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Job Title:	Quantitative Analyst - Hedge fund
Location:	London
Salary:	£Competitive
Job Ref:	GB3511
Description:	My client are an expanding asset management house based in the heart of the west end. They are currently looking to recruit an experienced Quantitative analyst to join their team. Your main responsibilities will include: -To maintain quantitative filtering and update of proprietary hedge fund database under the direction of the Portfolio Manager - To carry out investment research for all existing products Analysis of new instruments for inclusion in the portfolio; this includes (but not limited to) equities, funds, futures, and TRS. -Research and analysis of benchmarks,researching alternative ways of executing the investment strategy - for example analysis of basket trading/index trading. -To undertake research on new trade ideas, conduct principal research on new ideas within the investment team for example: analysis into a long volatility product/hedge; the analysis of arbitrage and enhancement trades. The successful candidate will most likely come from an Econometric/quantitative financial background (for example Msc Econometrics/Statistics) and will have experience of applying this knowledge within the financial markets and securities industry. It is likely that they will have gained at LEAST 2 years experience of relevant in a research/analytical role. Strong Excel and programming skills are essential including VBA; other programmes such as MatLab, SQL, C++ would also be relevant.

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