Equity Analyst

Our employees are our greatest asset so we give them lots of responsibility and the support they need to make a difference. Our flat structure fosters a culture of openness and collaboration, encouraging the sharing of ideas and knowledge. It makes no difference if you have been with us for three days or three years, the best idea wins.

Our Analyst team is integral in helping the trading team make decisions. The team is passionate about stocks, stock indices, and the options trading environment, and thrive on the process of researching and predicting how equities and derivatives will react in certain scenarios and regimes.

We’re seeking someone with a strong background as an Equity Analyst to join the team, preferably with experience covering Hong Kong/China equities. Your input will impact the positions we put on and the ways we manage risk around certain market events.

Your Core Responsibilities:  

• Share responsibility for covering a universe of approximately 100 large- and mid-cap stocks listed in Hong Kong.
• Perform fundamental bottom-up analysis on covered stocks and their peers, focusing on dividends, earnings, macro and corporate events, corporate actions, and special situations.
• Generate trading ideas based on expected volatility and direction. Work closely with the options trading team to execute these strategies.
• Identify, monitor, and evaluate upcoming catalysts.
• Monitor and analyse daily news flow related to your coverage, including corporate, industry, regulatory, and macroeconomic developments, and communicate actionable trading ideas.

Your Skills and Experience:

• 5 + years of demonstrated experience working as an Equity Analyst in either sell-side or buy-side equity research.
• Fluent in English (written and verbal). Mandarin fluency is a plus
• Derivatives and/or structured products experience is advantageous.
• Ability to work successfully in a fast-moving, high-pressure, and competitive environment.
• A demonstrated passion and understanding of financial markets are required.
• Comfort working with incomplete information, utilizing quantitative information as available but able supplement with qualitative insight.
• Tertiary qualified. CFA is a plus.
• Bloomberg and Python experience preferred.

About Us

IMC is a global trading firm powered by a cutting-edge research environment and a world-class technology backbone. Since 1989, we’ve been a stabilizing force in financial markets, providing essential liquidity upon which market participants depend. Across our offices in the US, Europe, Asia Pacific, and India, our talented quant researchers, engineers, traders, and business operations professionals are united by our uniquely collaborative, high-performance culture, and our commitment to giving back. From entering dynamic new markets to embracing disruptive technologies, and from developing an innovative research environment to diversifying our trading strategies, we dare to continuously innovate and collaborate to succeed.