The Portfolio Management team at Arrowstreet is looking to implement the firm's quantitative investment strategies to maximize portfolios' risk-adjusted expected return after cost and reduce diseconomies of scale.
Requirements
Fluency with running database queries and dealing with large datasets
Proficiency and experience with Microsoft Office suite including Excel and Outlook
Proficiency and experience with any of several technical and/or programming languages, including: Python (preferred), STATA, R, MATLAB, SQL, C-Sharp
Experience using Bloomberg Terminal is a plus
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Ability to work with large datasets
Experience with data-driven approaches
Responsibilities
Market and Execution Monitoring: The portfolio management team monitors global markets in real time to track macroeconomic and company-level developments.
Portfolio Analytics: Arrowstreet manages portfolios in a dynamic way by applying a rigorous quantitatively driven investment process.
Portfolio Construction: Building portfolios in a quantitative way involves a complex implementation of portfolio construction utilizing a large set of parameters.
Execution Analytics: Our trading programs are executed through complex algorithms that access myriad execution venues across the globe.
Trading Diagnostics: Our trading team works to manage thousands of orders per day across global markets.
Portfolio Finance: Arrowstreet manages a large set of portfolios that utilize leverage to achieve elevated return and risk characteristics.
Evaluating time series trends and patterns in execution strategies across executing brokers and across markets
Other
Working towards an undergraduate degree with an analytical focus
Completion of at least one prior professional experience either through a co-op program or internship
Completion of entry level investment-related courses that would provide a baseline knowledge of financial markets and equity-related instruments
Detail-oriented with excellent organizational skills
Ability to work under pressure while meeting tight deadlines
