It was by chance that I met Steven for an internship at his hedge fund, which though small in size compared to many of its peers, has been the best performing credit fund in Europe in the last 4 years through the crisis.
After graduating in Mathematics from Imperial College London, Steven started his career as a Fund Manager in RAB Capital then moved onto Bear Stearns as Managing Director – Principal Strategies prior to setting up his own fund with his partner at LNG Capital LLP. His philosophy is simple – he says to accumulate wealth in the trading world, ‘Buy Low, Sell High’ is the way to go. His first and only love is Leveraged Finance. His passion is clearly visible whenever he is part of any conversation centred around ‘high-yield’ and ‘trading’. While trying to ‘soul search’ with Steven, I always get the feeling that ‘sky’ is the limit for achievements in life. Steven comes across as a charming, pleasant and calm person, one who always welcomes you with a smile. His advice to students is to go after something which is soul stirring and makes you smile even when the going gets tough.
Whether everyone has the luxury of going after such passions despite personal commitments and circumstances warrants a momentary thought. However, maximizing happiness within a set of constraints is of course within our hands and some of us can live with it!
Last few months at LNG Capital as a Credit Analyst (fundamental analysis of issuers of fixed income securities) has been the best learning curve for me in London. I appreciate Steven’s efforts at keeping his cool during my internship, though I’m sure I’d tried hard to make him lose his patience with me 😉
I would gladly acknowledge this as one of my best internship experiences!
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