Job Summary
Best Execution & Trade Management
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- Execute fixed‑income trades across cash bonds, repos, derivatives (CDS/CDX, rates, FX, futures), structured products, and convertible bonds.
- Achieve optimal execution with accuracy, speed, and full compliance while minimizing market impact and trading costs.
- Uphold rigorous trading discipline to protect portfolio interests.
Counterparty Relationship Management
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- Build and maintain strong relationships with banks, brokers, and other market participants.
- Uphold the highest standards of confidentiality regarding investment strategies, holdings, and trading intentions.
Market Intelligence & Strategy Support
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- Monitor macro developments, market liquidity, technical trends, and relevant news flow.
- Provide timely market insights to portfolio managers and proactively generate trade ideas to support duration, beta, and FX positioning.
Primary Market (New Issue) Management
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- Oversee the full lifecycle of primary‑market bond issuance, including terms communication, order‑book maintenance, order submission, allocation follow‑up, and settlement coordination.
- Analyze order‑book demand, assess fair value of new issues, and provide feedback to the sell‑side to strengthen negotiation position and allocation quality.
Multi‑Asset Trading Capability Expansion
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- Deepen trading expertise beyond cash bonds into MBS, CDS, FX, interest‑rate products, and structured solutions.
- Deliver cross‑asset trade recommendations supported by cost, risk, and execution feasibility analysis.
Cash & Liquidity Optimization
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- Monitor portfolio cash levels and deploy idle cash efficiently into repos, money‑market instruments, and other high‑quality liquidity products.
- Ensure seamless coordination with portfolio managers cash needs to support investment pacing.
Required Skills & Qualifications
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- Bachelors degree or above in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering, or related disciplines.
- Professional qualifications such as CFA, FRM, or equivalent are preferred.
- Strong knowledge of fixed‑income markets, products, and trading mechanics
- Acute market awareness and strong analytical thinking
- Excellent communication and counterparty management skills
- High integrity, strong compliance mindset, and meticulous attention to detail
- Ability to balance precision in execution with forward‑looking market judgment
- A proactive “market front‑line†mindset, acting as a strategic partner to investment teams
- Excellent command of English, both written and spoken.