Equity Analyst

IMC; Sydney; Vor Ort; AUD 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

IMC is seeking an Equity Analyst with trader's instincts to join our Sydney desk. You will cover ~100 HK large- and mid-cap stocks, monitor news in real time, and help the trading team assess what matters and what’s priced in.

You will generate short-term ideas, work with options traders, and evaluate upcoming catalysts. Mandarin ability is a plus, and CFA is welcome; Bloomberg and Python experience preferred.

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years as Equity Analyst in sell-side or buy-side.
• Ability to form clear, actionable views quickly with incomplete information.
• Demonstrated passion for markets and daily moves.
• Comfort in a fast-moving, high-pressure trading environment.
• Mandarin fluency is a plus.

Aufgaben

• Cover a universe of around 100 large- and mid-cap stocks listed in Hong Kong.
• Monitor real-time news across coverage: corporate, industry, regulatory, policy and macro developments.
• Identify drivers of price and volatility; explain to the trading desk.
• Generate short-term trading ideas and work with options traders to execute them.
• Anticipate upcoming catalysts and help desk prepare before they happen.
• Build and maintain knowledge of stocks and peers for quick views when events hit.

Kenntnisse

Equity analysis

Real-time insight

Fast-paced

English fluency

Mandarin helpful

Derivatives experience

Structured products

Bloomberg experience

Python experience

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree or higher in finance/related field

CFA certification (preferred)

Tools

Bloomberg

Python

Jobbeschreibung

Our Analyst team is integral in helping the trading team make decisions, the team sits on the trading floor and helps the trading team make fast, well informed decisions. The team is passionate about stocks, stock indices, and the options trading environment, and thrive on the process of researching and predicting how equities and derivatives will react in certain scenarios and regimes. When news breaks, a stock gaps or volatility spikes, you'll be the one the desk turns to for the \"why\" and the \"what next\".

We're seeking an Equity Analyst with a trader's instincts to join the team, preferably with experience covering Hong Kong and China equities. Your input will directly shape the positions we put on and how we manage risk around market events, often within minutes rather than weeks.

Your Core Responsibilities:

• Share responsibility for covering a universe of around 100 large- and mid-cap stocks listed in Hong Kong.
• Monitor news flow across your coverage in real time: corporate, industry, regulatory, policy and macro developments. Quickly assess what matters, what's priced in and how the market is likely to react.
• Identify what's driving price and volatility moves, whether that's earnings, flows, policy headlines, positioning or sentiment. Explain it clearly to the trading desk.
• Generate short-term trading ideas based on expected volatility and direction, and work closely with the options traders to execute them.
• Anticipate, monitor and evaluate upcoming catalysts, including earnings, dividends, corporate actions, index events and special situations. Help the desk prepare for them before they happen.
• Build and maintain a working knowledge of your stocks and their peers, so you can form a view quickly when events hit.

Your Skills and Experience:

• 5+ years of experience as an Equity Analyst in sell-side or buy-side equity research.
• A strong sense of urgency and the ability to form clear, actionable views quickly, often with incomplete information.
• A demonstrated passion for markets and an instinct for what's moving them day to day.
• Comfort in a fast-moving, high-pressure, competitive trading environment.
• Able to combine quantitative data with qualitative insight to reach a conclusion fast.
• Fluent in English, written and spoken. Mandarin fluency is a plus.
• Derivatives and/or structured products experience is advantageous.
• Tertiary qualified. CFA is a plus.
• Bloomberg and Python experience preferred.

About Us

IMC is a research-driven trading firm where quantitative modeling, machine learning, and engineering shape how modern markets are traded. A stabilizing force in markets since 1989, we provide liquidity across trading venues, delivering the best outcome in value and risk management to investors. Using our own technology and capital, we build proprietary systems and algorithms that operate across global markets. Our researchers, traders, and engineers work as a collective, combining rapid experimentation, advanced infrastructure, and real-time feedback to turn insight into execution and execution into advantage.

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