Role
- Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Analyst working alongside Portfolio Manager whose strategy focuses primarily on Equity and FX Volatility and Correlation with a Macro and Relative Value approach spanning Asian, European and US markets
- Help manage front to back trade execution to confirmation of risk in the portfolio
- Executing trades on the Portfolio Manager’s behalf
- Conducting in depth analysis on volatility arbitrage, dispersion, correlation and global macro strategies
- Managing and expanding relationships with counterparties across all jurisdictions
- Rebalancing the portfolio periodically
- Expense management (trading cost analysis, brokerage costs, technology, etc.)
- Ad hoc analytical projects involving Excel, VBA, SQL, Python
Requirements
- In depth understanding of volatility products and strategies across multiple asset classes
- A Degree in Quantitative finance, Financial engineering, Mathematics, Econ, Finance or similar
- Minimum 3 years of experience at a buy-side and/or sell-side financial firm in trading Equity and FX products
- Strong analytical and modelling skills
- Strong passion for the global markets
- Knowledge of at least one of the following programming languages: R, SQL, , C++, Matlab, Python. Python is preferable. Proven able to build Macro tools
Apply
Please send a PDF resume to quants@ekafinance.com