Junior Equity Execution Trader — Global Markets & Risk

Arena Investors Quaestor Advisors; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Arena Investors Quaestor Advisors seeks a Junior Equity and/or Equity Execution Trader to support the International Investment team. The role emphasizes fast-paced, data-driven decision making with exposure to equity, derivatives and securities finance across APAC markets.

You will collaborate with risk, research and trading partners, perform pre-trade checks, and help optimize execution across swaps, CFDs, and equities.

Qualifications

• BA (or equivalent) with finance or economic focus; ideally quantitative or accounting undergrad.
• 2-4 years trading experience, including Market and Credit Risk, preferably at a hedge fund.
• Experience with merger arb/relative value trade execution.
• Ability to execute basic credit/bond transactions.
• Knowledge of swaps/CFDs/Repos among other asset classes.
• Understanding of credit risk inducing policy, process and measurement.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide risk and market risk analysis and oversight to internal and external derivatives and securities finance platforms.
• Transaction cost analysis projects and other quantitative research projects associated with the trading and investment management process.
• Analyze securities finance and derivative transactions in the context of counterparties' overall trading and investment strategies.
• Familiarity with OTC derivative products including equity swaps/Options, credit derivatives, FX forward contracts and securities finance and Repos.
• Perform pre-trade data quality check; monitor portfolio risk; monitor corporate actions and other adjustments to the group’s portfolios.
• Understanding of Standing Orders and Policies: SO Series 6 - Securities Finance and SO Series 7 - Trading Credit Risk Management and, Loans, and Collateral Securities.
• Understanding of major Asian Equity markets ( HK/China/Australia/Japan/Korea).

Skills

Trading experience

Market risk analysis

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Education

BA in Finance or Economics

Tools

ISDA Master Agreement knowledge

Merger arb execution tools

Job description

Arena Investors Quaestor Advisors seeks a Junior Equity and/or Equity Execution Trader to support the International Investment team. The role emphasizes fast-paced, data-driven decision making with exposure to equity, derivatives and securities finance across APAC markets.

You will collaborate with risk, research and trading partners, perform pre-trade checks, and help optimize execution across swaps, CFDs, and equities.