Junior Trader, Global Equities - Specialist Asset Manager (London)
Our client, a specialist asset manager based in London, is looking for a Junior Trader to join their trading team. This person will be responsible for performing equity and FX trade execution for the firm’s Global Equities strategy.
Responsibilities:
1. Execute, with best execution, Equity and FX trades
2. Stay up to date with regulation, technical and market trends and changes
3. Work with technology providers to implement new solutions, analyse and help to evolve the trading process
4. Generate, manipulate and visualise large datasets
5. Produce TCA (Transaction Cost Analysis)
6. Communicate with the investment, research teams and CIO
7. Keep up to date with, understand and disseminate relevant market and stock news
8. Understand portfolio and strategy restrictions and cash positions
9. Present the trading process to clients and consultants
Key requirements:
1. Understanding of and experience with global equity markets, US and Europe preferred
2. 3 years of experience in an equity trading role
3. Understand trading algorithms and TCA (Transaction Cost Analysis)
4. Strong analytical and numerical skills
5. Ability to interpret, manipulate and interrogate large amounts of data
6. Experience with database query languages (e.g. SQL) and dashboarding software (e.g. PowerBI)
7. Strong communication skills and attention to detail
8. A team player mentality with strong sense of motivation and integrity
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