courses: Market Timing for Financial Professionals: Essentials and Advanced Introduction to Technical Analysis Advanced Technical Analysis DeMark Indicators Market Timing for Commodities Technical Analysis for the Portfolio Manager Short Term Trading Workshop “One day with Trevor Neil beats reading ten books. Now just imagine, spending two or three days with Trevor..." Albert Klein, Euronext
 
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Education
B.Sc (Hons) in Economics from the London School of Economics

Paddy Osborn

Areas of Expertise:
• Technical Analysis
• Trading Techniques
• Financial Markets Analysis

Practical Experience:
Paddy Osborn has over 20 years of market experience, both as a trader and as a technical analyst at Japanese Securities House NKK trading Equity Derivatives, then at Tradermade International Limited and now BETA Group. Paddy currently provides consultancy services to banks and fund managers including Marfin Capital and Amanah Capital as well as delivering seminars to banking audiences across the globe. He has been invited to speak at prestigious events such as the Securities and Investment Institute conference in countries as diverse as the UK and Dubai.

Paddy also provides sales consultancy services to news providers and software vendors in the UK and he works with Hedge Funds all over the world on a number of projects, including intermediary services. He provides daily market research in equities and FX markets for clients in the UK and the Middle East and is working with a partner in Saudi Arabia to establish a Financial Training Academy in Jeddah. Paddy is invited to lecture at many UK universities including Birmingham, Aston, Greenwich and Brunel where he teaches trading techniques to the next generation of city traders. Appointments, Media and Publications: You may have seen Paddy on CNBC where he appears regularly to give his technical views on the markets and has appeared on discussion panels at financial conferences in London and Dubai. Paddy is on the board of TA Knowledge Limited and has had papers published in the STA Journal and Profit & Loss magazine Courses: Introduction to Technical Analysis Technical Trading Techniques How Investor Behaviour Affects Financial Markets The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of Hedge Funds The FX Market – The Biggest Market of All Technical Analysis of The FX Markets “Not only does Paddy have an in-depth working knowledge of Technical Analysis, but he is a business manager as well as a patient and trusted teacher of the subject. I have absolutely no doubt that anyone working with Paddy will take away...a lot of knowledge and enrich him/herself in the process...” Ricky Husaini, Chief Investment Officer, Trading Portfolio.
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Education
IFTA CFTe Level 2 Certificate, Diploma - Society of Technical Analysts, BSc (Hons.) in Mathematics and Computer Science

Yvette Burfin

Managing Director, Yvette Burfin, was delighted to jump on board the Beta Group Project, knowing that Trevor's reputation in the markets would go before him. With a legal background, and having organised large and small scale events for Bloomberg, the challenge of running the administration of Beta Group and organising conferences and seminars worldwide was irresistible.

Yvette was awarded a degree in European Law at the University of Warwick and went on to work in the city in a variety of roles some of which involved travelling across Europe to train Bloomberg’s clients. Having studied, worked and lived in Paris for many years Yvette is bilingual and speaks French fluently.
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Education
Yvette Burfin LLB (Hons) in European Law from the University of Warwick

David Furcajg

Areas of Expertise:

• Stocks
• Bonds
• Index
• FOREX Practical Experience

David Furcajg was first a bond analyst prior to working as a technical strategist within different companies in Paris and London. During these experiences, he developed his own trading models on stocks, bonds, index and FOREX. He is the leading expert on trading the FOREX market on an intraday basis and is sought after for teaching his highly specialised methodology which combines macro economics and technical tools. He is a member of the board of the French Technical Analysis Association(AFATE) and provides technical analysis courses at Paris Dauphine University. Appointments, Media and Publications David is a member of the board of the AFATE.

David has published a Research Paper: "Using Technical Analysis when the market is confronted with exogenous disturbances: a case study on the FOREX market" which provides some hints about the way to trade macro economics news on the FOREX market. Courses: This will have the Titles and links to all courses D runs with BETA Group « Pour ce qui est de la qualité du séminaire, je lai trouvé super intéressant du contenu à la méthodologie utilisée. J'ai aussi apprécié la qualité du support de formation, il est pour moi aujourd'hui comme une bible. » « With regards to the quality of the seminar, I found it very interesting from point of view of content and m ethodolgy. I also really appreciated the quality of the manual which has become my trading Bible” Georges Moumpou, Ecobank, Cameroun

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Education
MFTA diploma (Master of Financial Technical Analysis, IFTA Certificate (Certified Financial Technician), Economics MSc - Sciences-Po School, Paris.

Alan Burr

Areas of Expertise:

• Financial markets trading
• Derivatives markets and products
• Global operations in securities, commodities and derivatives markets
• Derivatives and stock exchange operation
• Clearing and Settlement
• Risk management, operational risk
• IT management in financial markets
• Regulation and compliance Practical Experience Alan Burr specialises in financial markets trading and operations in securities, commodities and derivatives markets.

He is also a leading expert on clearing and settlement. He possesses considerable regulatory, IT, risk, corporate actions, custody and project management experience. He works as a financial markets consultant, having been a senior executive with an outstanding track record of achievement for over 35 years. Following 20 successful years with ICCH (now LCH.Clearnet) until 1992 during which he was Chief Executive in Hong Kong and Executive Director in London, he worked for MEFF, the Spanish Financial Futures Exchange, as its International Director. Alan works with investment banks and delivers training to clients such as Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse and HSBC. Over the past three years alone, he has provided training to major international clients such as the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the Indian securities regulator and the New York Federal Reserve. Appointments, Media and Publications Alan has very substantial international experience, having helped to open markets in several countries and working with clients as a trainer and advisor. He is a Fellow of and an accredited trainer with the UK’s Chartered Institute of Securities & Investment (CISI) and is also on the faculty of BPP Professional Education in London.

Courses:

• Derivatives
• Securities Operations
• Corporate Actions
• Operational Risk
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Education
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Darren Agombar

Areas of Expertise:
• Behavioural Finance and Behavioural Economics
• Financial market research with a behavioural perspective
• Training and Mentoring in the application of behavioural analysis to financial markets
• Behavioural Corporate Finance
Practical Experience:
Darren Agombar is one of the leading exponents of behavioural analysis applied to financial markets Europe. With a wealth of global trading experience across a broad spectrum of assets, Darren has worked for banks such as Standard Chartered and Calyon in London, Dubai and Tokyo. Darren left the banking industry in 2004 to pursue a behavioural trading strategy managing his own capital, and continues to do this today. Darren’s trading career spans 20+ years.
From the experience gained in developing a behavioural approach to trading and research, Darren formed Claradan – a company that provides behavioural analysis and behavioural strategies to business and organisations specialising in financial markets and financial services. Claradan provides training workshops and e learning products, financial market research and consultancy services. Claradan has built close ties with academic institutions to ensure the integrity of its application of behavioural analysis and continues to bring innovative and value added products to market and frequently advises research students in the appropriate fields. Claradan is a member of the International Association for Research in Economic  Psychology. (IAREP)
Appointments, Media and Publications
Claradan provides research to individual traders as well as international banks, has provided training content for the CME Education department, articles published on the OU/BBC website, Industry Journals, hosts on line groups for Behavioural Finance on Linked in and FT Alphaville.
Claradan provide the behavioural Finance content for the OU MBA program (17,000 students so far) and is a Retained Speaker for the CFA in the field of Behavioural Finance.
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 “.... Darren brings a personal set of experiences that are 100% relevant... Darren’s work is not written from the confines of an academic ivory tower, he has been in the trenches, on a trading desk making key decisions about what to do with the next trade, position...”
Managing Director, Global Head of Foreign Exchange CME Group.

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