Index Arbitrage / Delta One Trader

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A leading global investment banking, securities, and investment management firm seeks an Index Arbitrage or other Delta One Trader for London.

The role is in Prime Brokerage; a Trader within the financing function. The role reports up to the Global Head of Prime Brokerage Risk and Trading.

The Trading role has the following core functions:

• Owns the global financing book for Prime Brokerage


• Manages FX /Basis risk of the PB business


• Owns the liquidity risk (policy and absolute risk) of the PB business


• Own balance sheet for PB


• The primary focus of the role will be:

• Trading financing structures with the use of listed dervis, OTC derivs and SL relationships (all delta 1 products)


• Trading reinvestment opportunities for excess liquidity in the PB business (using all Delta 1 products as above)


• Trading opportunities arising from arbs across the various delta 1 products/desk – JV with SL, financing, Delta 1/SPG

The ideal candidate will be:

• a creative trader with approximately 5 years experience;


• experienced in the above primary focus areas of trading;


• experienced in the Delta 1 (Index Arb, repo arb) space, but the role will likely be more origination than actual execution; and


• self starting and opportunistic, generating Alpha from significant cash, inventory, currency and balance sheet at the traders disposal.

 Requirements(See Job Description)