Michael Broadbent

Principal Consultant @Ergo Consultancy

London, GB

Michael Broadbent, of Ergo Consultancy, has been a Head of Trading at a successful London Hedge Fund for 16 years. Setting up and building the entire trading desk there, and removing the dealing responsibilities from the portfolio managers.Specialising in illiquid and difficult to trade holdings, which were also significant in size and percentage of the total underlying company invested in. Michael was also one of the earliest innovators in the London trading environment to adopt high-level technological solutions, including being among the first to integrate Algorithms, Smart Order Routing, Transaction Cost Analyses, and full integration between Portfolio Management System, Order Management System and Execution Management System.Michael is well known in the industry for his ability to bridge the communication gap between Portfolio Managers, Traders, Counterparties, Technology Providers and Internal Information Technology Departments. Michael and David Berney have now created their Best of Breed 12 solutions for the trading world, and are working with the Buy Side and the Sell Side, on a formal and informal basis, to create and provide solutions for all their trading and execution needs.Ergo Consultancy also manages TempTrader, a specialist in providing Traders to the Buy Side, allowing business managers to focus on reducing the day to day costs associated with running an in-house trading desk, whilst maintaining a robust contingency plan to cover unexpected staff shortages. This is a proven successful resource, both in terms of FCA Compliance and deliverable high-quality Heads of Trading through to more junior trading staff.