Associate-Fixed Income Rates Trading

Job Description & Requirements

Company Profile:
Morgan Stanley Asia Pacific Fixed Income Interest Rates Desk is looking for a self-motivated, energetic individual who has interest in the financial markets, especially Fixed Income markets. The Fixed Income Interest Rates team, based in Singapore covers a broad range of clientele of Fixed Income clients ranging from Sovereign Wealth Funds, Global Asset Managers, Banks and Hedge Funds.

The individual will have the opportunity to work with various Fixed Income product desks within Morgan Stanley.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Primary function is to act as a market-maker, risk manager, product and platform owner for Interest rate derivatives. Day to day management of the workflow of responding to client inquiries, execution of hedges as required. Work closely with the other distribution and trading teams in the Institutional Fixed Income Division to manage the business.

Our clients are primarily wholesale institutional clients of the Fixed Income Division. Clients originate from the US, Europe and Asia Pacific region.

Risk management of the positions hedging the client delta exposure requires intra-day and end of day risk sign off, reconciliation and PL sign off ensuring compliance with Firm limits and requirements in conjunction with relevant infrastructure groups of the Firm. Assist the desk in modeling/quant analysis to identify tradeable patterns in each of these markets. Run swaps and bond trading books, value add via directional and relative value trading strategies.

Coordinate platform and product improvement with technology teams, business strategists and relevant infrastructure groups.

QUALIFICATIONS /SKILLS /REQUIREMENTS:

• A Bachelor's degree or greater in Finance, Mathematics or Engineering
• 3-5 years experience working on a G10 interest rate trading desk
• Market knowledge of Australia, New Zealand and the United States interest rates markets
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Confidence to have constant dialogue with internal and external clients, as well as to communicate with senior management
• Strong organizational skills, including the ability to coordinate, prioritize, and manage multiple activities
• Highly detail-oriented self-starter with the ability to maintain a high standard of accuracy
• Analytical mindset with keen interest in financial markets. Strong analytical skills, including the ability to quickly spot trends and characteristics in high volume data
• Team player with strong work ethics
• Ability to effectively use systems and technology