At a Glance
- Tasks: Execute trades across various asset classes and support 40+ portfolio management teams.
- Company: Join a leading multi-manager hedge fund with a dynamic, collaborative culture.
- Benefits: Gain exposure to diverse strategies and enjoy a flat, transparent work environment.
- Other info: Fast-paced role with opportunities for growth and innovation in trading processes.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in trading outcomes while working with top talent in finance.
- Qualifications: 5+ years of trading experience and deep knowledge of macro asset classes required.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 £ per year.
Location: London
Department: Investment Professionals
Experience Level: Experience Professionals
Contact: Peter Appel
Job ID: REQ8385
Firm Overview: Join a world-class macro business at a leading multi-manager, multi-strategy hedge fund. We provide a dynamic, collaborative environment for top talent seeking impact, innovation, and growth. Our teams span a global footprint, using cutting-edge technology and advanced trading strategies to deliver superior performance.
Role Overview: The Macro Execution Trader will execute trades across a wide range of asset classes—including bonds, interest rate swaps, currencies, commodities, equities and credit indexes through both linear and non-linear structures — for 40+ distinct Portfolio Management (PM) teams. The role requires exceptional cross-asset knowledge, fast and accurate execution under pressure, and the ability to perform in a high-volume, multi-strategy framework.
Key Responsibilities:
- Execute orders across global macro markets with precision and minimal market impact.
- Serve as the execution partner to 40+ macro PM teams, ensuring timely, discrete, and efficient trade flow.
- Monitor markets, react to liquidity and news, and opportunistically source liquidity to support PM trading objectives.
- Work closely with portfolio managers, the central macro management team, risk, operations and technology to continuously optimize trading processes, platforms and workflow.
- Provide real-time feedback and market colour to internal stakeholders; leverage relationships with sell-side counterparties, brokers, and venues.
- Ensure rigorous trade compliance, order management, and risk controls at all times.
- Contribute to post-trade analytics and trade cost reviews to improve execution quality.
Key Qualifications:
- 5+ years’ experience as an execution trader or assistant trader at an institutional asset manager, hedge fund, or investment bank.
- Deep knowledge of major macro asset classes: fixed income, FX, futures, interest rate derivatives, equities, commodities and options on all asset classes.
- Demonstrated ability to trade liquid and less liquid instruments; strong working knowledge of electronic and voice execution tools.
- Experience with derivatives pricing, market microstructure, and volatility/arbitrage strategies is highly desirable.
- Excellent communication and relationship management skills; experience working directly with portfolio managers.
- High level of integrity, attention to detail, and comfort working in fast-paced, high-pressure settings.
- Familiarity with order management and execution management systems (OMS/EMS) and trading algorithms.
- Strong academic background in finance, economics, math, or related field; advanced degree or certifications (CFA, CQF, FRM) a plus.
What We Offer:
- Exposure to a diverse, high-caliber group of strategies and market participants.
- Flat, transparent culture with the opportunity to meaningfully impact trading outcomes.
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