TRADERS´ English I January 2014 - page 62

PEOPLE
62
01.2014
Trading with Diplomacy
Jurina Novotna
Jurina Novotna was born in 1984 in what is today known as Slovakia. From an early age she adopted
very strong work ethics and independence that has helped her to make a successful career in the
financial markets and become a managing partner of a hedge fund by age 29. Her passion for the world
of finance and economics became obvious at a very young age. Jurina left reforming, post communist
Slovakia in 2002 to study at a US university. Today, she heads CastleThorp, a uniquely positioned 100
per cent market-neutral fund. In addition, she is starting an advisory for developing the securities lending
market in the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) regions in collaboration with renowned financial firms
such as UBS, BNY Mellon, and Deloitte. Finally, she is organising a global effort to launch an alliance for
women to improve job equality, work opportunities and social rights of women in the CEE region and to
help speed up the region´s economic growth.
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TRADERS´: When did you first hear about markets
and trading?
Novotna:
For me, trading and the capital markets were
always very exciting and a “dream job” I wanted to
aspire towards. I remember times during my teenage
years when I would watch the Slovak-dubbed Wall Street
movies with my dad and pictured myself in a similar role.
At that time, however, I had no idea what the actors in fact
were doing besides making 100 phone calls per day and
talking about money day and night. I had no idea what it
would take to get there.
TRADERS´: At what point did you decide to leave
Slovakia and go to the US and later UK to study
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