Associate Director, Equity Derivatives Trader, Corporate & Institutional Banking

 Role Purpose

Member of the Equities Derivatives Trading team in Hong Kong, not managing others.

Responsibilities:

• Provide quotations of various structured products on indices in both primary and secondary markets for institutional and retail clients.


• Manage risks associated to these products by trading all sort of derivatives products: equity options, futures, IR swap, FX, Correlation products, etc.


• Maintain risk positions within limits.


• Providing liquidity to clients and managing positions in order to maximize total revenue of trading profit plus commission.


• Monitor and manage gap risks which are specific to structured products.


• Maintain communication with sales globally and structuring teams.


• Generate new trading ideas, expand the range of products marketed to clients and provide trading axes to sales.


• Develop synergies between flow and structured products books by recycling some risks coming from structured business into flow products.


• Ensure trading activity is conducted with all appropriate risk parameters and participate in enhancing the current way we manage the positions.


• Improve quotation process by automating a large number of requests and enhancing secondary market tool and risk management.

Requirements:

• Extensive experience with Financial Markets and knowledge of derivatives products


• Good overview of regulation and accounting, including upcoming changes which impact the industry


• Good understanding of different client business models


• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with very strong analytical skills.


• Ability to multi-task and to work well under pressure, strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.

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