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VP Equity Market Risk Manager
PERMANENT - USA - £150000.00 to £250000.00 per year - Highly Competitive
A tier 1 Global investment bank are seeking an experienced market risk manager to join their Equity trading desk in New York. This is a highly quantitative position involving all aspects of pre-trade risk analysis across Global capital markets. You will be the primary point of contact with trading hubs and senior management with a seat on the trading floor. You will be dealing with the most complex exotic derivative products traded by the bank with excellent opportunities for progression across more >>
EQUITY TRANSACTION MANAGEMENT RISK
TEMPORARY - London - £20.00 to £25.00 - N/A
Global Markets Equity Transaction Management Group - Risk Management
The GME Transaction Management Group (TMG) is a newly formed team replacing what was previously the Middle Office group within O more >>
Risk Analyst
PERMANENT - London - West End - £30000.00 to £50000.00 - Bonus and Benefits
Title: Risk Analyst
Salary: £30,000 to £50,000
JR 199913
An exceptional risk analyst is required by a leading hedge fund-of-funds firm that offers great opportunities for career progression. This more >>
Market Risk Manager FX Exotics
PERMANENT - London - market
*** Global top-tier Investment Bank looking for a Market Risk manager with FX exotics knowledge ***
My client is looking for a Market Risk Manager (RM) with FX exotics experience to sit o more >>
Credit and Risk Team Administrator
PERMANENT - London - City - £40000.00 - N/A
One of the world's leading brokers are currently looking for a team administrator to work across the credit and risk teams. This is an excellent opportunity as this is an exciting time for this compan more >>
Market Risk Analyst
PERMANENT - London - City - £40000.00 to £65000.00 - N/A
A fantastic new opportunity has arisen within a leading global investment bank for a Market Risk Analyst to join their Market Risk Engineering team. Market Risk Engineering is part of Market Risk Mana more >>
Associate Director Corporates
PERMANENT - London - £80000.00 to £150000.00 - N/A
*** FANTASTIC CORPORATE CREDIT ANALYSIS ROLES IN JOHANNESBURG, DUBAI AND MOSCOW ***
My client, an international ratings agency, is looking for senior Corporate Credit Analysts at Associate Dir more >>
Global Head of Credit Risk Moscow Based
PERMANENT - Europe - £80000.00 to £100000.00 - N/A
Our client, a major Russian Investment Bank, is recruiting a Head of Credit Risk to join its Moscow office.
Our client has an extremely strong presence in Russian and is currently on an aggressive more >>
Assistant Risk Manager
PERMANENT - London - £55000.00 to £60000.00 - N/A
*** Great new Risk Manager Role at global Japanese Banking Group ***
Global Japanese banking group is looking for a Risk Manager to sit within their Risk Management department. The department more >>
Head of Rates opportunity
PERMANENT - United Kingdom - £70000.00 to £120000.00 - bonus benefits
An exciting position is available at a leading Investment Bank in London. An important aspect of the role is to ensure consistency of approach and methods across locations and business within the Rat more >>
Credit Risk Control
PERMANENT - London - up to £55000.00 - N/A
This new and highly coveted Credit Risk Control role sits within a leading global investment bank. The overall team is responsible for clearing and risking of vanilla transactions, limit monitoring, e more >>
Credit Risk Business Analyst
PERMANENT - United Kingdom - *** attractive up to 50K ***
My client, a large South African Investment bank is looking for a credit risk BA to join their credit department.
You will be responsible for translating business requirements into technical requir more >>
Risk Management Associate - Asset Management
PERMANENT - London - City - £40000.00 to £45000.00 - Bonus and Benefits
Title: Risk Management Associate- Asset Management
Salary: £40,000 to £45,000
JR 199931
This excellent opportunity for a risk management associate has arisen within a highly respected global lead more >>
Regional Service Manager – Information Risk & Security Mgmt – Investment Bank
PERMANENT - London - N/A
Required Skills
3 yrs Management experience gained in the international financial services industry 5 yrs exp in Information Risk & Security Mgnt. Very Strong IT background. Prior exp either worki more >>
Equity Derivatives Product Controller - Risk
PERMANENT - London - £45000.00 to £60000.00 - 0
A world-leading and highly eminent investment bank requires an Equity Derivatives Product Control Risk Associate.
The European Equity Derivative Product Control Group is responsible for reporting a more >>
Risk Analyst on Exotic Credit Derivatives.
PERMANENT - London - City - £150000.00 to £250000.00 per year - Highly Competitive
A tier 1 U.S. Investment bank are currently seeking an VP level market risk analyst to take up a position on their Front Office Exotic Credit Derivatives desk. The role will focus on credit products, with particular emphasis on exotics, across global capital markets. You will be working alongside the trading team and senior managers to set and implement risk strategy, as well as play a key role in all aspects of pre-trade risk management. This is a trading floor based role where you will get to more >>
Front Office Risk Analyst.
PERMANENT - London - City - £150000.00 to £250000.00 per year - Highly Competitive
A top tier U.S. investment bank is looking for a VP level candidate to join their Equities Trading Desk. This is a trading floor based role where you will get to work on the innovation of cutting edge exotic equity derivatives and hybrid products.
The market risk manager must have
Great market awareness
Highly successful educational background- MSc or equivilant
Strong equity product knowledge
Excellent understanding of VaR models and Stress testing
Working knowledge of VBA more >>
Liquidity risk manager
PERMANENT - London - City - £150000.00 to £250000.00 per year - Highly Competitive
A top tier US investment bank is currently seeking a senior liquidity risk analyst to take up a front office position as part of their risk management team. You will be responsible for reviewing, devising and implementing liquidity strategy across capital markets, as well a strategic input into retail banking liquidity strategy. This role has oversight across all asset classes, incluing Equity, Credit, FX and Interest rate exotic derivative as well as hybrid products.
The Liquidity ris more >>
Equity Business Line Service Risk & Capacity MIS Analyst
TEMP TO PERM - London - £20.00 to £35.00 - N/A
The Equity Business Line Service of this market leading investment bank are seeking a Risk & Capacity MIS Analyst for a temp to permanent role.
This docklands based investment bank has a strong glo more >>
Researcher - Quant
PERMANENT - Europe - Attractive
My client is an award winning European Hedge Fund are recruiting a Researcher to join their highly qualified research team in the Brighton office.
My client is an investment advisor, who uses quant more >>
News & Press
Failing Operational Risk Systems To Fuel Major New IT Investment
London, Friday 25 April - Financial institutions are forecast to increase their IT spending by up to 25% during the next 12-18 months, according to a recent survey by Ernst & Young. more >>
Riskdata Appoints New Managing Director for EMEA
London - 15th April 2008 - Riskdata, the leading provider of risk management solutions to the worldwide alternative investment marketplace, has announced the appointment of Rachel Rubenstein as Managing Director, EMEA, leading the company's sales team across the region. She joins Riskdata from Axioma Inc, a risk management and optimisation company, where she was Sales Director. more >>
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Recruiters
Hamilton Chase Financial Markets
Hamilton Chase is a City based financial recruitment consultancy specialising in financial markets. Our consultants are passionate about City markets; come from a City background; and are experienced recruitment specialists. Whether you're a client or a candidate, you'll receive an exceptionally high level of personalised service when and we pride ourselves on delivering an open and professional service at all times.
Hanover Search & Selection
Hanover Search & Selection is a market leading Executive Search Firm specialising in the Financial Services market. Established for almost 15 years, Hanover's brand is renowned for consistently providing first class service to both top tier global clients and candidates alike. Our areas of expertise include: Actuarial and Risk, Asset Management, Investment Banking, Wealth Management and Life, Pensions & Insurance.
Selby Jennings
Selby Jennings recruits throughout Europe, the US and Asia for Investment Banks, Hedge Funds, Fund Management, Brokerages, Corporate Finance Boutiques, Energy Trading Houses and Financial Consultancies into the following areas across all asset classes: Analysis, Development, Marketing, Origination, Quant Analysis, Quant Development, Research Analysis, Risk Analysis, Risk Control, Risk Management, Sales, Structuring, Trading.
Employers
Credit Suisse
Credit Suisse is a world-leading financial services company, advising clients in all aspects of finance, around the world, around the clock.
Dresdner Kleinwort
Dresdner Kleinwort operates an integrated business model, the elements of which are; leading capital markets expertise, an international cross-border advisory platform, innovative risk management solutions across all asset classes, strength in the home markets of Germany and the UK, with an international presence and capability in key product areas to support a global client base.
Jefferies
Jefferies, a global investment bank and institutional securities firm, has served growing and mid-sized companies and their investors for over 40 years. Headquartered in New York with more than 20 offices around the world, Jefferies provides clients with capital markets and financial advisory services, institutional brokerage, securities research and asset management.
Merrill Lynch
Merrill Lynch is one of the world's leading wealth management, capital markets and advisory companies, with offices on six continents. The company is a global trader and underwriter of securities and derivatives across a broad range of asset classes and serves as a strategic advisor to corporations, governments, institutions and individuals worldwide.
Best Selling Risk Books
The International Treasurer's Handbook 2008 by Mike Henigan (Editor)
Category: Risk Management
The International Treasurer's Handbook is an essential guide to international corporate treasury and banking. Since its launch in 1990, it has kept pace with change, providing up-to-date information and detailed technical guidance for its growing readership. The topics covered have evolved with the profession, ensuring the Handbook covers the issues as they have become important and topical. New and updated for 2008, the Handbook provides instant, accurate and incisive information on the fundamentals of treasury. Key elements include: - An International Treasurer's Companion section wh.....
Risk Management in Banking by Joel Bessis
Category: Risk Management
Fully revised and updated from the highly successful previous edition, Risk Management in Banking 2nd Edition covers all aspects of risk management, shedding light on the extensive new developments in the field. There is a new emphasis on current practice, as well as in-depth analysis of the latest in research and techniques. This edition has been expanded to include an in-depth discussion of credit risk models, asset and liability management, credit valuation, risk-based capital, VAR, loan portfolio management, fund transer pricing and capital allocation. Quantitative material is presented in.....
Controls, Procedures and Risk by David Loader
Category: Risk Management
Controls, Procedures and Risk' covers the skills and procedures needed to enable the monitoring and managing of risk and the authors focus on procedures design, implementation and documentation. Considerable emphasis is also given to the key controls and the importance of control functions, audit and risk management groups and policy. Case studies are used to effectively demonstrate 'success' and 'failure'. In the financial services industry risk is a constant threat to organizations of all sizes and to the markets themselves. Many industry 'events' have shown how dangerous it is when a bus.....
Against the Gods by Peter Bernstein
Category: Risk Management
In this unique exploration of risk in our society, Peter Bernstein argues that the notion of bringing risk under control is one of the central ideas that distinguishes modern times from the more distant past. Against The Gods, a narrative that reads like a novel, chronicles the remarkable intellectual adventure that liberated humanity from the oracles and soothsayers by means of the powerful tools of risk management......
The Economist Guide to Investment Strategy by Peter Stanyer
Category: Risk Management
The book explores the controversies that surround the management of wealth and provides guidance on how to construct investment strategies that are appropriate for each investor. With its detailed analysis, supported by data and anecdotes drawn from investment experiences, it is intended above all to be a practical guide. It shows how the insights of behavioural analysis are widely reflected in investor behaviour. It also emphasises the importance of basing recommendations for investment strategy on the principles of traditional finance. And it takes into account new research into behaviour.....
A Practitioner's Guide to the Basel Accord by John Tattersall
Category: Risk Management
A Practitioner's Guide to the Basel Accord will examine each of the three pillars of the Accord. It offers a straightforward interpretation and commentary on each pillar (Minimum Capital Requirement, Supervisory Review Process and Market Discipline) but also covers the wider application of Basel and an analysis of quality risk management in banks. Commentators anticipate that the implementation of Basel in the UK is likely to be fraught with difficulty. A Practitioner's Guide to the Basel Accord will give compliance professionals and their advisors an easy-to-navigate reference tool tha.....
An Introduction to Market Risk Measurement by Kevin Dowd
Category: Risk Management
This book provides an introduction to Value at Risk (VaR) and expected tail loss (ETL) estimation and is a student-oriented version of Measuring Market Risk. An Introduction to Market Risk Measurement includes coverage of: - Parametric and non-parametric risk estimation - Simulation - Numerical Methods - Liquidity Risks - Risk Decomposition and Budgeting - Backtesting - Stress Testing - Model Risk Divided into two parts, part one discusses the various risk measurement techniques, whilst part two provides a toolkit of the main tools required to understand market risk meas.....
The Handbook of European Structured Financial Products by
Category: Risk Management
The first comprehensive account of the European structured financial products market This comprehensive survey of the securitization market in Europe covers all asset-backed securities (the major classes and some nonconventional asset classes that have been securitized), residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities, collateralized debt obligations, and more......
Risk Management and Insurance by Scott Harrington and Gregory Niehaus
Category: Risk Management
For many years, introductory insurance textbooks presented insurance as a subject based in contracts. Slowly, the course has moved towards a consumer orientation, giving students a broad, descriptive survey of the insurance field, covering topics such as legal aspects, life and health, and property and liability. Over the past ten years, textbooks have begun to promote and incorporate a stronger business risk management component while maintaining a consumer orientation. This text is written to take the next step, offering the essential aspects of insurance contracts and the insurance .....
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