How to get into Tech?

A question that we hear regularly at Maven is “How can I get into tech?” Before we try to answer that question it’s worth examining what a career in technology means. It’s commonly said that the average career involves 80,000 hours at work, which is around 40 years of working life. One of the best […]

Mavens Q4 Market Review

The final quarter of 2021 turned out to be an eventful one for financial markets. After a sustained, and seemingly unstoppable rally in risk assets since the start of the pandemic, things started to wobble. In November, inflation was reported to be the highest in 40 years driven by energy and food prices. Several central […]

From Legal Assistant to Legal Counsel

I have never run a marathon but my journey to qualify as a solicitor is what I imagine running one would feel like. (My friends and colleagues may call me dramatic…) This has been a journey of highs and lows, thankfully being cheered on by my family, friends, and colleagues along the way. I am […]

A work experience day in trading with Maven

Dami is an aspiring investment banker studying Maths, Chemistry and Economics – she was chosen from over 150 applicants to attend Maven’s trading work experience day due to her clear interest in the industry and well-written motivation statement. In this article, Dami shares her experience of the day and gives some advice for other students […]

Lessons learned from investing in unprecedented times

By Nima Noorizadeh On the morning of Monday, March 9th, 2020 at around 7am, I sent a message to my team in the US. I told the guys to prepare themselves for “one of the hardest days of our careers”. The spectre of the coronavirus had already taken hold of financial markets, the SPY ETF […]

My Career Journey: Thomas Bamford-Murphy

I joined Maven in May 2014 with previous experience running market making desks on Fixed Income in Europe and the US. I was looking for an opportunity to build a desk, a business, and to have ownership. It was important to me that I did this at a place where I felt aligned with the […]

FIA EPTA Launch New Campaign, We Are Market Makers

A new campaign called #WeAreMarketMakers has been launched to promote better understanding of modern market making, what it does and how it benefits the wider world. The campaign aims to help inform a wider audience on the important role that market makers play: from providing liquidity to the global financial markets to supporting citizens’ pension […]

Implied Volatility Surface Regimes

Human being’s moods tend to change in a discrete fashion, rather than continuously. The same can be said of the financial markets. Investment advisors usually give their recommendations to buy/sell/hold, representing their view on the market as bull/bear/neutral respectively. However, it takes time for these opinions to show in stock prices. It is instead a […]

Volatility and agricultural trading changes relative to real world challenge

2021 has been a year to remember, in many ways. Lockdown has been lifted and we are finally seeing life, as we once knew, start to spring back. Similarly, trading in the commodities sector has sprung to life – prices, volumes and volatility hitting decade long highs as fear of inflation has driven the market […]