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xThis sector covers all our debt jobs in capital markets. Also known as fixed income, debt usually refers to bonds, which like equities, are issued by a company or government in order to raise money. Only instead of selling investments in the company, the company sells bonds which are loans with promises to pay the bond holders back their principal plus interest at some designated time in the future. In the meantime, the bonds can be sold to other investors in the secondary bond markets. Typically, the bondholder who is eventually reimbursed is rarely the original buyer. As with equities, investment banks act as the bond underwriters to create bonds and bring them to market.
Until the date of the bond's maturity, the bondholder will receive interest payments in return for lending the issuer money and because these payments take the form of a fixed cash sum paid at regular intervals bonds have become known as fixed income products.
Debt Roles and Fixed Income Career Paths
If you work as a debt specialist, you could do anything from originating, to structuring to syndicating. Or you could even work for a law firm that handles the legal aspects of submitting registration paperwork and other tasks. In an investment bank, origination specialists are usually senior capital markets bankers. Their jobs involve quite a lot of travel to meet clients in an effort to gain insight into their financing needs and to persuade them to offer business to their bank.
If you work in structuring, you tend to be desk bound, creating debt products to suit a company's financial needs. Then it's up to the people on the syndication desk to get the market ready for sale. They calculate the best interest range, assess demand, and make sure the correct documents are in place.
Fixed income job titles include Fixed Income Trader, Municipal Bond Sales, Capital Markets Credit Risk Analyst, Global Fixed Income Product Specialist, Investment Grade Credit Investor, or Senior Structured Finance Specialist.
Skills and Qualities to Work in Fixed Income
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| Global Fixed Income Sales | City Wharf Financial Recruitment Highly Competitive | UK-London | 24 May 13 |
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City based investment bank seeks individuals with at least 3-5 years experience in bond sales. Successful cand...
| Origination, Sales and Research Distressed Products German Speaking | Walker Hamill Upon Application | UK-London | 24 May 13 |
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My client a London based boutique brokerage seeks a German speaking candidate to join them in London.
| Financial modelling and Econometrics Director | Fitch Ratings Not Specified | USA-NY-New York City | 24 May 13 |
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Fitch Dual-headquartered in New York and London, Fitch Ratings is a global rating agency dedicated to ...
| DCM Compliance Specialist - VP | Hudson Banking VP - Very Competitive | UK-London | 24 May 13 |
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A Global Top Tier investment bank is actively looking for a DCM Compliance Specialist. The DCM Compliance Spec...
| Project Implementation Manager | Riversdale Consulting c.£700 / day | UK-London | 24 May 13 |
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To lead the implementation of Fixed Income Projects with Clients & service partners through the effective plan...
| Equity & Credit Analyst | Paragon Executive Very competitive | UK-London | 24 May 13 |
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An outstanding opportunity has arisen for a Junior Investment Analyst with equity & credit exposure to join an...
| Vanilla FX Quant; £75k - £150k | Westbourne Partners Negotiable | UK-London | 24 May 13 |
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FX Market Making Opportunity
| Flow Rates Quant - AVP-VP | Westbourne Partners Negotiable | UK-London | 24 May 13 |
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My client a Tier 1 Investment Bank is looking for a Fixed Income Quantitative Analyst to join it's hybrids tea...
| GCM Analyst FICM | Morgan Stanley Competitive | UK-London | 24 May 13 |
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| FXEM Desk Strategist for FX e-trading - Vice President | Morgan Stanley Competitive | UK-London | 24 May 13 |
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| Fixed Income and Commodities - Risk Control Group Futures Serveillance | Morgan Stanley Competitive | USA-NY-New York City | 24 May 13 |
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| Distressed Debt Analyst, Investment Firm | Greenwich Partners Excellent base and bonus | UK-London | 24 May 13 |
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Superb opportunity for a Distressed analyst with 2 - 4 years experience in M&A, credit, leveraged finance, pri...
| Director/ Executive Director, Private Debt Investments, Investment Firm | Greenwich Partners Six figure base and bonus | UK-London | 24 May 13 |
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An exciting opportunity to join this investment firm, focused on the private debt for an experienced Director/...
| Vice President - BRM Sales and Marketing | Morgan Stanley Competitive | USA-NY-New York City | 24 May 13 |
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| Associate, Leveraged Finance provider | Greenwich Partners Base guide £60,000 to £70,000 with bonus | UK-London | 24 May 13 |
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Exciting opportunity to join this leveraged finance provider, for someone at the associate or manager level.
| Associate, Leveraged Finance and Principal Investments, Investment Banking | Greenwich Partners Excellent base and bonus | UK-London | 24 May 13 |
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Superb opportunity to join this leading investment bank within their leveraged finance team. The team can make...
| Vice President High Yield Debt Fund | Greenwich Partners c £100,000 with bonus | UK-London | 24 May 13 |
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Superb opportunity to join this top performing debt fund as a High Yield Analyst
| Structured credit trader | Credent Partners Competitive base and bonus | UK-London | 24 May 13 |
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Major European investment bank are continuing to build their hybrid solutions and structured product franchis...
| Associate - Distressed Debt | One Search Market Compensation | UK-London | 24 May 13 |
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Leading Distressed Debt Fund seeks Associate for London team
| Analyst - Sub-Investment Credit | One Search Market Compensation | UK-London | 24 May 13 |
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This leading global investment management company currently manages assets in excess of $5 billion across emer...
| Director - Product Manager, Bank Loan Ratings | TheMcGraw-HillCompanies Competitive | UK-London | 24 May 13 |
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The primary objective of the role is to champion S&P ratings in the loan markets. Working in close collaborat...
| RESEARCH ASSISTANT, STANDARD & POOR'S RATINGS SERVICES - PARIS | TheMcGraw-HillCompanies Not Specified | France-Paris | 24 May 13 |
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Research Assistant, Standard & Poor''s Ratings Services - Paris Standard and Poor''s is seeking an indivi...
| Market Risk Manager | Huntswood GBP70000 - GBP120000 per annum | UK-London | 24 May 13 |
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Our client, a growing, customer centric financial services organisation has a senior level role within its pro...
| Market Risk Manager | Huntswood GBP70000 - GBP120000 per annum | UK-London | 24 May 13 |
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Our client, a growing, customer centric financial services organisation have a newly created senior level role...
| Financial Journalist | Mergermarket Competitive | UK-London | 24 May 13 |
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Dealreporter is looking for a driven financial journalist looking to progress in a career in investigative rep...
| Financial Institutions Credit Analyst - Spanish Speaking | .Michael Page Financial Services. Competitive | UK-London | 24 May 13 |
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Our client is seeking an experienced full-time lead bank analyst to join its Financial Institution Group in Lo...
| AVP - RMBS Credit Analyst | .Michael Page Financial Services. Competitive | UK-London | 24 May 13 |
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Our client is looking to hire an Italian speaking RMBS Credit Analyst. The role will focus on new transaction...
| Associate - Debt Advisory | .Michael Page Financial Services. Base Salary up to £50k | UK-London | 24 May 13 |
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Our client an is looking to expand their team with an Associate to join their Advisory team here in London
| Corporate DCM Snr VP / Jnr Director (UK, Fr, Ger, Nordics) - Leading Investment Bank | Not Disclosed Excellent | UK-London | 24 May 13 |
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Top tier IB seeks Corporate DCM banker with UK and EMEA experience
| Fixed Income Manager Research | Watson Fleming £60 to 85K + bonus | UK-London | 24 May 13 |
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Global investment business requires an experience investment candidate to work in their fixed income manager r...