Researchers & Portfolios ManagersSan Francisco/London/Tokyo/Sydney Barclays Global Investors (BGI) is
The following groups are hiring Researchers and Portfolio Managers:
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Fixed Income
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Active Equity
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Global Market Strategies
Group
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Global Index Markets Group
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Emerging Markets
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Strategic Solutions Group
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International Active Equity
The investment teams are a mix of researchers and portfolio managers
sharing their passion for empirical finance. Their numbers include former
academics and PhDs in finance, economics, and other quantitative disciplines.
This provides a vibrant environment for productive research and a collegiate
atmosphere suitable for cross fertilization of ideas between individuals and
across groups within the firm. The role requires staying in touch with state of
the art developments in financial research by attending various academic and
practitioner conferences.
Responsibilities
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Combine fundamental analysis skills
and investment insight with disciplined quantitative modeling skills to support
the continuing development of the strategies.
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Contribute investment ideas –
drivers of asset returns, optimal portfolio construction, efficient acquisition
of market exposure.
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Daily fund management
responsibilities, including: portfolio re-balancing, submitting trade lists,
performance attribution, regular performance commentaries, and daily monitoring
of portfolio positions.
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Regular evaluation of portfolio
construction design including backtesting as well as transaction cost and risk
model evaluation.
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Regular evaluation of signal and
model performance as well as portfolio management decision performance.
Qualifications · Ph.D. in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or a quantitative discipline strongly preferred.
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Strong quantitative finance background,
including familiarity with modeling techniques, portfolio construction
methodology as well as forecasting and statistical analysis methodology.
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Experience and demonstrated skill in
fundamental analysis and financial statement analysis.
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Basic programming skills (i.e. Java
or C++) as well as familiarity with statistical analysis software (i.e. SAS,
Matlab, Splus) in order to handle the analysis of large data sets.
Please upload
a Word or PDF resume to the following URL:
https://barclays.recruitmax.com/main/careerportal/candidate_update.cfm?szOrderID=3100
Regards,
Jaime
Please connect with me
via LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jaimepack
Jaime Pack
Recruiting
Specialist
Human Resources
Barclays Global
Investors
(: (415) 908-7612 (office)
6: (415) 618-1411 (fax)
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