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Risk Overlay Manager – Urgently Required

£125,000 - £180,000 + Excellent Bonus

Fund manager seeks experienced Risk Overlay manager with at least 5-10 years experience and a proven track record. Ideally, your background should be from a established Hedge Fund or Multi Manager House. Your responsibility in this role will be to understand what the current exposures are and how to scale them up or down as the economic/market cycle evolves in additions to how the individual funds are evolving. You will also be responsible for determining the most appropriate instruments to use. As part of the Risk Overlay Manager’s role you will be expected to manage our clients exposure to a number of investment fund strategies ensuring specific mandates are followed. Therefore, considerable experience is needed in

  • Managing Real Money Accounts is  must
  • Experience of Currency ,
  • Derivatives Overlay (including shorting) and other financial derivative products.
  • You must have a investment track record to accounts 
  • Experience in direct hedging
  • Experience with bottom-up fund due diligence

You will also manage a number of analysts and report directly to the firm’s CIO and senior management on asset allocation across all funds. As a core part of your role you will be helping in the management of the various Funds. Ideally you will have the Regulatory requirement IMC or equivalent. Please only apply if you have the relevant experience. 

 

Senior Equity Sales Specialist

£80,000 -£120,000 + Excellent Bonus

City based investment bank actively seeks senior equity sales individuals with at least 3-5 years experience to work in their London or Paris office. Candidates will have covered UK or Pan European Markets. Our client will be offering a wide range of services from fundamental research to advisory,corporate finance and brokerage services to mainly UK and French institutional clients. Covering a broad range of clients including banks/prop desk, fund managers, asset managers, insurance companies, hedge funds, etc….Therefore, ideally you will have some form of portable client base in the UK or French market. In return our client will be offering extremely attractive financial packages and bonuses to all successful candidates. We are looking for individuals as well as teams who may wish to move together.

 

Equity Research Analysts (Renewable Energy and Business Services)

£80,000-£125,000+ Guaranteed Bonus+ Benefits

Top European Bank with a rapidly expanding Equity research desk that specialises in European Growth Sectors / Companies. Urgently requires Equity Analysts one to cover Renewable Energy and the other to focus on Business Services.

All successful applicants must have at least 3 – 5 years experience in one of these two core areas and you will have worked on the sale side within a reputable investment bank or financial house.You will be professional in person with excellent written research and presentation skills. Apply now for a discreet and confidential chat

 

Senior Equity Derivatives Broker

£75,000 - £120,000 + Comm

Must have at least 2 years experience in Equity Derivatives Broking (Single or Euro Stocks). Must have a good sales track record. Our client is looking for individuals and teams.Successful candidates will have dealt with Hedge Funds, Pension Funds, Investment Banks and Market Makers. Ideally you will be able to bring with you some form of transportable client base or strong potential to do so.

 

Technology or Media Corporate Finance Specialist (Mid & Small Caps)

£100,000 -£125,000 + Bonus + Benefits

We have a number of Independent investment banks looking to expand their corporate finance advisory services in Technology and Media. These banks are offering a wide range of advisory services from buyside, sellside, public and private Mergers and Acquisitions, financial restructuring to equity capital raising and IPO’s, as well as a range of other advisory services. These banks are looking for candidates with a proven track record of 5-10 years experience showing they are deal closers and business generators working within a network of contacts they have built over the years within Tec or Media sector.

 

Senior Media Equity Research Analyst

£75,000 -£100,000 + Excellent Bonus + Benefits

European Investment Bank requires Media research specialist with at least 5 – 6 years plus experience on the sale side. You will have covered UK / European Media stocks either in Large/Mid or Small caps. The successful candidate should ideally have a investment banking background, professional in person with excellent written research and presentation skills that can be demonstrated to our client.

 

Global Fixed Income Sales

£70,000 -£100,000 + Bonus/Comm

Well respected investment bank seeks individuals with at least 2-5 years experience in bond sales. Successful candidates will have experience of Capital Markets (particularly Credit Bonds, Bank Capital, High Yield, Loans, CBO/CMOs, Convertibles, Primary and Secondary Structured products, but other products may also be of interest to our client. Ideally you will have covered either UK, France, Italy, German or Spanish market but again client is open to other markets. Preference will be shown to those candidates who have a good track record and the potential to bring a transportable client base (Institutional Investors / Corporates or Hedge Funds clients, etc.). FSA is desirable

 

Institutional Sales Executive – SIPP Markets

£50,000 - £80,000 + Comm + Benefits

City based fund manager seeks Institutional sales person who has at least 5-6  years experience working with SIPP providers in the UK, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. Our client is seeking to market to the UK institutional segment its fund management expertise and experience in managing multi asset portfolios with an absolute return objective. The successful candidate will be selling our clients investments to SIPP providers and IFAs and will therefore be required to source new business through their extensive connections within the market.  This is a newly created sales and business development role. Therefore, you will be required to

  • Develop relationships with pension trustees, consulting actuaries and scheme trustees / directors etc.
  • Identify potential investors whose risk / return profile closely matches our clients product offering
  • Help lead the sales process and secure new investors
  • Manage the client relationship post acquisition, ensuring continuity of business

The successful candidate will be highly proactive and self motivated with excellent interpersonal skills and able to demonstrate the following:

  • An expert understanding of pensions and SIPPS
  • A broad experience and knowledge of the UK institutional investment market
  • Strong contacts with SIPP providers and IFAs
  • Good prospector with a proven track record of acquiring new clients
  • Strong verbal and written presentation skills
  • Very focused, hardworking and diligent
  • Analytical and able to research the market providing back up to the ‘Number 1’
  • A recognised investment qualification and experience of alternative / absolute return investments are an advantage.

This is an expanding market and provides an exciting opportunity to work very closely with one of the main partner’s of the firm. You must have drive and entrepreneurial flair to sell. The successful candidate will be encouraged and be given the opportunity to become the ‘Number 1’ in this role. Please only apply if you have the relevant experience.

  

Deals Desk Trade and Market Risk Analyst

£35,000 - £60,000 + Bonus

You should have a good Knowledge of physical / derivative oil markets and underlying structures and instruments with a minimum of 4-5 years experience. In -depth knowledge of physical oil logistics and deal economics. Good market and position analysis skills. Our client is actively seeking an experienced risk analyst who is competent to look at the market risk and commercial trading analysis produced by international oil trading strategies. Ability to analyse production and to handle all daily reports to support this function this would mean looking at VaR, market structure, deal economics, price exposure, hedge requirements and to work on ad hoc management reporting.

 

Senior Corporate Finance Executives (Mining background)

£75,000 - £120,000 + Bonus

Our client is one of the largest independent firm’s who specialise in commodities seek two candidates with at least 5-10 years experience in corporate finance and ideally some management experience. As part of the role you will be expected to propose and execute corporate financing transaction for our client. Therefore, must have the following skill set 

  • Transaction execution skills including negotiation of legal documentation
  • Strong knowledge of financial and accounting principals and cash flow analysis
  • Strong knowledge of corporate finance techniques
  • Sound knowledge of cash-flows modelling and valuation methodologies
  • Proposing investment opportunities, working on M & A and then doing due diligence before executing such projects.
  • Clear verbal, written and presentation skills
  • Must be driven, focused and hard working:
  • Proactive with a entrepreneurial attitude
  • Well organized, combining high attention to detail
  • Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
  • Willing to undertake frequent overseas travel
  • Mining background ideally but will look at commodity profile 
  • CFA or ACA a plus 

Our client is looking for candidates who are flexible and willing to work in Geneva. Please only apply if you have suitable experience.

 

Equity Sales Traders

£75,000 - £120,000 + 50% Comm PAYOUT

Top Tier brokerage seeks candidates with experience in Equity Sales Trading in either UK, Pan European or US markets. Our client is offering a wide range of services such as Global DMA, OTC or listed services. Individual and teams are being sought who have potential transportable relationships with major financial institutions such as prop desks, hedge funds, long only, etc. Excellent financial packages are being offered in return by our client to all successful candidates.

 

Structured Trade Finance Analyst 

£80,000 - £125,000 + Bonus + Benefits

Highly reputable commodities house urgently requires a structured commodity trade finance analyst with at least 5-7 years experience.  You will be expected to originate and execute structured trade finance transactions in various commodities and markets, mitigating risks including counterparty, political, legal, operational, etc.  To advise on credit risk exposures across the deal portfolio. Therefore, as part of your responsibilities you will be expected to

  • Perform a proactive business development function by reacting on a timely basis to requests from the trading departments and then to develop new business opportunities from your own contacts and network;
  • Monitor the overall counterparty risk (performance, payment, political) position of or client in cooperation with the Credit Risk Management department and the Trade Finance department including the setting up and monitoring of insurance needs at group level;
  • Provide consistent and systematic world coverage of key clients from a finance point of view;
  • Serve as an intermediary between trading and credit for streamlining and easing the credit decisions process;
  • Handle all aspects of structured trade finance including origination, structuring, syndication, documentation and risk participation.
  • Structure complex long-term transactions, typically consisting of term oil and other commodity contracts backed by financial agreements underwritten by banking syndicates
  • Install value in transactions that address customer needs and differentiates our client from competitors
  • Find ways to structure deals that achieve extended credit where questions of solvency arise
  • Credibility in the banking market.  Experience of persuading banks to take on marginal credit risks.
  • Successful track record of building strong relationships and leading within all stages of the deal development process, including needs analysis, financial and technical due diligence, proposal development, customer interface and closing process.
  • An understanding of difficult credit risks and credit committees’ modus operandi and what they will be persuaded by
  • Able to strike the right balance between caution and negativity when dealing with emerging market risks
  • Ability to negotiate JV agreements, share purchase agreements, structuring transactions to optimise any local tax
  • Project financing / structuring and documentation negotiation
  • You must be fluent in either Portuguese, Spanish or French as part of this role 
  • Confident, hard working and willing to undertake frequent travel
  • Our client is looking for people in both London and Geneva 

Global Institutional Sales Person (ETF’s) – URGENT

£75,000 - £140,000 + Excellent Comm/Bonus + Benefits

Our client is a highly reputable fund manager that has billions under management who are now seeking strong sales people with at least 5 years experience selling to Institutional clients in either the UK or Switzerland, Germany / Austria.

Successful candidates will help drive our clients Equity linked products (Exchange Traded Funds Products) to one or more of the above markets depending on your background. Full training if required will be given on ETF’s to all successful candidates.

 

Global Equity Derivative Flow Sales

£70,000 + £125,000 + Excellent comm. payout

Investment bank and global brokerage house are both actively looking to recruit equity derivatives flow sales people covering a wide range of products (Exotics, Plain Vanilla, Variance Swaps, Event Driven, Options, OTC/Listed, Dispersions, Vol Arb (pure, cap structure, cb), Equity Long/Short, Macro, Multi Strategies, etc.)Managing accounts such as Hedge Funds, Prop Desks, Asset Managers, Private Banks in UK or European markets. The successful individuals must already have a investment banking sales profile and must be able to demonstrate to our client that they have managed to establish a number of strong client relationships over the years which are potentially transportable. Candidates will have a can do attitude and be able to take advantage of our clients highly reputable multi functional platform. In return, our clients are offering a very competitive salary + guaranteed fixed percentage payout which is way above the market rate. Please be assured your CV will be kept in the strictest of confidence. Also note we will only reply to those candidates we believe may be suitable for this vacancy

 

Senior IFA Sales Person (UK Retail Distribution)

£50,000 - £80,000 + Comm + Benefits

Well established Asset Management House seeks a pro-active sales person who has developed over many years a strong network of UK intermediaries.  The ideal candidate will be expected to market our clients Portfolio Management Services, structured products and any other new funds or services created for UK distribution, to intermediated distribution in the UK. As part of the role you will be expected to:-

  • Telephone, public speaking and face to face meetings with intermediaries, banks, building societies and National and Network accounts.
  • This is an ‘on the road’ role and will involve a high meeting count each week.
  • The individual will be expected to maintain forward meetings, diary notes and CRM input and a  P.A. share is to be made available to facilitate the process.
  • A monthly activity report will be submitted to the Head of UK Retail in the first week of each month.
  • Have an in depth knowledge of the intermediary market place.
  • A working knowledge of the supermarket and wrap market.
  • An ability to interact with business principles.

The ideal candidate is likely to have come from an IFA facing sales role at an established investment management or life company. An alternative background might be from within an IFA practice. Targeting and performance measurement will be based on a ‘team’ approach with individual targets set as an equal percentage share of the whole. Please only apply if you have the relevant experience

 

Trade Finance Officer

£35,000 -£45,000 + Bonus

The successful candidate will have around 2 years or equivalent experience within a Trading Company / Financial institution having gained a basic understanding of the principals surrounding Trade Finance instruments and their pitfalls. Basic knowledge of accounting systems with good working knowledge of Microsoft Office products (particularly Excel). You must be highly numerical and analytical and if you have any European languages a definite plus. You will be expected to work closely with Internal – Ops, Traders, Contracts, Treasury Dept, Securitisation, Accounting & Deals desk and externally banks, Insurance companies and counterparties.