Securities Lending Trader, Associate

Overview of Investment Professional roles

Our investment professionals thrive in a culture that pushes them to question the status quo, overdeliver for clients, and work together to shape the future of the industry. At BlackRock, you’ll forge meaningful relationships within your team and across the firm – expanding your network as you tackle complex challenges with a collaborative approach, integrated research and risk management. In an environment that feels welcoming and inclusive, you’ll discover opportunities to hone your skills, develop new expertise, gain mentorship, and build the investment career you envision.

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About this role

What team will you be on?

Our Securities Lending trading team generates alpha for clients across; scientific, fundamental and index products. We partner with portfolio managers to optimize returns through a variety of trade types. BlackRock is a pioneer of using quantitative techniques and sophisticated models to improve the performance of its Securities Lending business.

Why is your role important?

We are actively seeking an outstanding teammate to join our Securities Lending Trading team based in Hong Kong. With a focus on cutting edgetechnology and imbedded research, our investment management approach to lending provides superior performance for our clients and is an important part of the BlackRock brand. In this fast paced and dynamic environment, BlackRock is a pioneer of using quantitative techniques and sophisticated models combined with fundamental insights from traders to increase the performance of its Securities Lending business. We will look to you to actively contribute and drive the continued development.

Our Securities Lending Tradersexecute a critical role in relation to alpha generation and cost minimization for scientific, fundamental and index products. We partner with portfolio managers to optimize returns through a variety of trade types. Traders represent the firm for a selective group of markets or asset classes. They are the primary owner of BlackRock’s interface with top tier prime brokerage firms and counterparties and offer the premier securities finance product in the market today.

What will you be doing?

Actively trade and optimize BlackRock's APAC Equities and/or Fixed Income securities lending book for clients. You will be directly responsible for revenue generation and active performance management.

Actively build and implement trading strategies based on analysis of companies, sectors, and market variables. You will deliver market leading returns in a risk aware and controlled manner.

Be an excellent internal and external partner! You will develop, lead and build on internal & financing market relationships.

Build and lead partnerships with internal teams, including our global trading team to help drive efficiencies to improve revenue, performance and mitigate risks.

Be responsible for day-to-day administrative issues in support of trading activities and liaise with trading operations.

Work with internal Quantitative Research and Algorithmic Trading groups to innovate systems, trading analytics, and coordinate implementation.

Manage risk with strong attention to even the smallest details.

What are we looking for?

An outstanding teammate! Excellent communicator with first class relationship management skills is a given. You are also self-motivated, with a strong work ethic and positive team-orientated outlook.

2+ years of experience in Equities or Fixed Income / Securities Lending / Financing markets / Delta One Strategies is preferred. Knowledge of APAC markets is also advantageous.

Proficiency with Excel and experience in one or more of SQL, Python, VBA, Business Objects is strongly preferred.