Buy Side Trader

Boston-based hedge fund seeking a Trader to work with a team which invests in equities, derivatives, and fixed income across the world through fundamental and quantitative strategies. The trading team is comprised of creative problem-solvers and self-starters who have the proven ability to produce results.

Responsibilities

• Global trading execution on equities, debt, futures, and other asset classes
• Stock loan trading and refinancing
• Management of sell side relationships and trade negotiations
• Building a knowledge base of the differing legal, trading, and operational implications of investing in a wide variety of financial instruments and markets
• This role is more than an execution only role in that our traders generally need to understand the strategies behind the trades in order to be effective.
• This role is less than a prop trader or alpha generation role in that we are looking for a candidate to help implement existing strategies rather than generate new trade ideas.

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a buy side or sell side trader in any asset classes

• Strength in the following areas:
  • Quantitative/analytical ability
  • Communication and negotiation
  • Multi-tasking while maintaining attention to detail
  • Work ethic
• Interest in the following:
  • Learning about the investment and market microstructure context of the trades being made.
  • Helping others on the investment team.

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