Full Name
Derek Halpenny
Job Title
Managing Director, Head of Research, Global Markets EMEA and International Securities
Company
MUFG
Speaker Bio
Derek Halpenny joined Global Currency Research at the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ in May 1998 as a currency economist. In May 2019, Derek was promoted to Head of Research, Global Markets for EMEA and International Securities. Based in London, Derek is responsible for developing the global markets research platform in support of MUFG’s Global Markets sales and trading activities world-wide. He contributes to all of MUFG’s global markets research publications produced in London: Foreign Exchange Outlook, produced monthly; FX Daily Snapshot and FX Weekly; and FX Focus, produced on an ad hoc basis. Derek travels extensively throughout the world meeting clients of MUFG.
For the calendar year 2017, GMR London ranked 1st in the Reuters StarMine Awards for
1-month USD forecasts versus the Majors covering key G10 currencies. It was the third time GMR London was ranked by Reuters after coming 1st in the same category in 2012 and 3rd in 2016. In the Bloomberg Accuracy Ranking Poll results for the four quarters of 2014, BTMU Global Markets Research London ranked 3rd in the poll covering the G10 region. All of these polls incorporate forecasts from around 60 banks.
Derek is often quoted in the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal and in other newspapers and appears regularly on CNBC and Bloomberg TV and radio. Derek also regularly contributes to the MUFG Global Markets Weekly Podcast launched by MUFG in 2019. Derek is a regular contributor of articles to the Nikkei Veritas magazine in Japan. Prior to joining Global Markets Research, Derek served as a proprietary futures and options trader in London. He obtained a Master of Arts degree in Economics at University College Dublin in 1992. Derek is a native of Dublin, Ireland.
For the calendar year 2017, GMR London ranked 1st in the Reuters StarMine Awards for
1-month USD forecasts versus the Majors covering key G10 currencies. It was the third time GMR London was ranked by Reuters after coming 1st in the same category in 2012 and 3rd in 2016. In the Bloomberg Accuracy Ranking Poll results for the four quarters of 2014, BTMU Global Markets Research London ranked 3rd in the poll covering the G10 region. All of these polls incorporate forecasts from around 60 banks.
Derek is often quoted in the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal and in other newspapers and appears regularly on CNBC and Bloomberg TV and radio. Derek also regularly contributes to the MUFG Global Markets Weekly Podcast launched by MUFG in 2019. Derek is a regular contributor of articles to the Nikkei Veritas magazine in Japan. Prior to joining Global Markets Research, Derek served as a proprietary futures and options trader in London. He obtained a Master of Arts degree in Economics at University College Dublin in 1992. Derek is a native of Dublin, Ireland.