Ed Wicks leads the Global Trading Team at LGIM. In this role Ed has overall responsibility for the trading function, as well as oversight of LGIM’s suite of Liquidity Funds. Ed joined LGIM in 2015 from BlackRock where he was responsible for designing and implementing trading strategies for the beta, LDI and transition groups. Prior to that he was a Delta 1 trader at J.P. Morgan, responsible for several index trading books and derivative market making activities. Ed graduated from Loughborough University and holds an MSc in Business Management as well as a BA (hons) in Economics and Politics.