Fixed Income Trader / Portfolio Manager

Investment Advisory Firm on the west coast, in business since 1977, seeks a fixed income trader to eventually move into a portfolio manager position. You will be working with all maturities from overnight to thirty years and cover all the major fixed income sectors including governments, agencies, corporates, mortgage and other pass-through securities. The investment team employs a diversified investment approach emphasizing both fundamental & quantitative considerations.  We are currently using Advent software.

You will actively manage the firm’s fixed income investment products for institutional clients, working closely with the Portfolio Management/Research and Trading Department to experience firsthand the all-encompassing responsibilities that are integrally linked with meeting each client’s investment objectives. Our clients are national pension fund accounts (i.e. ERISA accounts, Foundations, Corporations, Taft-Hartley (unions), etc.). Best-suited candidates will experience a Fixed Income training program, which was developed internally for the purpose of disseminating key financial market information. Your goal will be to ultimately manage client portfolios in accordance with client guidelines – goal is to exceed performance expectations as compared to industry index/benchmarks.

Employee average length of employment is 25 years.