The Role
We are seeking an equity risk professional to join the risk group with a primary focus on investment research and analytics and risk oversight for managers on the global discretionary long/short equity platform, with a particular focus on Asia market. The candidate will help to support the long/short business by developing analytics related to risk, performance and process attribution of portfolio managers and analysts. This person will help to build and maintain analytical models used by the management team and proprietary applications, as well as provide daily operational support to the broader team, including researching ad hoc requests from portfolio managers and senior management.
What you’ll do
This person will help the discretionary risk team on research and portfolio construction questions relating to portfolio managers. A successful candidate will leverage interactions with and feedback from investment professionals to help direct and conduct investment research in various topics, including manager skill, portfolio optimization and hedging strategies and risk / alpha factor modeling. They will liaise with technology and support teams to help resolve daily production / operational issues and ensure data integrity / quality. They will investigate and integrate new datasets used by proprietary models and risk infrastructure.
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Who we are Schonfeld is a global multi-manager hedge fund that strives to deliver industry-leading risk-adjusted returns for our investors. We leverage both internal and external portfolio manager teams around the world, seeking to capitalize on inefficiencies and opportunities within the markets. We draw from decades of experience and a significant investment in proprietary technology, infrastructure and risk analytics to invest across four main strategies: Quant, Tactical, Fundamental Equity and Discretionary Macro & Fixed Income.
Our Culture At Schonfeld, we’ll invest in you. Attracting and retaining top talent is at the heart of what we do, because we believe that exceptional outcomes begin with exceptional people. We foster a culture where talent is empowered to continually learn, innovate and pursue ambitious goals. We are teamwork-oriented, collaborative and encourage ideas—at all levels—to be shared. As an organization committed to investing in our people, we provide learning and educational offerings and opportunities to make an impact. We encourage community through internal networks, external partnerships and service initiatives that promote inclusion and purpose beyond the firm’s walls.
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Open job postingAbout the company
Schonfeld is a global asset management firm that employs a quantitative approach to investing. They focus on developing and implementing systematic trading strategies across various asset classes.