Matthew Brooks is a Senior Portfolio Dealer at First Sentier Group in London, with over 15 years’ experience spanning multi-asset trading, discretionary portfolio management and macroeconomic research.

His career combines investment risk-taking with the execution and implementation of institutional investment strategies across equities, fixed income, foreign exchange and derivatives. At First Sentier, he plays a senior role in the management and development of the London trading desk, contributing to execution strategy, broker relationships and trading technology. His trading remit includes cash equities across EMEA and the Americas for quantitative, listed infrastructure, property and Asian equity strategies, alongside fixed income for the firm’s Asian investment teams. He also oversees transaction cost analysis across FX and fixed income, focusing on execution quality and counterparty performance.

Earlier in his career, Matthew managed discretionary G10 currency exposures and developed macro investment strategies across rates, credit and FX. He previously held roles at AMP Capital, QIC and the Reserve Bank of Australia, where he contributed to published research on corporate credit and financial markets.