Reporting to the Vice-President, Quantitative Management, the incumbent will leverage his or her knowledge of emerging financial markets and quantitative skills to contribute to managing equity portfolios in growth markets with a focus on the Asian component of those markets within the CDPQ equity market portfolio.

Responsibilities

• \tMonitor the market environment, particularly macroeconomics and geopolitics, in emerging markets with an emphasis on Taiwan, Korea, China

• \tAssist the portfolio manager with daily management of Quantitative Management strategies as the main point of contact for the Taiwan, Korea, China strategies

• \tIdentify opportunities to generate returns by capitalizing on dislocations in these markets using the set of strategies / instruments available

• \tContribute to the development of Quantitative Management strategies, primarily in emerging equity markets, by combining quantitative approaches with fundamental analysis

• \tMeet with local partners (companies, brokers, portfolio managers)

• \tEnsure that the practices at the Montréal office are standardized with those in Singapore

• \tAs needed, contribute to management of the overall CDPQ equity market portfolio, in particular its risk level and exposures (factorial, geographic, sectors, etc.)

• \tCompile, analyze and synthesize information available from multiple sources on a specific theme or company

• \tCommunicate purchase or sale recommendations to portfolio managers

Requirements

• \tEducation in Finance with a solid knowledge of the statistical and quantitative approaches commonly used in portfolio management and finance;

• \tTwo to five years of relevant experience

• \tDemonstrated interest in equity markets

• \tProgramming skills an asset (preferably Python, or R or MATLAB)

Skills

• \tAnalytical

• \tTeamwork

• \tHumility

• \tAbility to communicate and synthesize

• \tTolerance of ambiguity

• \tStress management