Events/Index Quant Researchers - Selby Jennings
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  • England,London,City of London
  • Full Time, Permanent
  • Competitive salary
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Events / Index Quantitative Researcher

Job Summary

Join a leading systematic investment firm as an Events / Index Quantitative Researcher, focused on developing alpha signals from corporate actions, index rebalances, earnings events, and othermarketcatalysts.Youwillconductresearchacrossglobalmarkets,analyselargeandalternativedatasets,buildpredictivemodels,andcollaboratecloselywithportfoliomanagers,quantitativeresearchers,andengineerstoimplementscalableinvestmentstrategies.


Key Responsibilities

*Conductresearchintoevent-drivenandindex-relatedtradingopportunitiesacrossequitiesandrelatedassetclasses.
*Developsystematicalphasignalsbasedoncorporateactions,earningsannouncements,dividends,mergersandacquisitions,indexadditionsanddeletions,rebalances,andothermarketevents.
*Analysethebehaviourofsecuritiesbefore,during,andafterspecificeventstoidentifypersistentsourcesofreturn.
*Design,test,andevaluatequantitativemodelsusinglarge-scalehistoricaldatasets.
*Buildrobustresearchframeworkstoassesssignalefficacy,capacity,transactioncosts,andriskcharacteristics.
*Developpredictivemodelsusingstatistical,machinelearning,anddatasciencetechniques.
*Workwithstructuredandunstructureddatasets,includingmarket,fundamental,corporateactions,alternative,andindexconstituentdata.
*Collaboratewithportfoliomanagerstotranslateresearchideasintoproduction-readystrategies.
*Partnerwithquantitativedevelopersandengineerstoimproveresearchinfrastructureandmodeldeployment.
*Monitorstrategyperformanceandcontinuouslyrefinesignalsbasedonnewmarketinformation.
*Conductliteraturereviewsandinvestigateemergingresearchmethodologiesapplicabletoevent-drivenandindexinvesting.
*Presentresearchfindingstoinvestmentteamsandstakeholders.


Required Qualifications

*Advanceddegree(PhDorMSc)inMathematics,Statistics,Physics,ComputerScience,Engineering,Economics,Finance,orarelatedquantitativediscipline.
*Strongunderstandingofprobability,statistics,optimisation,andquantitativemodellingtechniques.
*Experienceresearchingsystematicinvestmentstrategies,quantitativesignals,orpredictivemodels.
*StrongprogrammingskillsinPython.
*Experienceworkingwithlargedatasetsandconductingrigorousempiricalanalysis.
*Knowledgeoffinancialmarketsandinvestmentprocesses.
*Abilitytoindependentlyformulateresearchhypothesesandvalidatethemthroughdata-drivenexperimentation.
*Strongproblem-solvingandanalyticalskills.
*Excellentcommunicationskillsandabilitytoexplaincomplexquantitativeconcepts.


Preferred Qualifications

*Experienceresearchingevent-driven,corporateactions,index,orequities-relatedstrategies.Knowledge
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