Roger Hirst is a Macro Analyst and Editor at Lykeion, a financial and research media at the intersection of business, finance, and geopolitics. Previously, Hirst served as Managing Editor at Real Vision Creative Studios, developing content focused on global macro economic investment opportunities and the delivery of market content. With a global institutional and hedge fund client base, Hirst has worked as an equity derivative specialist focusing on macroeconomic opportunities and multi-asset sales on options, futures, and swaps in all geographies and asset classes. He has spent over two decades on the equity derivative desks at various investment banks, including Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley.
EARLY CAREER
Hirst has over twenty years of experience writing market reports for investment banks like Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley.
He was involved in Macro Sales at Deutsche Bank, with focus on macro, multi-asset and derivative sales, options, and delta one.
Before that, he did stints in Barclays Investment Bank, Morgan Stanley, and Goldman Sachs, with focus on equity derivatives.
He was also involved in equity derivatives at SBC Warburg, and London International Financial Futures Exchange.
MEDIA
Hirst has been featured or quoted in Blockworks, Yahoo! Finance, and Real Vision.