Robert Wixted
B.A. Economics The American Univ. Wash.D.C.; M.Comm UNSW
Lecturer
R.Wixted@econ.usyd.edu.au
Level 4, Room 408
H69 - Economics and Business
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia
Phone: +61 2 9036 7992
Fax: +61 2 9351 6461
Robert began his career as a legislative assistant to Congressman William R. Ratchford (5th. Conn) in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, D.C.
Robert also has an extensive background in the financial arena. He has worked in the financial markets in the United States, Japan, Great Britain, New Zealand and Australia. At Morgan Stanley, he began his financial career as a floor trader in fixed interest and equity derivatives on both the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and The Pacific Exchange. He later started a fixed interest rate derivatives trading desk for Barclay's Bank in Wellington, NZ and Sydney, training staff and setting up a market making operation in swaps, swaptions, futures and options. He replicated this role at Tullett and Tokyo.
In 1994, he established Pacific Arbitrage Pty. Ltd., a company initially arbitraging volatility in the options pit of the Sydney Futures Exchange where he operated as a local until open outcry ended in 1999. Along with his lecturing here at University of Sydney, Robert also consults, providing treasury advice to fund managers, local governments and credit unions.