Base Metals Analyst

BALYASNY ASSET MANAGEMENT (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global investment firm is seeking a Metals Analyst for its Singapore office. The successful candidate will collaborate with a Commodities Portfolio Manager to research and analyze commodities. Key responsibilities include developing models and generating investment ideas in base metals markets. Candidates should have at least 3 years of relevant experience, strong Python skills, and a background in statistics or economics.

Qualifications

• 3 years of experience building and updating SND balances.
• Strong coding ability in Python for data processing and analysis preferred.
• Specific knowledge of base metals markets like Copper, Lithium, and Aluminium.

Responsibilities

• Work alongside a Commodities Portfolio Manager to conduct research.
• Communicate with industry and sell-side contacts.
• Build and maintain detailed commodity models.
• Generate investment ideas through deep fundamental research.

Skills

Research and analysis

Communication with industry contacts

Statistical analysis

Python programming

Education

Degree in Statistics or Economics

Job description

Balyasny Asset Management (BAM) is a diversified global investment firm founded in 2001 by Dmitry Balyasny, Scott Schroeder, and Taylor O'Malley. With over $28 billion in assets under management, BAM employs more than 2,000 people across 23 offices in the U.S. and Canada, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. The firm’s investment teams span five strategies, including Equities Long/Short, Fixed Income & Macro, Commodities, Multi-Asset Arbitrage, and Systematic. Balyasny’s mission is to deliver to its investors absolute, uncorrelated returns in all market environments.

Role Overview

Position Summary

The Metals Analyst will be based in our Singapore office as part of a team investing across strategies focusing on commodities

Role Overview

• Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• Research Analyst working alongside a Commodities Portfolio Manager based in Singapore
• Communicating with industry and sell-side contacts
• Building and maintaining detailed models from scratch across commodity verticals
• Generating commodity investment ideas by conducting deep fundamental research

Requirements

• 3 years of experience building and updating SND balances
• Coding ability in python for data processing and analysis strongly preferred
• Specific knowledge of select base metals markets, including but not limited to Copper, Lithium, Aluminium etc.
• Statistics / economics background preferred
• Position to be based in Singapore
• Analyst role will be part of a broader team that trades across the full metals universe