Richard Fedrick

Richard Fedrick is a finance expert specialising in derivatives, structured products, and risk management. With roles at Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, and General Re Financial Products, he has led structuring, sales, and trading in rates and FX exotics.

He started his career in 1988 in the Derivatives Product Group at Morgan Stanley, which he joined after three years of post-graduate research in Theoretical Physics. He spent three years as a rates and FX structurer at Morgan Stanley before moving to Deutsche Bank in London, where he joined a newly-formed team designing and selling structured products across Europe.

In 1993 Richard joined General Re Financial Products, a AAA-rated derivatives boutique that rapidly became established as one of the world’s leading derivatives trading operations. At GRFP, Richard initially ran the structuring desk, before moving into trading (rates and FX exotics), and finished as a Managing Director and global co-head of structuring and sales.

He joined Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein in 2002 before moving into the executive education industry in 2004.

Richard has a 1st Class degree in Physics from St John’s College, University of Oxford.

Teaches:

Interest Rate Derivatives and Swaps
Interest Rate Derivatives 2: Options
LFS Capital Markets Fundamentals
Fixed Income Markets and Analytics
IBOR Transition
Interest Rate Derivatives 3: Structuring