FINSIGHT - European CreditFlow Market Analyst

Creditflow; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Laptop provided

Healthcare and dental insurance

Pension contribution

Job summary

FINSIGHT is seeking a Market Analyst for its European CreditFlow team. The role focuses on real-time monitoring of deal flow and intraday commentary on Investment Grade bonds across Europe, coordinating with data and support teams.

Seniority depends on experience and Bloomberg proficiency is required. The analyst will interact with syndicate desks of banks across Europe, support daily/weekly/monthly market reports, and collaborate with sales.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5-years experience in a similar role within banking/syndicate and/or buyside capital markets.
• Solid knowledge of the primary bond markets, deal stages and general financial markets.
• Good understanding of geo-politics and their impact on bond markets.
• Understanding of what end users of CreditFlow require from a real-time market service.
• Contacts within European syndicate, DCM and investor community.

Responsibilities

• Monitor the new issue bond market on an intraday basis, tracking deal evolution and writing real-time commentary with market insights.
• Oversee deal flow inbox, maintaining a complete timely record of primary activity across euro, gbp, CHF and Reg S markets, and distribute to Bloomberg lists.
• Engage with syndicates for deal terms, updates, and fill gaps by staying connected with banks.
• Coordinate with data entry teams to populate deal cards and posts with clarity on terms and structures.
• Compute New Issue Concessions on fresh offerings using comps from leads.
• Produce secondary coverage and contribute to morning, noon and end-of-day market intel.
• Help manage the Weekly Supply Survey and distribution of daily/weekly/monthly reports.
• Become proficient with CreditFlow online offering to assist users and field questions.
• Support Data Team with explanations of unusual syndicate updates from lead managers.
• Collaborate with Sales team to keep clients informed and participate in customer visits when possible.

Skills

Bloomberg

Google Workspace

English proficiency

Syndicate knowledge

Independent working

Attention to detail

Time management

Written communication

Tools

Bloomberg Terminal

Google Docs

Google Sheets

MS Word

MS Excel

Job description

FINSIGHT - European CreditFlow Market Analyst

ABOUT FINSIGHT

FINSIGHT is a global financial technology and data company behind industry leading SaaS products. We specialise in technology and data that both facilitates, and reports on, capital markets and corporate finance transactions. Our platforms deliver meaningful visibility, reduced friction and actionable insights so our clients can attain both comprehensive real-time knowledge, and achieve better execution. Today, our clients include; fortune 1,000 companies, global investment banks, regional banks and leading investors as well as PE / VC firms. Finsight Group has their headquarters in mid-town Manhattan with offices in London, Hong Kong and Singapore. Founded in 2013 we remain privately held, employee owned, growing and profitable.

We are a friendly, close-knit team of disciplined, highly motivated and open-minded individuals committed to personal development, solving real problems and delivering excellent products and services to our clients.

ROLE OVERVIEW

We seek a talented and motivated Market Analyst for our European CreditFlow team. The seniority of the role will depend on experience. The core function of the position is to monitor and manage deal flow in real-time, and to produce intraday written reports and insights on the Investment Grade bond markets & primary bond supply.

The Analyst will work closely with our data and support teams throughout Europe and our colleagues in Asia and the US. Externally, the position calls for frequent interaction with the debt syndicate and DCM teams of the bookrunning banks across Europe.

Typical working hours from 7:00am to 5:00pm, with flexibility on both sides. An earlier start will be required for holiday coverage and an earlier finish may be possible depending on supply.

The position will report to the Head of Europe Capital Markets Research.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Monitor the new issue bond market on an intra day basis, following the deal evolution, and writing real time, value added commentary and insights on the market.
• Serve as the orchestrator on deal flow, overseeing an inbox of deal announcements - ensuring a complete timely record and inventory of all primary activity in the relevant €, £, Chf and Reg S $ markets (both live and mandated trades), and immediately forwarding deal announcements to our distribution lists on Bloomberg - time sensitive and accuracy required.
• Chasing syndicates for deal terms and updates should any trades be missing, by monitoring data sources and by staying connected with the banks.
• Coordinating with data entry teams to make sure deal cards are populated correctly, and deal posts are accurately sent out, providing clarity on deal terms, designations and structures as required.
• Calculating New Issue Concessions on fresh offerings where we have comps from the leads.
• Secondary coverage writing market intel for morning, mid-day and end of day reports.
• Help manage the ‘Weekly Supply Survey’ with the street every Friday.
• Ability to step-in, as required, to help compile and distribute the daily, weekly and monthly reports.
• The candidate will be required to become proficient with the CreditFlow online offering, to a level where they can help navigate users and field questions on functionality.
• Provide guidance and support to the Data Team, with the ability to explain and articulate unusual syndicate updates from lead managers.
• Work closely with the sales team, keeping them updated on markets, key and interesting posts on the product, and being available to join them on customer visits when time permits.

REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum of 5-years experience, in a similar role or preferably from within the banking / syndicate and /or buyside capital markets industry.
• A solid knowledge of the primary bond markets, various stages of a deal, and financial markets in general.
• A good understanding of geo-politics and the impact they have on the bond markets.
• A good understanding of what end users of CreditFlow require and expect from a ‘real-time primary market service.
• Contacts within the European syndicate, DCM, and investor community.
• Highly self-motivated, organized and goal orientated.
• High attention to detail and a team player.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to see tasks and projects through to conclusion.
• Organized, with an ability to prioritize time-sensitive assignments.
• Experience and competency using Bloomberg.
• Competency with ‘Google Workspace’, including Docs and Sheets, as well as Word and Excel.
• The ability to build and maintain strong and lasting client relationships.
• High Proficiency in written and spoken English (German/French is a plus).

COMPENSATION

• Based on experience

BENEFITS

• 20 days of paid time off and 5 days of paid sick leave per year
• Company provided laptop
• Company contribution to private healthcare and dental insurance
• Pension contribution (as required by law, 5% employee, 3% company, 4% gross)