Research Analyst - Hedge Fund - IIT/IIM

Allow me to introduce myself as Laxmi Lakraju represent hCapital, a professionally managed Executive Search firm headed by IIM and IIT alumni. We have an opening for ‘Research Analyst’ position with Hedge Fund Company is as follow:-

We are looking to develop quantitative investment strategies for Asian capital markets including India. We are unique in that we are seeking analysts who have excelled in their respective fields (mathematics, pure sciences, engineering, etc.) and are not necessarily finance domain experts

Designation: Research Analyst

Research Analyst

Research analysts will typically be responsible or assigned to a specific investment strategy (e.g. equities, credit, derivatives). They will work very closely with the data and technology analysts allocated to them to develop the research infrastructure for their assigned strategy. The responsibilities of the research analyst will include the following:

- Review of academic literature related to the relevant investment strategy

- Identification of relevant financial market data sources pertinent to their strategy

- Working with data and technology analysts to establish data links with various market data vendors as well as perform verification and clean up of relevant market data

- Development of investment strategy to invest in Asian capital markets, based on fundamental and quantitative research of financial market data

- Conduct back testing of the investment strategy to establish validity over historical market periods

- Working with the trading team for execution of the investment strategy

Excellent candidates will generally have or exceed the following qualifications:

- Masters or PhD in Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Physics, Finance or similar disciplines

- 2-5 years of professional experience in quantitative fields. Exceptional candidates fresh from college will also be considered

- Experience in one or more of the following areas - quantitative equity trading, international high yield /credit, fixed income derivatives, options and time series analysis would be beneficial

- Knowledge of research packages such as MATLAB, Python etc.

- Ability to work independently in a team research environment

- Excellent written and oral communication skills

Qualification: B.E./B.Tech from IIT

Location: Mumbai

If you are interested for this profile, send me your UPDATED RESUME with the following details:-
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Please send your resume to consultant014@hcapital.in

Thanks & Regards
Laxmi
consultant014@hcapital.in