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Quantitative Analyst

Employer
Mirae Asset Global Investments (USA) LLC
Location
New York City, New York (US)
Salary
commensurate based upon experience
Closing date
Mar 28, 2021

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Job Function
Hedge Funds
Industry Sector
Asset Management
Employment Type
Full Time
Education
Bachelors
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Job Details

The Department/Team

  • Alternative Strategies Group is seeking a Quantitative Analyst to join its Global Long/Short Equity Portfolio Management team in New York. The new analyst will play a critical role in the organization’s growing Alternative Investments/ ETF businesses. Currently the PM team plans to implement a new AI-Powered Equity L/S Strategy utilizing global ETFs.

Key Responsibilities

  • Work under the supervision of the Portfolio Manager (PM to implement the AI-powered Equity Long/Short Strategy to ensure alignment with stated investment objectives
  • Review academic journals and sell-side quantitative strategy reports to identify/develop new  equity long/short strategies
  • Analyze and modify large Bloomberg data sets to identify and backtest alpha signals while contributing to portfolio construction
  • Conduct statistical analysis on alpha signals to ensure the robustness of the model
  • Contribute to preparing periodic reporting materials for investors and board members
  • Perform ad-hoc requests (e.g. industry & company specific research)

Required Qualifications:

  • Undergraduate degree in economics, statistics, engineering or related fields
  • Maximum of 2 years experience
  • Excellent quantitative and analytical skills (e.g. ability and curiosity to explore time series/unstructured data and formulate hypothesis that can be tested and verified)
  • Excellent Python skills (a brief online/offline coding test will be given)

Desired Skills:

  • Ability to communicate research findings in a clear, concise and visual way in meaningful presentations that tells a story with data
  • Experience with factor research, style premia research and/or style premia portfolio construction and management
  • Experience with Bloomberg
  • An advanced degree in a quantitative field such as economics, statistics, financial mathematics, computer science (basic knowledge in Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning) is preferred

Salary is commensurate based upon experience.

To apply for this position, please send an email to careers.us@miraeasset.com and include the job position in the subject.

Company

Mirae Asset is one of Asia's most prominent independent financial services firms. Since its inception in 1997, the firm has expanded its presence to 11 countries. Today, Mirae Asset Global Investments is recognized as one of the world's largest emerging market equity investment managers. We focus on actively managed, high-conviction emerging market portfolios through a bottom-up investment process rooted in team-based on-the-ground research. Mirae Asset offers a broad range of options for clients' emerging market equity needs, with powerful research coverage of the emerging markets.

A Global Force Mirae Asset Global Investments manages over $128.5 billion in assets worldwide, including $22 billion in emerging market equity portfolios. This makes us one of the world's largest managers of emerging market equities. With clients in North America, South America, Europe, Australia and Asia, Mirae Asset Global Investments strives to be the world's first choice for expertise in emerging market equity investing. Focus on Emerging Markets

Mirae Asset Global Investments has one of the largest teams of investment professionals dedicated to emerging markets. Our global staff of over 175 investment professionals takes a collaborative, team-based approach to constructing portfolios. Portfolio managers and analysts build high-conviction portfolios from offices in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Hong Kong, India, South Korea, the U.K., the United States, and Vietnam.

On the Ground, Research Driven

Research is the core of our business and we recognize its vital importance to long-term successful investing. Our in-market investment professionals maintain proximity to the investment opportunities that we research, allowing a deep understanding of companies and the cultures in which they operate. Our worldwide team of, portfolio managers, analysts and strategists, collaborates around the globe and around the clock, resulting in a team-based, bottom-up investment process that produces high-conviction portfolios.

Company info
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Telephone
212-205-8300
Location
625 Madison Avenue
3rd Floor
 New York
New York
10022
US
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