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Morgan Stanley Securities Lending Trading Team, Associate in Sydney, Australia
Company Profile
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, wealth management and investment management services. With offices in 42 countries, the firm’s employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments, institutions and individuals.
Department Profile
Morgan Stanley's Institutional Securities Group (ISG) is a remarkably broad and diversified business. We provide institutions with almost every kind of financial product and service across the world's major markets. Whether you are interested in planning complex deals; trading on the moment-to- moment movements of the capital markets; analysing the financial needs of a company or a wealthy family, Morgan Stanley is the place to be.
The successful candidate will join the Institutional Equity Division (IED) Securities Lending and Derivative Structured Product Sales Team, managing the risk and profitability of a designated trading book and taking ownership of demand-side relationships trading across multiple financing products. The team sits in a fast-paced trading environment with connectivity to clients and firm trading desks.
Primary Responsibilities
- Risk management, positioning and ongoing optimisation of the equity financing books
- Idea generation, positioning and risk management around corporate actions
- Synthetic sourcing through delta one derivatives (TRS, SNO, SSF)
- Pricing new and existing business including overnight, term transactions and exclusive portfolios
- Managing and growing external Hedge Fund relationships
- Providing expert commentary to both external and internal clients on a single name and sector-level
- Close interaction with related business units to maximise franchise value
- Building solid relationships with partner areas such as legal & compliance, risk, operations and technology
Qualifications
- Experience working within securities finance or a comparable trading environment
- Experience in equity derivatives and cash trading are highly preferred
- Outstanding analytical and quantitative skills
- Attention to detail
- Must be an excellent team player with a strong work ethic
- Ability to multi-task in a high-pressure environment
- Strong interpersonal/relationship-building skills
- An entrepreneurial and innovative approach and a risk-aware attitude
- Presentation skills and confidence in telephone, written and face-to-face interactions
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*Equal Opportunity Statement *
Morgan Stanley’s goal is to build and maintain a workforce that is diverse in experience and background but uniform in reflecting our standards of integrity and excellence. Consequently, our recruiting efforts reflect our desire to attract and retain the best and brightest from all talent pools. We want to be the first choice for prospective employees.
It is the policy of the Firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy (including unlawful discrimination on the basis of a legally protected pregnancy/maternity leave), veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying its workforce.
Job: *Prime Brokerage
Title: Securities Lending Trading Team, Associate
Location: Non-Japan Asia-Australia-New South Wales-Sydney
Requisition ID: 3251797