Associate, Equity Derivatives Trading
CLSA · Singapore
Key Areas of Responsibilities
- Support the Delta One trading business, including pricing, execution, hedging and ongoing risk management for the business.
- Monitor and actively manage equity, futures, FX, funding and basis risks arising from the trading book, while operating within applicable risk, regulatory and compliance frameworks.
- Help develop and manage the desk's South Asian inventory optimization book, including identifying opportunities to improve the utilization, financing and deployment of equity inventory across markets.
- Analyze inventory, financing costs, borrow availability, funding, dividends, corporate actions, futures basis and other relevant market factors to identify relative-value and optimization opportunities.
- Work with senior traders to identify opportunities to improve the economics of the client franchise, including the interaction between client flows, inventory, hedging, financing and balance-sheet utilization.
- Take ownership of day-to-day trading issues and proactively identify opportunities for process, risk and commercial improvements.
- Develop analytical frameworks and tools to support risk management, inventory optimization, pricing and trading decisions, using Python and other appropriate technologies.
- Partner closely with Quant and Technology teams to enhance trading infrastructure, automate workflows and improve the scalability and control of the trading platform.
- Support the development and launch of new products, markets and trading capabilities, working closely with Risk, Compliance, Legal, Finance, Operations and Technology.
- Work with Middle Office, Operations and Settlement teams to ensure accurate booking, reconciliation and lifecycle management, while proactively resolving issues affecting the trading business.
- Contribute trade ideas, quantitative analysis and market observations relevant to the desk's client, inventory and risk-management activities.
Requirements
- 3–5 years of relevant experience in Delta One trading, equity financing, inventory optimization, prime brokerage trading or a closely related role, preferably at an established investment bank, broker-dealer or trading platform.
- Demonstrable experience in inventory management/optimization, financing, Delta One risk management or related relative-value trading strategies. Prior South Asia market experience would be highly desirable.
- Good understanding of Asian equity markets and equity products.
- Strong quantitative and analytical skills, with the ability to translate analysis into practical trading decisions and commercial opportunities.
- Experience using AI and automation to improve trading workflows is an advantage.
- High degree of initiative and intellectual curiosity. The successful candidate should be comfortable working through unfamiliar problems independently, proposing solutions and taking ownership of their implementation.
- Ability to remain disciplined and make sound decisions in a fast-moving trading environment.
- Strong communication skills and an ability to work effectively with trading, sales and internal control and infrastructure functions across different locations.
- Good command of Chinese language would be helpful but is not essential, particularly for communication with internal stakeholders.
- Bachelor's degree or above in a quantitative, finance, economics, engineering or related discipline.
- Singaporeans and Singapore Permanent Residents are preferred
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