William Arrata
Banque de France - économiste
PARIS, France
William Arrata | English | French |
Ancien élève de |
Université Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne (DEA Monnaie, Banque, Finance)(Research Master’s Degree, Major Finance, upper second class honours.) |
HEC (HEC - School of Management) |
Licence de géographie (Institut de Géographie) |
Lycée Henri IV (Préparation HEC)(Classe prépa voie S, Mathematics, Philosophy, Economics) |
Depuis 2008 : Banque de France |
Market Economist
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Secteur : Banque |
2007 - 2008 : Société générale Corporate & Investment Banking |
Equity Derivatives Structuring, German market, retail Certificates
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.Structuring of formula products (protection, tracker, leverage) on Equity (Stock, Fund) -Valuation of credit spread in Option prices to offset underlying downward jump risk -Monitoring of target indexation on Funds (through rebalancing): CPPI, Leverage -Gamma cost reduction in Fund trading: enter fee wipe out, management fee rebate -Improvement of Hedge Funds liquidity: carry of subscription delay, Prime brokerage -Set up of issuer buyback rights on open end products to limit balance sheet growth .Securitization in Structured Debt (Bond, Note, SPV), Structured Fund (Mutual Fund): -Set up of Performance Swap/Dedicated Fund on underlying for tax optimisation -Segregation of Security issues through performance swaps (DPI) with bank SPVs -Organisation of secondary market on Fund Structures: spot liquidity pricing based on last NAV; daily outflow gate (10% of Note) if bank holds more than 20% of Fund -Upfront of fees detachment over Fund Options’ life: early price decrease of Float | |
Secteur : Banque |
2005 : Société générale Corporate and Investment Banking |
Forex and Fixed-Income Research (intern)
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.Follow-up of emerging markets economic fundamentals to forecast their currency values .Explanation of the changing shape of volatility smiles implicit in EUR/USD options with analysts’ forecasts errors on the US economy’s leading indicators | |
Secteur : Banque |
2004 : Société générale Corporate and Investment Banking |
Equity Capital Market (internship)
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.Participation in the structuring and marketing of France Telecom privatization (share sale) .Participation in IPOs and Secondary Offerings (share sale, capital increase): Firms Balance Sheets crunching, valuation (issue price or range if bookbuilding, dilution effect, float target) .Participation in subsequent Right Issues (Equity-linked): Exchangeable Debt, Preferential Rights | |
Secteur : Banque |
2003 : BAREP Asset Management, Dublin |
Alternative Investment Funds (internship)
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.Marking-to-Model of OTC assets and liabilities (IRS, FRA, CDS, CFD, incentive fees) of Mutual Funds (French FCPs and Irish Trusts): Hedge-like Funds (M&A, Convertible Arbitrage), FoHF, Structures on Hedge Funds .Production of Fund Financial Statements and Net Asset Values (Fund Accounting rules) | |
Secteur : Gestion d'actifs |
Hobbies |
piano, movies |


