Job Description

J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management, is a global leader in investment and wealth management. Its clients include institutions, high-net-worth individuals and retail investors in every major market throughout the world. The division offers investment management across all major asset classes including equities, fixed income, alternatives, multi-asset and money market funds. For individual investors, the business also provides retirement products and services, brokerage and banking services including trusts and estates, loans, mortgages and deposits.

Asset Management is a leading investment manager of choice for institutions, financial intermediaries and individual investors, worldwide. With a heritage of more than two centuries, a broad range of core and alternative strategies, and investment professionals operating in every major world market, we offer investment experience and insight that few other firms can match.

Team Profile

The Currency Strategy team is responsible for the management of active, dynamic and tenor management currency strategies across JPMAM. The team manage significant assets in both dedicated currency strategies and as a source of alpha within other JPMAM products.

Key responsibilities include currency focused macroeconomic and financial market research and collaborating on the positioning of the developed market currency strategy including generating trade ideas, portfolio construction and risk management.

The candidate will be expected to collaborate with the other members of the currency strategy team, the global rates team and the wider GFICC department.

Responsibilities

  • Research focused on currency markets, including country specific economic insights, macroeconomic themes, technical market developments and quantitative research.
  • Share management of the developed market currency strategy, including generating trade ideas, portfolio construction and risk management.
  • Collaborate in an inclusive team environment. All team members are expected to contribute ideas and open and honest feedback is expected to be given and received.
  • Communicate both individual and team views to a range of different audiences.

    • Requirements

  • Postgraduate degree or comparable experience in statistics, economics, finance or other scientific discipline.
  • Experience in asset management, sell side research or central banking.
  • Strong understanding of economic theory and the G10 economies from a macro perspective.
  • Understanding of currency markets and investment strategies over a range of time horizons. Personal track record of delivering alpha from currency markets an advantage.
  • Strong quantitative and analytical skills. Experience with Python a plus.
  • Ability to formulate and communicate complex ideas clearly.
  • Work efficiently in a collaborative team environment.