Investment Associates are on a mission to understand the fundamental drivers of markets and turn that understanding into systematic trading strategies and investment advice for the clients.
Investment Associates work across investment areas:
Trading: Design optimal trading strategies and oversee their implementation. You'll be dealing with questions like: How liquid are markets across all asset classes and instruments? How fast and with which counter parties should we trade?
Account Management: Translate our market views into optimal portfolios. You'll be dealing with questions like: What positions should we hold based on our research views? How do they interact in a portfolio and how do we deal with uncertainty and risk?
We are looking for people who:
- Can take abstract concepts and turn them into concrete solutions that solve challenging problems in markets and economies.
- Exhibit different ways of thinking that push the frontiers of our collective understanding
- Display a deep curiosity and a drive to understand complex systems, like markets and economies, with the humility to focus more on what is true than on being right.
- Thrive in a deeply intellectual environment where truthful and transparent communication ensure that the best ideas win out.
- Independently drive initiatives to improve the quality, reliability, and efficiency of our systems
- Stretch across business functions as needed
Position Requirements
- Bachelor's degree with strong academic record
- 2-5 years of experience in a related field (markets / investing, quantitative analysis, financial services consulting etc)
- Effective written and oral communication skills with attention to detail
- General comfort with learning and using new software tools
- Analytical and creative problem-solving skills
- High integrity and culture fit
- Agility; capable of adapting to unexpected changes and rapidly evolving situations
- Fluency in Mandarin and English
Desired Qualifications
- A high degree of proficiency with Excel, VBA, Python
- AMAC fund practising qualification, or can demonstrate the ability to obtain it
- CIBM trader qualification, or can demonstrate the ability to obtain it
