Event-Driven Analyst
- Employer
- Lightstream Research (Pvt) Limited
- Location
- Colombo (LK)
- Salary
- Top of market pay
- Closing date
- May 11, 2019
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- Job Function
- Equities Research: Buy Side, Equities Research: Sell Side
- Industry Sector
- Asset Management
- Certifications
- Passed CFA Level I, Passed CFA Level II, Passed CFA Level III (Charter Pending)
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Education
- Bachelors
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WE OFFER A CHALLENGE
LightStream Research is collaborating with a Hong Kong-based hedge fund adviser
interested in identifying and developing young (1-5 years’ experience) local Sri Lankan
talent as event-driven analysts.
We Offer
• Culture
- Freedom from thoughtless platitudes and rules for the sake of rules
- A team with zero tolerance for selfishness
- An environment for learning quickly and maximising your potential
- Trust of those who deserve it
• Career
- Top of market pay with uncapped upside for exceptional performers
- Exposure to complex analytical techniques employed by arbitrageurs
- Direct access to hedge fund professionals with decades of experience
- The opportunity to measure yourself against the global elite
We Look For
• Attitude
- An understanding that it’s not all about you
- Recognition that worrying about work-life balance in your 20s is doing it wrong
- An abhorrence for rote learning and thoughtless work
- Flexibility and adaptability
• Talent
- Top percentile (1st class honours/top 2-3 of batch) academic ability
- Excellent numeracy
- A knack for unearthing information trails
- The ability to quickly identify what is irrelevant within complex information sets
• Character
- Total commitment to honesty
- The spine to uphold the above
- Propensity to over-communicate rather than under-communicate
- An allergy towards group think
• Skills and Achievements
- Ability to THOROUGHLY understand financial statements (eg. CIMA/ACCA/CFA)
- Basic understanding or strong interest in finance and equities
- Succinct and articulate English
- Successful CFA Skills challenge participants are highly welcome
Contact: tl@quiddity.ltd with the subject “I Like Challenges”
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