Mondrian Alpha are engaged in an exciting search for an industry-leading, top performing multi-strategy hedge fund. The firm manages a constantly growing AUM and has a record of consecutive years of strong performance with double-digit returns.
The firm owes a lot of its success to its outstanding Quantitative Research group, which is in charge of managing the day-to-day functioning of one of the largest portfolios on the street, looking after aspects of risk management, portfolio construction, and trade execution. Consistent with the positive performance that the firm recorded in 2023, the team is expanding and looking to hire a Quantitative Researcher specialized in fixed income products who will be involved in the development of new multi-factor risk models to support PMs and Analysts with portfolio construction and portfolio optimization strategies.
This is a unique opportunity for the hire to make a visible impact on the firm's investments and contribute to the high performance of its trading desks. In this research-led position, you will be able to build customized risk models, develop factor analytics and apply portfolio construction techniques that you see fit to provide a strong competitive advantage to the portfolios of the fund.
Opportunities for progression are unparalleled. As the Quantitative Research group continues to expand, your role could evolve into leading a branch of the team. Your direct contact with investments and your experience with portfolio construction and optimization could also allow you to progress into a Portfolio Manager seat in the future.
We are looking for a candidate with minimum 3 years of experience in quantitative research/strategy/analysis, across either fundamental equity or fixed income products. Any experience with factor modeling, portfolio construction and portfolio optimization will be particularly beneficial. You are also required to hold a PhD in Statistics, Mathematics, Operations Research, Economics or a related field.
For this role, the firm is targeting to pay up to $300K base salary + very competitive bonuses, up to 100% for Year 1. With that said, my client are open-minded about compensation and are known in the market to offer extremely competitive compensation and benefit packages.