Front Office Quant recruitment
Act as liaison between quantitative research, I/T, Financial Engineering and the Global Equity Investment Team. Perform various quantitative analyses related to trade structuring, hedging, portfolio construction, and risk management. Work with members of the team to improve our collection of analytic models and tools.
- Knowledge of derivatives pricing, risk modeling and transaction analysis
- Knowledge of various approaches to risk management, VAR analysis, factor models, scenario analysis
- Knowledge of statistical/econometric methods of analysis.
- Familiarity with a variety of market instruments, equity, debt and structured products
- Advanced degree in a quantitative field such as Physics, Math or Quantitative Finance
- 2-5 years of sell side or buy side trading/investment management experience.
- Excellent software development skills
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work and communicate with portfolio managers
- Excellent presentation skills
- Ability to work alone or as part of a team
- Ability to work in pressure situations with short deadline
May 16, 2011
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