Senior Analyst, Quantitative Management

CDPQ ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading investment management firm in Singapore is seeking an experienced individual for a quantitative management role. The position involves monitoring macroeconomic and geopolitical trends in emerging markets, assisting portfolio managers, and developing quantitative strategies in equity management. The ideal candidate should have a finance background, 2-5 years of experience, programming skills in Python or R, and a strong interest in equity markets. Competitive compensation offered, with opportunities to engage with local partners.

Qualifications

• Education in Finance with a solid knowledge of statistical and quantitative approaches.
• 2-5 years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated interest in equity markets.

Responsibilities

• Monitor macroeconomic and geopolitical environments in emerging markets.
• Assist portfolio managers with quantitative management strategies.
• Identify investment opportunities in emerging markets.
• Contribute to developing quantitative management strategies.
• Meet with local partners and ensure standardization with Montréal practices.
• Manage overall equity market portfolio exposures as needed.
• Analyze and synthesize market information.
• Communicate recommendations to portfolio managers.

Skills

Analytical

Teamwork

Humility

Communication

Tolerance of ambiguity

Stress management

Perl

Machine Learning

Emerging Markets

Credit Risk Management

Derivatives

Mathematics

Quantitative Analytics

Unix

Risk Management

Portfolio Management

Python

Statistics

Macroeconomics

C++

Education

Education in Finance

Tools

Python

R

MATLAB

Job description

Reporting to the Vice‑President, Quantitative Management, the incumbent will leverage his or her knowledge of emerging financial markets and quantitative skills to contribute to managing equity portfolios in growth markets with a focus on the Asian component of those markets within the CDPQ equity market portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Monitor the market environment, particularly macroeconomics and geopolitics, in emerging markets with an emphasis on Taiwan, Korea, China.
• Assist the portfolio manager with daily management of Quantitative Management strategies as the main point of contact for the Taiwan, Korea, China strategies.
• Identify opportunities to generate returns by capitalizing on dislocations in these markets using the set of strategies/instruments available.
• Contribute to the development of Quantitative Management strategies, primarily in emerging equity markets, by combining quantitative approaches with fundamental analysis.
• Meet with local partners (companies, brokers, portfolio managers).
• Ensure that the practices at the Montréal office are standardized with those in Singapore.
• As needed, contribute to management of the overall CDPQ equity market portfolio, in particular its risk level and exposures (factorial, geographic, sectors, etc.).
• Compile, analyze and synthesize information available from multiple sources on a specific theme or company.
• Communicate purchase or sale recommendations to portfolio managers.

Requirements

• Education in Finance with a solid knowledge of the statistical and quantitative approaches commonly used in portfolio management and finance.
• Two to five years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated interest in equity markets.
• Programming skills an asset (preferably Python, or R or MATLAB).

Skills

• Analytical
• Teamwork
• Humility
• Ability to communicate and synthesize
• Tolerance of ambiguity
• Stress management
• Perl
• Machine Learning
• Emerging Markets
• Credit Risk Management
• Derivatives
• Tolerance
• Mathematics
• Quantitative Analytics
• Unix
• Risk Management
• Portfolio Management
• Python
• Statistics
• Macroeconomics
• C++