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INDUSTRIES

FTR Trading

HW Anderson has played a significant role in the rapid growth of the FTR trading markets and has helped expedite the recruitment and placement of high level talent in the field within several top, well known energy commodity merchants. Financial Transmission Rights (FTR’s) are financial contracts that allow holders to receive compensation for congestion charges that occur when the transmission grid is congested in the Day Ahead Energy Market. By sourcing talented FTR traders and analysts HW Anderson has in turn helped clients take advantage of prop trading opportunities as well as attain a better price certainty when dealing with energy across the transmission grid. As the power trading markets continue to grow in prominence HW Andersons ability as an FTR Trading Recruiter to facilitate team lifts out and proper market mapping in the FTR space continues to prove to be integral to many of our clients ability to achieve success in the energy markets. 

Executive Headhunters for Hedge Funds

FTR TRADING COVERAGE

Client Scope

We have experience delivering retained search processes for a wide variety of clients in the FTR space who are building out across power trading  but we are most commonly engaged by one of the following four firm types.

Firm Types

Commodity Merchant Houses: We have experience working with multiple leading, multi billion dollar commodity merchant houses who are looking to source FTR talent to help them build out across power trading, both paper and physical.

Renewable Power Producers: We work with multiple top renewable power producers to help them source talent in FTR space who will assist them in the effort to build out their prop power trading platforms.

Quantitative Hedge Funds: In our role as an FTR trading recruiter we work with Quantitative hedge funds who are seeking to identify talent in the FTR space as they begin to focus more on establishing a presence in the power commodities markets.

Multi Strategy Hedge Funds: We have experience working with multi strategy hedge funds to help them source high profile FTR talent who will support their cross commodity teams and contribute to their cross commodity fundamental strategies.

Global Strategic Relationships

Our Clients

We as an executive search firm have been actively headhunting in the FTR space since 2014. Working with many firms traditionally focused on oils and metals, we have been able to help assist with their smooth transition in the power trading business. As an FTR Trading recruiter we hold a market leading position in sourcing FTR talent in each of the following power markets. 

  • PJM: is a regional transmission organization that is part of the Eastern interconnection grid coordinating the movement of whole electricity in  13 states including Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland.
  • ERCOT: is the Electrical Reliability Council Of Texas that manages the flow of electricity in the Texas interconnection.
  • CAISO: is the California Independent System Operator and manages the operation of California’s electric power system, transmission lines and electricity markets. 

FUNCTIONAL SCOPE

Front Office Focused

We operate across all major power trading markets in North America. We have an excellent track record as an FTR trading recruiter headhunting talent across the various interconnections. We hold a market leading position in sourcing FTR talent and have placed FTR talent with a wide range of clients. Our biggest strength is front office recruitment, specifically but not limited to:

FTR TRADERS

We work with a variety of organizations to help them source traders that have transferable strategies which will help them realize their goals.

FTR ANALYSTS

As an FTR Trading recruiter we work with our clients to identify individuals with strong analytical backgrounds who are well versed in power flow modeling and adept at working in environments focused on maximizing P&L

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Team

Our People

Within the hyper-competitive and tight-knit trading and investment community our growth as a firm since inception has been exponential and truly organic. Every specialist HW Anderson consultant has been trained in-house and from-scratch. This ensures our methodology is original and consistent and that our culture is unique. Thanks to this growth we are positioned as a leader in Trans-Atlantic front office search. With three established offices, in the USA, UK and EU, our talented team is uniquely positioned to deliver meaningful value for our clients into the future.

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