Acadian Asset Management LLC is a Boston-headquartered investment management firm with wholly owned affiliates located in Singapore, London, and Sydney. As of September 30, 2023, the firm managed approximately US$97 billion on behalf of major pension funds, endowments, foundations, governments and other investors based in the U.S. and abroad.
Position Overview:
Acadian is hiring a Multi-Asset Trader to join our Global Trading Desk. This is an exceptional opportunity to join a trading desk responsible for covering a breadth of strategies; Global Equities, Systematic Credit, MACS, Multi- Strategy. The desk’s team environment provides you an opportunity to trade for all Acadian’s strategies, while being a leader in your area of expertise. Acadian’s MACS (Multi Asset Class Strategy) product focuses on all major global asset classes including, Equities, Fixed Income, Currencies, Commodities and Options/Volatility. Some of your responsibilities will be executing orders, researching new execution strategies, and reviewing positioning with Portfolio Managers. Your contribution will allow Acadian to improve its support of the MACS products and grow the overall trading capacity and functionality for the Firm.
Acadian supports a hybrid work environment, employees are on-site in the Boston office 3 days a week.
** ** What You’ll Do:
- **** Trading across multiple equity/derivative investment products, including:
- Futures (Index/Rates/Commodities), Options (Index/Single Stock/FX), Swaps (Total Return /IRS/CDX), Foreign Exchange (Spot/Forward), Structure Notes and Volatility (Options/Variance), Equities & ETFs and Corporate Credit
- Knowledge of transaction cost impact models and the ability to interpret post-trade cost analysis
- Manage daily cash management events, including subscription/redemption
- Assist in the oversight of sell-side broker relationships, including overall CP/Risk exposure levels
- Research and develop trading strategies focused on retaining alpha within the funds
We’re Looking for Teammates With:
- Required qualities for a successful candidate:
- Expertise of Swaps, Options, Futures, FX, Forwards and other derivatives
- Experience working with Bloomberg, Order Management System (Charles River Development), and relevant EMS’s
- Experience trading listed and OTC derivative calendar spreads
- Detail oriented, flexible and able to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to work independently and lead projects as well as within a team-orientated environment
- Additional Qualities which would be beneficial:
- Experience trading credit instruments
- **** Understanding of comprehensive transaction cost analysis
- A Bachelor’s degree in economics, finance, statistics, mathematics, computer science or a related field
- Strong programming skills (Python preferred) and experience working with visualization tools such as Tableau or Power BI