Quantitative Analyst, Public Markets, Global Investor, Abu Dhabi, UAE

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About our client

Our client is a major global investor based in Abu Dhabi. This is an exciting opportunity to support the Head of Public Markets to develop the fund's exciting investmet strategy.
What the job involves

• Assist Portfolio Manager and Head in all equity, hedge fund and fixed income and credit investments (including defining investment strategies)
• Perform analysis, research and due diligence on investment management firms and assist in conducting manager searches
• Develop quantitative tools for portfolio construction and optimization, including tracking error budgeting
• Maintain and develop quantitative and statistical tools and methodologies designed to optimize quantitative due diligence for manager selection (quantitative screening, rankings, scorecards, risk adjusted ratios, drawdown analysis)
• Maintain current knowledge of relevant investment markets by reviewing current research reports and publications and through contact with current and potential investment managers.

Who we are looking for

• Graduate or postgraduate degree in a quantitative field such as economics, engineering, statistics, mathematics, or physics
• A financial background and experience working in a similar field
• Strong relationship management skills and problem solving competencies
• Strong coding acumen and experience of running analysis on an optimised platform
• Experience of working on due diligence is preferred
• Experience of building quantitative tools and methodologies to help drawdown analysis is preferred