Junior Quantitative Researcher, Commodities and Cross Asset

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Neuberger was founded in 1939 to do one thing: deliver compelling investment results for our clients over the long term. This remains our singular purpose today driven by a culture rooted in deep fundamental research the pursuit of investment insight and continuous innovation on behalf of clients and facilitated by the free exchange of ideas across the organization.

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Position Overview:
Established in 2008 our team is dedicated to delivering innovative active broad-based commodity investing and also manages a global multi-asset risk parity portfolio. Based in New York and London we apply an academically grounded approach to systematic investing across a diversified set of investment channels. The mission of this role is to develop signals and portfolio construction methods across commodity and cross-asset markets and to translate that work into insights for clients.

In this role you will conduct original research across commodity and cross-asset markets systematizing fundamental insight into signals that inform live portfolios. You will contribute across the full research lifecycle from hypothesis generation and statistical modelling through implementation and ongoing performance analysis while gaining direct exposure to live strategy management and client engagement.

Primary Responsibilities:
Generate research and test signals across commodity and cross-asset markets.
Design and evaluate signals using rigorous statistical and quantitative methods.
Contribute to portfolio construction and risk analysis across the teams strategies.
Monitor live performance and translate observations into new research hypotheses.
Produce client-facing content including quarterly letters white papers blog posts and webinars.
Support due diligence and consultant requests where the research is subject to the highest level of scrutiny.
Collaborate with portfolio managers and researchers across Neuberger and contribute to the broader research agenda.

Key Requirements / Qualifications: (essential unless otherwise stated)
35 years of relevant experience researching signals across commodity and cross-asset markets.
Strong proficiency in R or Python with the ability to work comfortably with large financial datasets.
Solid grounding in statistical and mathematical modelling with the judgment to choose the right tool for the problem at hand.
Understanding of portfolio construction optimization and risk analysis.
Comfort reading academic literature and translating it into testable ideas.
Fluent use of AI tools in research and coding combined with the discipline to verify outputs.
Familiarity with transaction costs and their impact on signal design is a plus.
Experience in systematic trading is a plus.
Strong academic record with a degree in a quantitative discipline such as Mathematics Statistics Physics Computer Science Engineering or Economics from a leading university; a PhD or Masters is advantageous.
Intellectual curiosity and a genuine interest in markets and the forces that drive them not only in methods.
A hands-on rigorous approach with the motivation to follow an idea from intuition through testing to implementation.
Excellent written and spoken English with the presence and credibility to present work to institutional clients and defend it effectively.
Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple research threads in parallel.
Collaborative and comfortable working closely with portfolio managers researchers and clients.

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