Mark Orsley
Mark Orsley is the Head of Macro Strategy at PrismFP, a leading FinTech company based in New York City. In this role, he is responsible for providing a top-down view of interest rates. He also utilizes the company’s data series to provide the bottoms-up trade ideas. Orsley also specializes in hedge funds, managed accounts, and proprietary trading. While at Jefferies, he authored the Morning Scan, a daily macro strategy piece utilizing fundamental and technical analysis to identify macro trade ideas.
Mark Orsley Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Head of Macro Strategy
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Senior Strategist
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Director
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Senior Vice President and Global Macro Strategist
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Trader and Assistant Portfolio Manager
Academic History
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BS in Finance
Orsley has appeared as a guest on Real Vision.
PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS
- Jefferies - Senior Vice President and Global Macro Strategist
- Developed trade ideas across all asset classes and present them to the firm's clients
- Executed interest rate, equity index, FX and commodity futures and options for clients
- Cross-sell FX, interest rates, mortgages, and equity derivatives
- Developed trade ideas across all asset classes and present them to the firm's clients
- CastleRock Macro - Assistant Portfolio Manager
- Assisted in the management of a discretionary Global Macro Fund
- Managed self-generated trade ideas: +2.17% return vs. -3.65 for the Barclay's Global Macro Hedge Fund Index
- Developed actionable trade ideas, offered opinions, and investment advice to the managing partner
- Executed Foreign Exchange (G-10 and EM), Global Equities, Rates, Futures, Commodities, and Options
- Wrote a summary of Macro themes for the group's weekly meeting
- Trigon Investment Advisors - Head Trader
- Managed the execution of a $750m Global Macro Hedge Fund
- Traded Foreign Exchange (G-10 and EM), Equity Indexes, Futures, Commodities and Options
- Developed trade ideas and offered investment advice
- Executed the firm’s systematic FX strategy, monitored execution and model performance
- Fortress Investment Group - Trader and Assistant Portfolio Manager
- Managed execution of a $500m global macro quantitative group
- Traded Equities (single names and baskets), Interest Rates, Foreign Exchange (G-10 and EM), and Futures
- Monitored, measured, and improved the group's trading cost and slippage
- Studied best execution methods by examining new trading platforms and execution strategies
- Managed a discretionary agency RMBS portfolio consisting of Pass Thru and IO securities
- RBS Greenwich Capital - Proprietary Trader
- Managed a Residential Agency MBS portfolio consisting of Pass Through’s and IO’s
- Traded a systematic global macro strategy consisting of FX and futures
- Assisted senior trader with a $400 million invested convertible bond portfolio, trading convertibles, equities, equity options, and credit default swaps