Equities Execution Trader
Job Description
Balyasny Asset Management (BAM) is a global, multi-strategy investment Firm with over $21 billion in assets under management. We are a diversified business, with global breadth and depth. Our Firm has a clear mission: To consistently deliver uncorrelated returns in all market environments. Today, BAM employs more than 160 portfolio managers and 1,200 investment professionals across 19 offices in the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. We are active across six investing strategies: Equities Long/Short, Equities Arbitrage, Macro, Commodities, Systematic, and Growth Equity. We also have a dedicated private investment team, BAM Elevate, and a standalone equities unit, Corbets Capital.
Responsibilities
- Assist Asia Trading team in monitoring and executing equities trades on behalf of the Portfolio Managers
- Take active part in developing new Excel and/or Python tools for the traders on the desk to streamline trading processes
- Provide market color and flows to the trading desk and Portfolio Managers on specific stock or index price movements throughout the day
- Interact with operations, compliance, technology and portfolio finance team on handling trading related tasks that help with book-keeping and audit trails
- Keep on top of regional market developments and trading opportunities
- Follow regulations and policy to adhere to best-ex, whilst maintaining execution quality for all Portfolio Managers (Long Short/Quant/Index Rebalance/Event-Arbitrage)
Ideal candidate should have:
- Bachelor Degree in Finance, Economics, or a Technical field (Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, Engineering) from a reputable university
- 1-5 years of relevant experience in an equity trader/trade assistant function from the buyside or sellside
- Experience trading the India public equities market is a plus
- Relevant coding skills and knowledge on using AI related applications in Python
- Enthusiastic about financial markets and self-drive. Eager and able to learn fast
- Quantitative skills demonstrated by projects deployed for a trading desk or by Derivatives trading and pricing