Getting Rob to write and speak for you

Contacting me for events, quotes, articles etc

As you can see here, I talk at conferences, do podcasts and webcasts, write stuff for other people, get quoted in articles, guest lecture, and occasionally appear on TV. Feel free to contact me with your ideas and proposals

Headshot

There is a high-res headshot image here, which you may use only with my written permission and for which I retain the copyright. With my permission you may down-sample or crop the file to make it smaller, but you may not filter, or alter the image in any other way (no drawing moustaches in MS paint).

Formal Bio (use this when advertising me for your event)

Robert Carver is an independent systematic futures trader, writer and research consultant; and is currently a visiting lecturer at Queen Mary, University of London, and a research advisor to Stylus Digital, a hedge fund trading digital assets. He is the author of “Systematic Trading", "Smart Portfolios", "Leveraged Trading" and "Advanced Futures Trading Strategies".

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 funds 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.

Attribution (journalists please use if you quote me)

Standard:
Robert Carver is an expert on systematic trading, an independent futures trader, and a guest lecturer at Queen Mary University of London. Formerly, he was head of fixed income at multi billion dollar quantitative hedge fund AHL, and a trader at Barclays investment bank. Rob is the author of three books: "Systematic Trading", "Smart Portfolios" and "Leveraged Trading". His website is systematicmoney.org

Short form (if desperately short of space):
Robert Carver is an independent futures trader, and the author of 'Systematic Trading', 'Smart Portfolios' and 'Leveraged Trading'. His website is systematicmoney.org

Expenses for talks and conferences (read before asking me to speak)

• I am reluctant to travel to international events outside of mainland Europe. Partly to reduce my carbon footprint. Partly because it is not safe for me to travel to the US under the current government, because I have made numerous social media posts criticizing them.
• I don't require a speaking fee to speak at non profit and academic events. Basking in the audiences love is enough reward for me. 
• If your event is: 
• for profit, 
• or normally pays speaking fees, 
• or requires a significant amount of preparation or travel, 
• or is charging attendees a high admission fee
• .... then I'd expect to be paid a fee. Let's talk.
• I don't require expenses for events in central London, or anywhere that's reasonably cheap and easy for me to get to from my home in south east England.
• For events elsewhere I need my expenses covered - travel and accommodation.  Unlike most other speakers at financial conferences I am not employed by an organisation that would happily pay for me to attend as a marketing expense; instead I'm an independent trader for whom there is zero monetary benefit for doing these events, so it's difficult to justify spending my own money to attend them.
• My air travel expenses will include carbon offsetting costs.