Asia Rates Trading Associate: Front‑Office Market Maker

Testing Site - JPMC; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Testing Site - JPMC in Singapore seeks an Asia Rates Trading Associate to cover institutional accounts across Asia, making markets, pricing cash and derivatives, and managing multi-curve risk. You will collaborate with sales, technology, and quantitative research to enhance pricing tools and risk controls.

The role spans pricing, execution, and client-focused solutions on a fast-paced trading floor. You will interact with cross-functional partners, optimize carry and funding considerations, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 3 years of experience analyzing or trading in APAC rates markets.
• Strong understanding of market conventions and pricing across cash and derivatives in Asia rates markets.
• Proficiency in Excel and VBA for analytics; familiarity with Python or similar is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Make markets in Asia rates products for institutional clients, ensuring competitive liquidity and execution across priority markets.
• Price and execute cash and derivatives across instruments such as government bonds, interest rate swaps, OIS, basis and cross-currency swaps, and listed rates futures where applicable.
• Manage risk across multiple curves, including DV01/PV01, key rate durations, curve and butterfly exposures, basis, and cross-currency risks.
• Generate and communicate trade ideas aligned to client hedging and investment objectives across Asia markets.
• Provide timely market color on auctions, policy developments, interbank liquidity, and key trading flows across regional curves.
• Optimize carry/roll, funding considerations, and collateral efficiency within desk constraints.
• Collaborate with technology and middle office to enhance pricing tools, trade capture, and risk infrastructure for accuracy and efficiency.
• Partner with quantitative research to refine pricing model controls, curve construction, and risk methodologies in line with governance.

Skills

Market making

Pricing & execution

Risk management

Excel & VBA

Python (basic)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, or related discipline

Tools

Excel

VBA

Python

Job description

Testing Site - JPMC in Singapore seeks an Asia Rates Trading Associate to cover institutional accounts across Asia, making markets, pricing cash and derivatives, and managing multi-curve risk. You will collaborate with sales, technology, and quantitative research to enhance pricing tools and risk controls.

The role spans pricing, execution, and client-focused solutions on a fast-paced trading floor. You will interact with cross-functional partners, optimize carry and funding considerations, and