Assistant Vice President/ Vice President, Fixed Income Trader

Job Summary

Best Execution & Trade Management

1. Execute fixed‑income trades across cash bonds, repos, derivatives (CDS/CDX, rates, FX, futures), structured products, and convertible bonds.
2. Achieve optimal execution with accuracy, speed, and full compliance while minimizing market impact and trading costs.
3. Uphold rigorous trading discipline to protect portfolio interests.

Counterparty Relationship Management

1. Build and maintain strong relationships with banks, brokers, and other market participants.
2. Uphold the highest standards of confidentiality regarding investment strategies, holdings, and trading intentions.

Market Intelligence & Strategy Support

1. Monitor macro developments, market liquidity, technical trends, and relevant news flow.
2. Provide timely market insights to portfolio managers and proactively generate trade ideas to support duration, beta, and FX positioning.

Primary Market (New Issue) Management

1. Oversee the full lifecycle of primary‑market bond issuance, including terms communication, order‑book maintenance, order submission, allocation follow‑up, and settlement coordination.
2. Analyze order‑book demand, assess fair value of new issues, and provide feedback to the sell‑side to strengthen negotiation position and allocation quality.

Multi‑Asset Trading Capability Expansion

1. Deepen trading expertise beyond cash bonds into MBS, CDS, FX, interest‑rate products, and structured solutions.
2. Deliver cross‑asset trade recommendations supported by cost, risk, and execution feasibility analysis.

Cash & Liquidity Optimization

1. Monitor portfolio cash levels and deploy idle cash efficiently into repos, money‑market instruments, and other high‑quality liquidity products.
2. Ensure seamless coordination with portfolio managers’ cash needs to support investment pacing.

Required Skills & Qualifications

1. Bachelor’s degree or above in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering, or related disciplines.
2. Professional qualifications such as CFA, FRM, or equivalent are preferred.
3. Strong knowledge of fixed‑income markets, products, and trading mechanics
4. Acute market awareness and strong analytical thinking
5. Excellent communication and counterparty management skills
6. High integrity, strong compliance mindset, and meticulous attention to detail
7. Ability to balance precision in execution with forward‑looking market judgment
8. A proactive “market front‑line” mindset, acting as a strategic partner to investment teams
9. Excellent command of English, both written and spoken.