Description
Position Overview
The Quantitative Research Associate will play a critical role in supporting portfolio managers across Apollos global investment grade credit business with a broad range of quantitative aspects to deliver outstanding portfolio performance. The role entails developing and maintaining sophisticated quantitative tools to support the effective management of bond portfolios, working closely with portfolio managers, traders, analysts middle-office and operations functions.
Primary Responsibilities
- Apply quantitative approaches, tools and techniques for modelling security valuations and portfolio risk
- Support portfolio construction, quantitative analysis and risk management across corporate credit investment portfolios and funds
- Support portfolio managers with systematic trade idea generation, portfolio risk management, performance reporting and return attribution
- Work closely with colleagues across a global (London, New York, LA) platform
Qualifications & Experience
- 3+ years of relevant work experience in a buy-side or sell-side financial markets role; risk-taking or quant research experience preferred
- University degree in quantitative field with an exceptional record of academic achievement
- Strong knowledge of portfolio construction, risk management, and performance attribution techniques
- Robust understanding of modeling techniques for fixed income, credit, and derivative pricing
- Proficiency in Python for data analysis and predictive modelling. Experience working in a collaborative coding environment a plus (version control, code review, unit testing, code standards)
- Excellent attention to detail; strong written and verbal communication skills
- Excels in a rigorous and fast-paced team-oriented work environment
About Apollo
Apollo is a high-growth, global alternative asset manager. In our asset management business we seek to provide our clients excess return at every point along the risk-reward spectrum from investment grade to private equity with a focus on three investing strategies: yield hybrid ,and equity. For more than three decades our investing expertise across our fully integrated platform has served the financial return needs of our clients and provided businesses with innovative capital solutions for growth. Through Athene our retirement services business we specialize in helping clients achieve financial security by providing a suite of retirement savings products acting as solutions provider to institutions. Our patient creative knowledgeable approach to investing aligns our clients businesses we invest in employees communities we impact expand opportunity achieve positive outcomes. Come to Apollo join community extraordinary people who are committed culture excellence collaboration everything that we do. We invest people long term committed supporting their development every stage their career.
Apollo provides equal employment opportunities regardless age disability gender reassignment marital civil partner status pregnancy maternity race colour nationality ethnic national origin religion belief veteran status sex sexual orientation any other criterion circumstance protected applicable law ordinance regulation.
The above criteria are intended be used guide only candidates who do not meet all above criteria may still be considered they deemed have relevant experience/ equivalent levels skill knowledge fulfil requirements roe.
Roles conditional upon subject satisfactory reference background screening checks well as necessary corporate regulatory approvals certifications required from time time