Achim Walde

Senior Currency Overlay Manager B. Metzler

Achim has a 20+ year track record in FX and FI management including 15 years of leadership responsibility. He has comprehensive experience with mutual funds, segregated accounts and CTA platforms (running an alpha currency programme with an excellent performance record), as well as various client segments: institutional, private, retail, and ultra-high net worth individuals. Metzler is the oldest private bank in Germany with an unbroken tradition of family ownership and draws on more than 340 years of business experience. Previously, he was Head of Global Fixed Income and Currency Management with Oppenheim Asset Management and worked for Oppenheim Research as an interest rate and currency strategist, where he established the currency analysis and the currency process for Oppenheim Research. Prior to working for Oppenheim, Achim was consultant to the Rheinischer Sparkassen- und Giroverband in Düsseldorf in the area of interest rate forecasts and risk management. Achim will be participating in the Panel ‘Generating alpha in FX - Where do the top alpha opportunities reside and how can you best capitalise on these for enhanced returns?’ on 12^th September.