Roles and Responsibilities
- Support and be responsible for the syndication of new issue bonds for both public and private placement transactions across Corporates, Financial Institutions, Sovereigns, Supranationals and Agencies.
- Key focus on the origination and distribution of Greater China clients and the cross-border origination of Greater China currency bonds.
- Lead the advisory on all aspects of pricing, depth of liquidity, swap market, documentation and regulatory requirements of cross-border issuances of Greater China currency bonds.
- Syndication process includes but is not limited to the pricing of bonds, providing market updates and advisory to fixed income issuers, roadshow facilitation and live deal management and execution
- Determine the market clearing price of a bond transaction, in the context of credit fundamentals/analysis and market movements
- Lead market update calls to bond issuer clients and present deal recommendations
- Provide written market commentary for client pitchbooks and internal consumption, incorporating market news, secondary market flows, and market indicators that impact bond issuance abilities
- Maintain and analyse new issue bond databases across various currencies to identify issuance trends
- Work closely with Debt Capital Market(DCM) and GWB teams on all aspects of the origination process including pitch ideation/recommendations, RFP proposals, beauty parades and underwriting strategy
- Closely engage sales and trading colleagues to have a good handle on investor sentiment and facilitate distribution for new issues
- Responsible for all Syndicate reporting processes, including P&L, deal fees, sales credit, portfolio management and reporting, deal highlights and case studies as well as record keeping for compliance and regulatory requirements
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree (background in accounting/finance/credit analytical skills preferable)
- At least 15 years of experience in financial markets, primarily with a fixed income focus
- Experience in swaps, derivatives, CDS, regulatory regimes, documentation.
- Proven ability to generate ideas and initiate business with issuer base, taking into account investor preferences
- Strong analytical, comprehension and organizational skills
- Familiarity with the Bloomberg, IPREO and Covalent
