Desk Assistant
JOB TITLE: Desk Assistant – OTC Nikkei Desk
DEPARTMENT: FFO
LOCATION: Hong Kong
Responsibilities:
- To be responsible for the placement and execution of customer orders.
- To provide broking service for equity products on OTC markets.
- To achieve best execution for customers.
- To improve levels of business passing through desk and improve profitability.
- To promote Newedge as a Company.
- To maintain and develop relationships with clients.
- To keep up to date with knowledge of new products / procedures on the various exchanges.
- To report fills to clients and ensure trade details are passed to the support areas.
- To provide administrative support to the FFO management team.
- To adhere by Newedge “golden rules” received upon joining and comply with desk procedures.
- To ensure relevant exchange registrations are obtained and maintained.
- To ensure compliance with business line mandates and desk / team procedures.
Requirements:
Market Skills:
- Must have market knowledge and experience in the industry.
- Tertiary education with excellent communication skills and good command of English.
- The role requires sound numerical ability and literacy skills.
- IT skills is required to understand and use trading and communication tools such as Bloomberg and any relevant ISV’s.
- Knowledge of Newedge procedures and guidelines is an added advantage.
Regulatory Skills:
- Needs to have good understanding of the regulatory framework in Hong Kong and globally.
- Needs to understand the regulations applicable to the performance of the role.
- Needs to build a good working relationship with Compliance and other control functions.
- Must have unquestioned fitness, propriety and integrity.
Required Registrations:
RA Type 1 2 license with Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (HKSFC) and Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA)
About Newedge
Formed by Société Générale and Crédit Agricole CIB as a 50/50 joint venture, Newedge is a leading force in global multi-asset brokerage. A solid and impartial player, we are independently managed and regulated.
Newedge offers a full range of execution and clearing services covering options and futures contracts for financial products and commodities, as well as for money market instruments, bonds, FX, equities and commodities on OTC markets. Newedge also provides a range of value added services including prime brokerage, asset financing, electronic trading and order routing, cross margining, and the centralized reporting of client portfolios.
Newedge is an equal opportunity employer. For more information about Newedge, visit www.newedge.com.
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