Evalueserve - Fixed Income Research Associate - IIT

Position Description: Fixed Income Associate

Fixed Income research associate will work with Fixed Income strategists in London, NY and Hong Kong to help analyze market trends at both the macro and asset level, implement quantitative models for portfolio analysis, and identify investment strategies. Additionally, the associate will work with the team on various projects and thematic reports, which gets published by the analyst team.

Typical projects include updating and maintaining collateral performance databases, analyzing collateral trends and deal structures, tracking issuance and spreads, generating and updating charts for research periodicals, and assisting in the preparation of research reports.

Education Qualifications: Btech / Mtech

Skills Required:

Computational Skills:

- Excel/Excel VBA

- Access

- Programming experience (C++ or Perl) desirable, but not necessary

Other

- Must be thorough and extremely detail oriented, with a low tolerance for error.

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

- Ability to multi-task and work under tight deadlines required.

- Must be independent enough to look for solutions to problems, but keep detailed records of what assumptions and steps were taken, and be able to communicate the logic in a clear and concise manner.

- Must have strong interest in financial markets

- Strong team player.

- Must be flexible about work hours.

Skills Desired:

- Excellent quantitative and analytical skills

- Basic knowledge of derivative products, option pricing, portfolio management and numerical methods

- Aptitude for applying mathematical modeling to financial products/markets

- Ability to understand and analyze economic and financial data

- Excellent skills relating to data manipulation and interpretation

- Strong analytical and problem solving skills

- Strong Excel skills

- Ability to synthesize research findings

- Ability to write summary reports