Robert Carver is an independent systematic futures trader, writer and research consultant; and is currently a visiting lecturer at Queen Mary, University of London.  He is the author of Systematic Trading: A unique new method for designing trading and investing systems, Smart Portfolios: A practical guide to building and maintaining intelligent investment portfolios, and Leveraged Trading: A professional approach to trading FX, stocks on margin, CFDs, spread bets and futures for all traders.

Until 2013 Robert worked for AHL, a large systematic hedge fund, and part of the Man Group. He was responsible for the creation of AHL’s fundamental global macro strategy, and then managed the fund’s multi billion dollar fixed income portfolio. Prior to that Robert worked as a research manager for CEPR, an economics think tank, and traded exotic derivatives for Barclays investment bank. He spent his early career in the Middle East.

Robert has a Bachelors degree in Economics from the University of Manchester, and a Masters degree, also in Economics, from Birkbeck College, University of London.