Emerging Markets Analyst
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Job Location:
Geneva - Switzerland
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Garda Capital Partners (Garda) is a multi-billion dollar alternative investment firm with over 22 years of experience deploying relative value strategies across fixed income markets for institutional investors. Gardas primary offices are located in Wayzata New York City West Palm Beach Geneva Zug Copenhagen Singapore and Scottsdale.
Garda is looking to hire an Emerging Markets Analyst to join theMacro Trading Deskin Geneva. The candidate will be supporting the main risk taker in Emerging Markets as well as the broader macro team in exploring and analyzing investment ideas across Emerging Markets.
Position Responsibilities
- Build and maintain models to track and forecast GDP inflation interest rates and fiscal balances across key emerging countries.
- Actively monitor portfolio positions and stay ahead of macroeconomic trends political events and other market catalysts.
- Develop and translate original data-driven analysis into clear investment ideas and market views.
- Work closely with risk takers to assist with idea generation portfolio construction and day-to-day risk management.
Qualifications & Desired Skills
- 3-5 years experience of EM economic analysis at a major public institution or top-tier buy-side firm
- Masters Degree in economics finance or a similar quantitative discipline
- Proven ability to apply macroeconomic forecasting and statistical techniques including experience with forecasting methodologies like ARIMA VAR and VECM models
- Knowledge in financial markets and the mechanisms of macroeconomic policy-making
- Experience tracking and analyzing sovereign debt issuance and external government balance sheets
- Strong understanding of derivatives (e.g. familiarity with options Greeks common hedging strategies etc.)
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Critical thinking strong attention to detail and independent problem-solving skills
- Advanced programming skills and proficiency in Bloomberg
- Ability to work unconventional hours in a high-energy time sensitive team environment
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- ArcGIS
- Intelligence Community Experience
- GIS
- Python
- Computer Networking
- Data Collection
- Intelligence Experience
- R
- Relational Databases
- Analysis Skills
- Data Management
- Application Development
About Company
Garda Capital Partners is an asset management firm specializing in global alternative investment strategies from our offices in Minneapolis, Minnesota and Geneva, Switzerland.
