Role Title: Portfolio Manager – Emerging Markets

Department: Emerging Markets

Office location: Geneva

The Company:

BlueCrest Capital Management is a London based, multi-strategy private hedge fund manager that trades across a number of products and geographic locations. BlueCrest launched its first fund in 2000 and has won a number of top hedge fund awards since.
In December 2015, BlueCrest announced its intention to become a private investment partnership and continues to operate on a competitive scale working across a number of key geographic regions and operating across multiple markets.
Bluecrest is looking to hire a Portfolio Manager to trade Latin America (Latam) fixed income primarily in the sovereign credit space. The role will be within our Emerging Markets team based in Geneva. The role will involve trading credit across the liquid Latam spectrum in countries including Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Peru. The successful candidate will work closely with senior members of our EM team across geographies.

Overview of the team/department:

The Emerging Markets team focuses on trading in Emerging Market countries across all time zones via macro asset classes including FX, Rates, and Sovereign Credit through a mix of relative value and macro-directional strategies.

Role requirements:

The successful applicant will have several years’ trading experience in an established sell-side institution, asset manager, hedge fund or family office. In addition to this - strong bottom up fundamental knowledge of Latin America markets including their growth, inflation, political (etc.) outlook as well as the nuances of trading macro products in this region.

Experience required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics or any related field; a Master or a PhD in Finance or Economics is a plus.
• 5+ years' experience in an established sell-side or buy-side institution such as an investment bank, hedge fund, asset manager or family office.
• 5+ years demonstrable PnL track record trading Latam sovereign credit, ideally involving currently working in a trading role at a leading financial institution.
• Strong understanding of Latin America financial markets.
• Expertise in Latin America macro fundamentals and politics; able to talk in significant detail on this topic
• Firm grasp of macroeconomics, in particular in Latin America markets.
• Proficiency in English; other language is a plus.

About you:

• Self-starter who is proactive and takes initiative.
• Strong numerical skills who enjoys analysing and comparing large data sets.
• Confident communicator who can clearly express their views and opinions.
• Team player – someone who enjoys working with others and with the ability to build relationships with people on a global basis both at BlueCrest and outside the organisation.
• Someone who displays a keen interest in economic and financial markets at a global level.

BlueCrest is committed to providing an inclusive environment for its workforce. As an employer, we provide equal opportunities to all people regardless of their gender, marital or civil partnership status, race, religion or ethnicity, disability, age, sexual orientation or nationality.