Securities, Equities, GSS, Securities Lending/Synthetics Trader, Analyst, London

Job description

Job Summary & Responsibilities

The Securities Lending Desk is primarily responsible for negotiating and managing the facilitation of secured funding, lending and synthetic transactions between various market participants. Our clients include Institutional Lenders, Hedge Funds and Internal Firm Desks.  The trading desk is looking to add an Analyst, focusing on Developed Market Equities.

Responsibilities:

• Risk management of GSS inventory positions, working closely with GSS Supply/Demand teams, along with other firm desks
• Optimisation of inventory through dividend and corporate action periods
• Pricing and trading synthetic borrow via equity derivatives
• Collaboration with Treasury/GLP to project desk funding requirements
• Risk Manage the FX, Interest Rates and Equity risk of the book

Basic Qualifications:

• Strong analytic approach with high attention to detail
• Ability to work closely with various groups, with strong communication skills
• Quantitative background with basic understanding of equity derivatives (swaps/options)