Fixed Income / Macro Analyst recruitment
Primary responsibilities:
* Source, recommend and analyse investments in discretionary macro, fixed income
and volatility trading strategies.
* Conduct ad-hoc studies to determine the appropriateness and sizing of various
strategies to enhance the portfolio's return profile.
* Participate in portfolio construction process by recommending strategy and manager
weightings to Investment Committee based on qualitative criteria.
* Interview hedge fund managers to determine sources of monthly performance and risk
in various trading strategies.
* Conduct transparency exercise to view a hedge fund's portfolio and determine risks
not captured by standard risk metrics.
* Attend and participate in Fund and Strategy meetings.
* Any other reasonable ad-hoc duties as required by the CIO.
To be considered for this role, ideally you will have a solid background in direct Trading (Trading floor, prop desk, Hedge Fund), with previous FoF experience highly favoured. Please note This is NOT a trading role, however can develop into a PM / Trading opportunjity over time.
Previous investment experience with technical strategies is a plus.
A thorough understanding of hedge fund trading strategies within government fixed
income, corporate credit, equity, currency, volatility and commodity asset classes is
required, as is Excellent knowledge of the various product types used to trade the above asset
classes and their risks (swaps, options, bonds, equities, futures, commodities, swaptions, FRAs, forwards, TBAs, MBS, CDS, CFD, Warrants,
Structured Products, etc.).
For a confidential discussion please submit your CV to Lbevan@morganmckinley.co.uk, or contact me directly on 0207 0920 139.
