Based in Singapore, the position entails developing, writing, and publishing timely market driven insight and strategies on global currency and rates markets incorporating an awareness of impactful factors and events in the adjacent rates, credit and fund flow markets.
Candidates must demonstrate their keen interest in and familiarity with the mechanics of currency and rate markets, alongside a strong grasp of relevant macro-economic drivers and a love of conveying their ideas and opinions via a mix of shorter “pulse” and longer “insight” stories.
We want to meet professional candidates who can demonstrate their knowledge and passion alongside the ability to marry written insight with engaging charts and graphs utilising proprietary and other data resources.
To that end, proficiency with data handling tools, particularly Excel and VBA, as well as strong skills in data analysis and visualisation, are as important as market experience for this position.
The successful candidate should ideally have spent time as a professional currency, fixed income and or economic research analyst/strategist or reporter. Experience in bank trading or as an investment adviser in a private banking or fund set up would also be an advantage.
While an established contact base would be a distinct advantage, enthusiasm to build and maintain your own is a fundamental to success, as is proactively engaging with clients and contacts. Otherwise, a strong desire to produce real time, opinionated and concise market research and fluency in the English language are crucial.
Key Elements of the Role
- Provide support to generate trading insight and strategies in G10 and EM Asian Currency and Fixed Income markets and cross asset classes based on fundamental macro analysis and experience
- Contribute to ensuring an accurate and timely flow of reasoned opinion demonstrating close touch with markets
- Formulate and publish longer term research and presentations, incorporating fund flows, charts
- Exercise and apply sound judgement in analysis of market moving influences
- Develop and maintain a deep regional contact base, cultivating sources from both sell-side (bank) and buy-side (investor) communities
- Contribute to daily, weekly and special reports
- Provide flexible cover for colleagues across multiple disciplines and possibly time zones
