MIO Partners, Inc. · 3 months ago
Fixed Income Trading Specialist
New York
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
$160K/yr - $170K/yr
2+ years expMIO Partners, Inc. is a registered investment adviser that provides proprietary investment products and independent financial advice to McKinsey’s partners. The Fixed Income Trading Specialist will assist the Fixed Income Portfolio Manager in managing exposures, trading strategies, and improving trading and portfolio management systems while maintaining strong relationships with trading counterparties.
Asset ManagementConsultingFinancial ServicesRetirement
Responsibilities
Assist Fixed Income Portfolio Manager with managing exposures, including tracking, hedging, and rebalancing portfolio interest rate and inflation risk
Trade fixed income trading strategies as efficiently as possible and practical, mostly centered around bond, swap, futures, options, and repo markets. Ensure optimal execution
Work closely with portfolio managers and quantitative researchers to propose optimizations that would make strategies more efficient, and provide market insights that may improve strategies
Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with trading counterparties to improve execution terms and gather market insights
Identify ways to continuously improve (automation, simplification) trading and portfolio management systems and associated processes and drive implementation of improvements when appropriate
Manage both trading-related and research process projects and tasks; analyze, propose, and implement improvements; these may include
Optimizing the process of sourcing and maintaining new and existing data
Continuously monitoring critical data to identify and address potential issues
Streamlining and automating existing reports and trading processes
To the extent possible and necessary, support other investment team efforts including
Researching new trading strategies
Trade execution in other markets
Cross-functional projects/efforts
Qualification
Required
2-5 years trading fixed income markets (e.g., US Treasuries, Gilts, Bunds, repos, swaps, futures, options)
Bachelor's degree from an accredited university with strong academic performance
Deep understanding of fixed income instruments (e.g., bonds, swaps, futures, repos), market dynamics (dealer positioning, seasonality), trading, and exposure management
Strong communication/interpersonal skills to build and maintain internal/external relationships and negotiate favorable trade terms for MIO
Strong attention to detail, operational accuracy and a dedication to producing error-free work
Strong quantitative skills, ability to perform complex data analytics and develop and manage repeatable automatable analytical processes that can inform our exposure management and trading
Proficiency in Excel modeling; some Python experience a plus
Ability to learn and navigate new technologies quickly (e.g., Bloomberg, trading and portfolio management systems)
Ability to assess, prioritize, and execute multiple tasks under pressure
Ability to communicate complex concepts in simple terms and liaise between various groups
Values-driven, high sense of personal accountability
Benefits
Medical, dental and vision coverage
Telemedicine services
Life, accident and disability insurance
Parental leave and family planning benefits
Caregiving resources
A generous retirement program
Financial guidance
Paid time off
Company
MIO Partners, Inc.
MIO (and related entities) is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of McKinsey & Company and was formed in the early 1980s to provide asset management services for McKinsey’s retirement plan.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
unknown2017-08-01Undisclosed
Leadership Team
David Azad
Co-Chief Investment Officer, Head of Private Investments, and Partner
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