Junior Trader, Global Equities - Specialist Asset Manager (London) | London, UK

Non-disclosed; London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading specialist asset manager in London seeks a Junior Trader for their trading team. The role involves executing equity and FX trades for a global equities strategy while collaborating with technology providers and producing transaction cost analyses. This is an opportunity for an analytical professional to thrive in a dynamic trading environment.

Qualifications

• 3 years of experience in an equity trading role.
• Understanding of global equity markets, US and Europe preferred.
• Experience with trading algorithms and Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA).

Responsibilities

• Execute equity and FX trades with best execution.
• Stay updated with regulations and market trends.
• Produce TCA (Transaction Cost Analysis) and analyze large datasets.

Skills

Analytical skills

Numerical skills

Team player mentality

Attention to detail

Tools

SQL

PowerBI

Job description

Junior Trader, Global Equities - Specialist Asset Manager (London)

Junior Trader, Global Equities - Specialist Asset Manager (London)

Non-disclosed London, United Kingdom Apply now Posted 14 days ago Permanent Competitive

Our client, a specialist asset manager based in London, is looking for a Junior Trader to join their trading team. This person will be responsible for performing equity and FX trade execution for the firm’s Global Equities strategy.

Responsibilities:

• Execute, with best execution, Equity and FX trades
• Stay up to date with regulation, technical and market trends and changes
• Work with technology providers to implement new solutions, analyse and help to evolve the trading process
• Generate, manipulate and visualise large datasets
• Produce TCA (Transaction Cost Analysis)
• Communicate with the investment, research teams and CIO
• Keep up to date with, understand and disseminate relevant market and stock news
• Understand portfolio and strategy restrictions and cash positions
• Present the trading process to clients and consultants

Key requirements:

• Understanding of and experience with global equity markets, US and Europe preferred
• 3 years of experience in an equity trading role
• Understand trading algorithms and TCA (Transaction Cost Analysis)
• Strong analytical and numerical skills
• Ability to interpret, manipulate and interrogate large amounts of data
• Experience with database query languages (e.g. SQL) and dashboarding software (e.g. PowerBI)
• Strong communication skills and attention to detail
• A team player mentality with strong sense of motivation and integrity

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