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Senior
Quantitative Associate / Research and Risk Management
VP - Investment Analyst / Operational Due
Diligence
Quantitative Analyst
Senior Quantitative Analyst
Manager Analyst
Legal Counsel
Senior Marketing Associate/Internal Wholesaler
Senior
Quantitative Associate / Research and Risk Management
- Job1A
Qualification requirements:
• At least 4 years of actual experience working
in a financial risk management position
• A well developed understanding and intuition
of financial instruments, derivative pricing, hedging
analysis and stress testing
• The ability to quickly and easily build analytical
software models and tools to do analysis (skills must
include ability understand common programming languages
and relational databases)
• Posses excellent written and verbal communication
skills
• Be an out of the box, creative thinker
• Desire to work in a team environments
Description: The
Quantitative Research and Risk Management group of a
fund of funds is looking for a candidate with a PhD
in either econometrics or statistics from a top academic
institution to join its team. Candidate should have
extensive experience conducting original empirical research
in generalized factor models or asset pricing models.
Responsibilities:
Candidate would be responsible for assessing manager
risk, analyzing manager portfolios using a variety of
pricing and risk models, reporting and analysis for
internal and external clients, and building cutting
edge tools for investment analysis.
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VP
- Investment Analyst / Operational Due-Diligence
- Job 2A
Qualification
requirements:
•Five
to ten years work experience; combination of securities
trading (or support) and Alternative Investments
(Hedge Funds, Fund of Funds, Private Equity) preferred
•Familiarity
with derivative products required
•Should
have proven success in either conducting securities
trading and/or support of those operations
•Familiarity
with trading desk "best practices"
•Ability
to review annual financial statements of hedge funds
•Exposure
to compliance and legal issues and or documents
•Experience
in conducting internal control assessments
•Familiarity
with valuation methodologies used for both liquid and
illiquid securities
Description:
This position will be charged with conducting on-site
operational due diligence assessments of a multi-billion
dollar fund of funds' portfolio of hedge fund managers.
Responsibilities:
The individual will be responsible for conducting
periodic operational due diligence updates through semi-annual
site visits at each of the hedge fund managers within
the current investment portfolio. Development of standard
operating procedures that will serve as the roadmap
for conducting operational due diligence reviews. Assess
and report on the level of operational risk exposure
at each of the current and prospective hedge fund managers
on both a quantitative and qualitative basis. Assessments
will be based on, but not necessarily limited to, a
review of the overall control environment, including
procedural internal controls and risk management processes
currently employed by each hedge fund manager. Review
of the annual audited financial statements for all the
fund of funds' hedge fund investments.
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QUANTITATIVE
ANALYST - Job 3A
Qualification requirements:
Education: Undergraduate degree in finance, economics,
mathematics, physics, computer science or engineering
is required; Strong programming skills absolutely a
must; Postgraduate degree (PhD/MS) preferred but not
required
Experience:
Minimum of two years industry experience as a quantitative
analyst, proprietary trader or programmer Applicants
with hedge fund, trading desk and asset management backgrounds
preferred
Skills:
Excellent analytical skills, strong interpersonal skills,
strong oral and written communications skills, strong
desire to learn and succeed
Computer Skills: High level programming and database
(VB, C++, SQL) experience, Decision Tools / @Risk experience
a plus, Bloomberg experience a plus
Ideal
Candidate: : familiar with PCA, levenberg-marquardt,
co-integration, bayesian models, non-linear programming,
perl, GUIs, inheritance, parsing, greedy algorithms,
class design, STL
Summary: The primary role of this position will
be to develop quantitative forecasting models and tools
to be used in risk management and portfolio construction
of hedge fund of funds portfolios, as well as the analysis
of individual managers. This work involves hands on
coding, testing of algorithms and analysis of complex,
unstructured data.
Responsibilities:
Formulate and execute projects designed to improve the
group's applied quantitative techniques in the area
of portfolio construction, develop and apply advanced
statistical methods across investment strategies and
portfolios. Design and implement advanced risk measurement
and management systems based on the varied levels of
transparency provided to the group by its external hedge
fund managers.
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SENIOR
QUANTITATIVE ANALYST - Job 4A
Qualification
requirements:
Responsibilities: Support implementation of suitable
tools for ex-ante risk analysis of equity and fixed
income portfolios. Support implementation of tool for
performance attribution.
• Calculate
tracking error forecasts for all major portfolios. Collaborate
closely with decision takers in investment management
to elucidate the risk exposure of our products and to
help "taking risk where it pays off".
• Develop
a controlling and reporting scheme for market risk,
define acceptable risk profiles and bandwidths for our
products, implement controlling procedures.
• Compile
risk and performance reports on a regular schedule,
supply this information to senior management in New
York and to ABRM.
• Support
the NTF business with quantitative skills and methods
(eg. developing custom analysis for hedge funds, backtesting
individual investment strategies).
Skills:
College degree (M.Sc, Ph.D.) in a quantitative discipline
(math, econometrics, physics, engineering, ...).
• At
least 3 years (preferrably 5+ years) of relevant working
experience in financial risk management or in quantitative
analysis of financial products. Candidate
might come from sell-side positions (eg. engineering
of derivatives), from the reinsurance business (eg.
modelling of alternative risk transfer) or from a buy-side
context (eg. risk analysis for a hedge fund or a traditional
asset manager, portfolio optimization and index tracking
for a passive fund manager). Candidate must be interested
in buy-side topics such as portfolio analysis and optimization.
•
Must be computer-literate (at least some programming
skills with Visual Basic, preferrably broader programming
knowledge and experience with at least one math and
statistics tool such as Matlab, Gauss, SPSS).
•
Prior experience with one or several of the following
themes a definite plus: VaR calculations, factor analysis,
time series forecasting, calculation of efficient frontiers,
portfolio optimization, Monte Carlo simulation.
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MANAGER
ANALYST - Job 5A
Reports to: Co-Portfolio Manager
Job
Description :
Manager Analyst will:
1.
Identify new sources of return by evaluating absolute
return strategies in the hedge fund arena and assess
peer groups.
2. Improve the portfolio management process by
assisting in the development and implementation of processes
and procedures, including the building of tools and
models for manager evaluation, risk management and asset
allocation.
3. Improve the portfolio by contributing knowledge-based
and process/analysis-driven recommendations regarding
asset allocation decisions, and by identifying weaknesses
in the current portfolio.
4. Favorably represent the company by building
relationships with managers, investors, and service
providers, and by attending industry events.
5. Facilitate operational success by developing
and implementing internal interaction procedures with
all other departments.
6. Improve operational efficiency by collecting
information and documentation on all new allocations
for handoff to portfolio analyst.
7. Maintain awareness of the portfolio by ongoing
performance monitoring and discussion with existing
allocations.
8. Develop personal skills by staying abreast
of strategies, industry trends and capital markets.
9. Facilitate asset growth by interfacing with
marketing department.
10. Advance state-of-the-art understanding of
portfolio and risk management by engaging in a variety
of research and development opportunities.
Time
Allocation:
60%
New manager evaluation and conference/event attendance
20% Existing manager monitoring
10% Process and infrastructure development
10% Asset allocation and portfolio construction meetings
Qualifications:
Manager
Analyst should have:
• Significant
experience in the hedge fund industry, with a focus
on evaluating hedge fund managers;
• Extensive
knowledge of a wide variety of security types and risk
factors, as well as a fundamental understanding of risk,
reward and correlation.
• The
ability to gather and process tremendous amounts of
new information;
• High
degree of intelligence and a healthy dose of skepticism;
• Strong
attention to detail and process;
• Strong
quantitative and analytical skills;
•
Strong interviewing skills; and
• Very
strong presentation and client-facing skills.
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LEGAL
COUNSEL - Job 6A
Job
Purpose:
Ensure registered
investment adviser and commodity pool operator remains
in compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations
and minimizes business risk while facilitating the objectives
and goals of the portfolio management and sales and
marketing groups.
by:
Maintaining
Regulatory Compliance:
• By
remaining knowledgeable of SEC, CFTC and NFA rules and
regulations " By remaining knowledgeable of applicable
state laws
• By
monitoring activities of Irish Stock Exchange
• By
monitoring anti-money laundering developments
• By
staying abreast of regulatory developments
• By
staying abreast of product and industry developments
•
By ensuring timely, accurate and up-to-date offering
materials
• By
proactively troubleshooting issues
• By
maintaining corporate books and records
• By
liaising with outside counsel, regulatory authorities
and service providers
Assisting
Portfolio Management:
• In
performing manager due diligence
• In
negotiating investment management agreements
• In
completing manager subscription agreements
• In
negotiating financing arrangements
• In
researching/advising on critical issues
Assisting
Sales and Marketing:
• In
drafting/reviewing strategic relationship and selling
agreements
• In
performing due diligence for strategic relationship
purposes
• In
completing due diligence documents
• In
researching/ advising on critical issues
Assisting
Operations and Client Services:
• In
reviewing subscription documents
• In
answering investor queries
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SENIOR
MARKETING ASSOCIATE/INTERNAL WHOLESALER - Job 7A
Reports to: Vice President, Client Relationship
Management
Job
Purpose:
Initiate and/or follow up on sales calls, provide intermediaries
with sales ideas, answer product questions; provide
performance data; identify new sales opportunities;
and launch new products. Provide external wholesaler
with sales support. Directly monitor a staff of marketing
associates who support the wholesale sales effort.
Main
Tasks and Responsibilities:
• Make
proactive marketing calls within territory focusing
on all levels of sales (acquisition, development, and
retention)
•
Develop and maintain relationships with existing brokers
in order to sell products and identify any new sales
opportunities
•
Work as a partner with the Outside Wholesaler in order
to formulate and implement a business plan and sales
strategy
• Convey
sales ideas, accurate product information, and gather
marketing data in discussions with targeted audience
" Support Private Client area within the group
• Make
sound business decisions in terms of prioritizing and
managing workload
• Maintain
extensive knowledge on all of the group's products and
services
• Serve
as point person for the sales desk and see through to
resolution
• Serve
as day to day operations liaison for all products and
services
• Implement
sales strategies, monitor phone call campaigns of sales
desk and review weekly sales efforts and phone statistics
• Provide
guidance to other marketing representatives, train new
marketing representatives, and assist in evaluations
Qualifications/Work
Experience/Skills:
• Fluent
in Spanish
• Series
6 (preferably 7and 63 licenses too)
•
Bachelor's degree
• 5+
years experience in the financial or investment management
industry
• Sales/Marketing
experience
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