Junior Portfolio Manager / Analyst - Absolute Return Fixed Income

OverviewLocation : London

Date Posted : 9 April 2019

Category : Investment

Job Type : Permanent

Job ID : J17067

Competitive Salary + bonus

Our client, a leading asset management house, is looking for an individual to join the growing Fixed Income portfolio management team. The purpose of the role is to support the Portfolio Managers in the running of Absolute Return Fixed Income strategies. This individual will also generate ideas for wider Fixed Income portfolios.

Key Responsibilities

Present potential investment ideas to portfolio managers which include thematic macro opportunities, country and curve based investment proposals and L/S opportunities

Conduct a combination of bottom-up G10 rates and FX research and top-down thematic research

Develop and maintain financial models to generate alpha from markets over differing time horizons

Build idea generation frameworks and risk monitoring tools including pre-trade situation analysis

Participate in wider investment debate within the fixed income business

Requirements

1-3 years'' prior experience on the buy-side or sell-side in fixed income investing

Demonstrable interest and understanding of fixed income markets

Basic coding skills in VBA, Python or similar languages would be preferred

Excellent academic background

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