Proprietary Japanese equities trader recruitment
Requirements:
Essential:
A minimum of 3 years experience running a proprietary Japanese equities trading book.
A demonstrable history of positive PL
Proven ability to generate, and act upon, trading ideas and strategies.
An understanding of futures and options hedging strategies – all hedging in this role will be linear
Fluent English, oral and written
Comfortable with advanced trading technologies
Experience working within either an investment bank or a leading hedge fund (L/S)
Preferred:
Japanese language ability
Coding ability (C++, Java) would be nice to have but it is essential that you have the ability to work closely with in-house developers as required to develop trading tools
Facilitation experience, working with tier-one international clients, would be highly regarded.
Experience with trading other regional markets. Although the book is primarily, and heavily, Japanese equities focused you will have flexibility to trade across other Asian markets.
It is highly likely that you will currently be based in Japan however exceptional overseas candidates with relevant experience trading Japanese equities can be considered.
Please note that candidates without relevant experience trading the Japanese equities market will not be considered for this role