Burak Kurt
Partner, Business Development at SIG | Strategic Investments Group- Claim this Profile
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English Full professional proficiency
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German Native or bilingual proficiency
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Turkish Native or bilingual proficiency
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Experience
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SIG | Strategic Investments Group
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United Kingdom
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Investment Management
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1 - 100 Employee
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Partner, Business Development
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Oct 2016 - Present
• Providing investment and infrastructure solutions to European institutional clients such as banks, private banks, pension funds, single and multifamily offices, insurance companies, corporates, foundations, asset and wealth manager and consulting companies. • Responsible for fund raising activities & marketing alternative investment products/investments, such as hedge funds, fund of hedge funds, managed futures, private equity, real estate funds, exchange funds, and mutual funds. • Developing & maintaining target client lists, participating in cold-calling/prospecting activities, organizing and attending client and/or prospect meetings. • Experience in UCITS IV and non-UCITS investment and infrastructure solutions. • Coordinating and preparing marketing materials, including presentations, client reports, request for proposals. • Strong experience & knowledge in Merger Arbitrage & Event-Driven strategies. Show less
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Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking - SGCIB
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France
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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FX & Interest Rate Derivative Sales
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Jul 2015 - Oct 2016
• Provided derivative structures and solutions tailored to German, Swiss and Austrian corporates, especially FX & IR products. Liaised with bankers, relationship managers, Société Générale financing product lines & entities to develop cross-selling opportunities & exchange the necessary information. • Researched market forecasts & trends. Followed & wrote pieces of recent client activity. • Modeled related events such as merger and acquisitions of the corporates to any deals that the clients are involved in for the potential to increase revenue wallet. • Strategic analysis of key clients. • Maintained business data statistics & project pipelines. • Made marketable material for pitching to clients and internal department meetings. Show less
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Deutsche Börse
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Germany
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Equity & Equity Index Derivative Sales
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Sep 2014 - Jun 2015
• Analysed liquidity developments such as open interest and traded contract volume to provide Front Office sell side and buy side clients with new trading strategies. • Created pitch books and conducted market research to support new product launches and existing products (e.g Mini Dax Futures, Equity Options with weekly expiries). • Maintained and created periodic sales presentations which were used in client meetings to develop new business. • Forecasted trading volumes using extrapolation techniques, which was used by senior management to set performance targets. • Conducted analysis to provide potential revenue raising measures which were passed onto the executive management board. Show less
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Education
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University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt
Engineer's degree, Business Administration and Engineering -
Hawaii Pacific University
Study Abroad, International Business