FID - ZAR Trader

FID – EM Trader - VP Department Overview

The Fixed Income Division (FID) is comprised of Interest Rate and Currency Products, Credit Products, Securitized Products, and Municipal Securities. Professionals in the Division assess and actively manage risk, trade securities, and structure as well as execute innovative transactions in the fast-paced and constantly changing global markets. The Commodities Division is a market leader in energy, metals, and agricultural product trading worldwide whose professionals’ trade in both physical and derivative commodity risk.

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• Responsible for trading and managing the risk for the EMFX Trading book (ZAR Focus).
• Actively monitoring the markets for opportunities in EMFX markets (primarily EMEA).
• Generating trade ideas and market comments to increase the business footprint.
• Managing daily profit and loss reporting and utilizing quantitative knowledge for relative value analysis and valuation.
• Understanding a wide variety of market instruments and pricing complex risk.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• MSc or PhD in mathematics, physics, or a similar quantitative subject.
• Extensive know-how of the EM market dynamics, in EMEA/ZAR ideally.
• Experience in frontier markets.
• Deep understanding of Macro HF, Macro RM, Cross asset funds and corporate client base.
• Strong technical communication skills & ability to work independently.
• You will have an entrepreneurial mindset and possess practical problem-solving skills with a great attention to detail.
• You can analyze and interpret complex information quickly and accurately.
• Familiarity with market making tools.
• Experience using Bloomberg and advanced Excel.

This role is deemed a Certified role and may require the role holder to hold mandatory regulatory qualifications or the minimum qualifications to meet internal company benchmarks.

Morgan Stanley empowers employees to have greater freedom of choice through flexible working arrangements.

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We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximize their full potential.

Our skilled and creative workforce is comprised of individuals drawn from a broad cross section of the global communities in which we operate and who reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences.

Our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion is evident through our constant focus on recruiting, developing, and advancing individuals based on their skills and talents.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workforce that is diverse in experience and background.

Our recruiting efforts reflect our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion, where individuals are hired, developed, and advanced based on their skills and talents.

Our workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences.

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