Peter Compton


Peter Compton is a senior foreign exchange advisor for Silicon Valley Bank’s global financial services group, and has been with SVB since 2007. He helps clients design and implement hedging strategies for foreign currency exposures. Compton has over 20 years experience in global financial markets.

Before joining Silicon Valley Bank, Compton spent seven years working in the European equity markets. Based in Germany, he spent four years with HSBC and three years as Head of Equity Sales for ABN-AMRO in Frankfurt. Prior to his work overseas, Compton spent seven years with Bank of America in San Francisco as an equity and fixed income derivative specialist.

Compton holds a bachelor's degree in business and management from the University of Rhode Island and a Master's of Business Administration from San Francisco State University.
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Silicon Valley Bank
Senior Advisor, Foreign Exchange

Expert Insights from Peter Compton

FX Update: Week of September 19 – US Inflation defies expectations of cooling -sending the dollar higher.

 
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FX Update: Week of August 29 – Dollar up as Fed warns the inflation fight will hit growth and jobs

 
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FX Update: Week of August 22 - Low summer liquidity adds to choppy and directionless markets

 
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FX Quarterly Outlook Q3 2022: Currency and macro updates for the innovation economy

 
Ivan Asensio, Ph.D., Peter Compton, Will Joyce, David Song, Minh Trang

FX Update: Week of August 1 - Growth fears deflate dollars inflation high

 
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Inverted yield curve sends USD higher

 
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