Job Purpose:
- You will be responsible for advising and managing a set of portfolios, including completion overlays, hedging and return-seeking strategies with the team through the usage of synthetic and derivatives instruments (futures, options, swaps, forwards) and / or physical exposures (ETFs and more traditional mutual funds).
Your Responsibilities:
- Managing day to day exposure management portfolios in line with their risk targets and investment objectives, with a particular focus on multi-asset (fixed income a plus) and derivatives instruments
- Providing meaningful market insight and positive contribution to the investment process
- Execution of OTC and listed derivative transactions including swap, future and option based instruments
- Participate to business development and promoting our capabilities in the EMEA
- Ability to work in a small-medium size team and work a lead and back-up portfolio manager on a number of mandates
- Collaborating with the Strategy & Research team to improve and develop models and tools used by the team to evaluate assets, construct portfolios and make recommendations for clients’ portfolios and funds
- Proactive in the development of tools to improve portfolio investment and operational excellency
- Research projects and system testing.
Skills and Qualifications:
- CF30 Registered is a requirement
- CFA Charterholder preferred
- Knowledge of the capital markets including derivatives, multi-asset (domestic and international equity, fixed income and alternatives)
- Good communication / presentation skills in order to work with clients/prospects and ability to articulate sophisticated investment concepts to a broad range of audiences
- Understanding of advanced financial theories with a pragmatic knowledge of quantitative and statistical tools
- Strong computer skills, knowledge of front office tools (could be Front Arena, Charles River, Bloomberg)
- Positive personality and a strong team orientation
- Will have previously run investment portfolios.
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