- Bond Investment Book Management: Manage the fixed income investment portfolio (USD High Grade Investment Credit and Local Currency bonds) with a focus on liquidity and profitability.
- Risk Management: Actively monitor and manage portfolio risks, including credit risk, interest rate risk, and liquidity risk, while strictly adhering to internal bank risk limits and regulatory requirements.
- Credit Risk Management: Actively monitor and manage the credit risk of the bond portfolio, including responsibility for the credit approval submissions and ALCO reporting.
- Liquidity Management: Manage the liquidity profile of the Bond Investment Book to ensure optimal cashflows and adequate buffers for liquidity stress scenarios.
- Trading: Provide operational back-up and coverage for other traders.
- Internal Governance and Regulatory Compliance: Ensure all trading activities adhere to approved internal risk limits and all relevant regulations.
- Market Intelligence: Stay abreast of Asian and global market trends, geopolitics, regulatory changes, and economic developments, providing timely insights to internal stakeholders.
- Relationship Management: Collaborate closely with other internal teams to identify new investment opportunities, trade ideas, hedging solutions, and drive cross-selling. Manage interbank treasury activities and interbank relationships to improve the bank's access to market liquidity.
- Others: To assist in other Treasury-related responsibilities and ad-hoc projects as and when required by the Head of Treasury and Markets.
AML/CTF Responsibilities
- Comply with anti-money laundering / counter terrorist financing requirement and sanction risks controls in accordance with regulatory standards and CNCBI policies.
Qualifications
1. Education
- Degree Holder or equivalent professional qualification
2. Working Experiences
- Minimum 5 years in the credit trading, credit analysis, or bond investments.
- Exposure in MM, FX and interest rates trading would be an added advantage.
- Good track record of revenue generation
- Sound market and product knowledge
3. Professional Qualification / HKMA Enhanced Competency Framework Qualification / Professional Examination / License
- Financial Markets Regulatory Practice (FMRP) Examination
