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GreshamQuant (GQ) is a small, entrepreneurial and collegial team, focused on high performance. GQ is responsible for the multi-award-winning systematic commodity strategy ‘ACAR’, now managing around $1.3bio, founded in 2016. Alongside this we have a newer systematic financial instruments product ‘SAFI’, trading a variety of instruments. GQ is part of Gresham Investment Management (greshamllc.com), a multi-billion dollar asset manager with a long and successful history in commodities and futures markets, and benefits from the backing of Nuveen and TIAA, a trillion dollar family of investment funds and affiliates.

The execution trader will be the third member of the GQ trading team and will work closely with the GQ Research team.

Key Responsibilities and Duties

• Executing orders generated by SAFI’s systematic trading model on a broad range of instruments in both developed and emerging markets, such as interest rate swaps, credit default swaps, cash bonds (nominal and inflation linked) & bond futures, cross currency swaps & fx futures, options

• Monitoring the existing positions in the portfolio and the key risk metrics

• Analyzing all aspects of the execution including transaction costs analysis for all instruments traded to help improve execution and reduce costs

• Reviewing and challenging data (both inputs and outputs) to ensure data accuracy

• Ensuring that trading is done in line with the best execution requirements and policies

• Gathering market color from dealers and relaying it to the Research team

• Providing execution support to GQ’s flagship strategy, Alternative Commodity Absolute Return (ACAR), trading commodity futures markets globally

Educational Requirements

• University (Degree) Preferred

Work Experience

• 2+ Years Required; 3+ Years Preferred

Physical Requirements

• Physical Requirements: Sedentary Work

Career Level

6IC

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of 2+ years of experience executing fixed income instruments (both rates and credits) such as interest rate swaps, credit default swaps, cash bonds (nominal and inflation linked) & bond futures, cross currency swaps & fx futures in either buy-side or sell-side institution

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience executing a broad range of fixed income instruments (both rates and credit) such as interest rate swaps, credit default swaps, cash bonds (nominal and inflation linked) & bond futures, cross currency swaps & fx futures in either buy-side or sell-side institution

• Deep knowledge of best execution practices and good relationships with a dealers in the fixed income space

• Solid understanding of the key risk metrics used in the fixed income space (both interest rates and credit)

• High level of accuracy and attention to details

• Experience in both developed and emerging markets

• Software experience preferred: Charles River Development OMS, Tradeweb, Bloomberg (EMSX/BSEF)

• Exposure to commodity futures

• SQL and python experience

Related Skills

Accountability, Adaptability, Asset Class Expertise, Capital Markets, Financial Markets, Financial Risk Management, Investment Research/Analysis, Technology Systems, Trading Best Execution, Trading Strategies

Anticipated Posting End Date:

2024-12-16

Base Pay Range: $102,000/yr. - $170,000/yr.

Actual base salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience, time in role, base salary of internal peers, prior performance, business sector, and geographic location. In addition to base salary, the competitive compensation package may include, depending on the role, participation in an incentive program linked to performance (for example, annual discretionary incentive programs, non-annual sales incentive plans, or other non-annual incentive plans).

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