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About the Role
AHL Macro is the team responsible for Macro strategies. The team systematically trades liquid futures and FX at different frequencies, with holding periods ranging from intraday to monthly.
Responsibilities
- Researching and live trading alpha signals for futures and FX
- Managing every step of the research pipeline, including data acquisition, preliminary analysis, signal construction, robustness checking, monetisation, and post-live checks
- Portfolio construction and risk analysis
- Handling large data sets
- Mentoring junior researchers
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience researching and live trading alpha signals for futures and FX
- Strong experience with every step of research pipeline, including data acquisition, preliminary analysis, signal construction, robustness checking, monetisation, post live checks
- Experience with portfolio construction, risk analysis
- Strong coding skills and experience of handling large data sets
- Strong academic record and a degree with high mathematical, statistical, and computing content e.g., Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, Economics or Physics from a leading university
- Hands-on attitude; willing to get involved with technology and projects across the firm
- Intellectually robust with a keenly analytic approach to problem solving
- Self-organised with the ability to effectively manage time across multiple projects and with contending business demands and priorities
- Strong interpersonal skills; able to build and maintain a close working relationship with quantitative researchers, technologist, traders and senior business stakeholders alike
- Confident communicator: able to argue a point concisely and deal positively with conflicting views
Skills
- Python
- Scientific stack (Python)
- Quantitative research
- Technology
- Trading
- Data acquisition
- Preliminary analysis
- Signal construction
- Robustness checking
- Monetisation
- Post live checks
- Portfolio construction
- Risk analysis
- Coding
- Handling large data sets
- Interpersonal skills
- Communication
Location
- London
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 3+ years
Education Level
- Degree with high mathematical, statistical, and computing content (e.g., Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, Economics or Physics from a leading university)
Benefits
- Competitive holiday entitlements
- Pension/401k
- Life and long-term disability coverage
- Group sick pay
- Enhanced parental leave
- Long-service leave
- Private medical coverage (depending on location)
- Discounted gym membership options (depending on location)
- Pet insurance (depending on location)
- Two annual 'Mankind' days of paid leave for community volunteering
- Professional development
- Flexible working arrangements
About the Company
- Man Group is a global alternative investment management firm focused on pursuing outperformance for sophisticated clients via its Systematic, Discretionary and Solutions offerings.
- Powered by talent and advanced technology, its single and multi-manager investment strategies are underpinned by deep research and span public and private markets, across all major asset classes, with a significant focus on alternatives.
- Man Group takes a partnership approach to working with clients, establishing deep connections and creating tailored solutions to meet their investment goals and those of the millions of retirees and savers they represent.
- Headquartered in London, it manages $253.6 billion* and operates across multiple offices globally.
- Man Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker EMG.LN and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
- AHL fosters a performance driven, meritocratic culture with a small company, no-attitude feel.
- It is flat structured, open, transparent, and collaborative, offering ample opportunity to grow and have enormous impact on what we do.
- Actively engaged with the broader research and academic community, as well as renowned industry contributors.
Equal Opportunity
- Man Group provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and all employees without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, religion, disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, age or any other legally protected category or status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.
- Man Group is a Disability Confident Committed employer; if you require help or information on reasonable adjustments as you apply for roles with us, please contact TalentAcquisition@man.com.