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This sector contains all our financial derivatives jobs, including derivatives jobs for graduates and trainees. This includes derivative sales roles, derivatives analyst jobs, derivatives structuring roles, credit derivatives jobs, equity derivates jobs, derivatives trading roles, programming roles and other derivatives jobs in London and across the world.

Financial derivatives are effectively contracts between two parties. These contracts state that the value of the derivative in question will be determined by changes to other variables. These variables can be either financial products like equities and bonds, physical products like commodities, or other things - like the weather or the longevity of a population.

Derivatives are frequently used as an insurance policy and hedge against risk. For example, Credit Default Swaps (CDS) specify that in the event of a loan defaulting, the holder of the CDS will receive compensation.

The earliest forms of derivative were futures contracts. These were devised in order that purchasers of materials could have some control over the future price. For example, farmers selling wheat would enter into a contract with wheat buyers to arrange that in three months' time they would be able to sell wheat at a pre-determined price, thereby insulating themselves against the risk of a collapse in the wheat price during the intervening time period.

Other simple forms of derivative products you may manage in a derivatives career include swaps and options.

Swaps allow for the simple exchange of one type of product with another. Some of the most popular are currency swaps, in which loans and-or the interest payments on those loans are swapped from one currency into another.

Options are contracts which allow one party to buy or sell assets to another party at a specific price at some point in the future. Unlike futures contracts, there is noobligation to invoke an options contract (it's optional) - a buyer has the right to buy three tonnes of wheat at price X if it makes financial sense, but is not obliged to do so if it doesn't. Holders of options must pay a premium for this privilege.

Options which confer the right to buy something are 'call options'. Options which confer the right to sell are, 'put options.'

Simple derivatives are traded on exchanges. More complex derivatives have traditionally been traded over the counter (OTC), between the two parties involved in the contract. However, this is changing as governments seek to make the derivatives market more transparent.

In the run up to the 2008 financial crisis, derivative products became increasingly complex and increasingly prolific with products such as collateralised debt obligations and synthetic derivatives (derivatives based upon derivatives) proliferating. Many people blame derivative professionals, products, and their falsely conveyed impression that risk was no longer an issue, for the crisis occurring.

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Senior Business Analyst - OTC Derivatives Clearing Investigo Change Solutions £800 per day UK-London 19 May 13

An opportunity for a Lead Business Analyst to shape the number one regulatory programme running in the investm...

Senior Project Manager, Derivatives Regulatory Reporting, Director Charles Levick Exc & bens UK-London 18 May 13

A new and senior appointment has become available with my client, a leading Investment Bank based in London. T...

Project Manager/Business Analyst -Swaps/SBL - Prime Finance Alexander Ash Consulting £80,000 - £90,000 UK-London 18 May 13

Project Manager / Business Analyst / Prime Services / Prime Financing / Delta 1 / Prime Brokerage / Swaps / S...

Marex Spectron - July 2013 Professional Trader Development Programme Marex Spectron Self Employed UK-London 18 May 13

Marex Spectron Pro Trader provides independent professional traders with advanced execution and clearing servi...

Analyst - FIG Solutions Dartmouth Partners Competitive UK-London 17 May 13

Our client is the FIG solutions team (IBD) within a bulge bracket investment bank. They are currently looking ...

Absolute Return Derivatives Portfolio Manager Paragon Executive Excellent package (base + bonus'' + bene... UK-London 17 May 13

Our client, a large Global Asset Manager, is looking to make a senior hire due to growth and is looking to bri...

Counterparty Exposure Eames Consulting Risk £55 000 - £70 000 UK-London 17 May 13

**PFE, EPE, Basel, SQL, VBA, Top Tier IB, London**

Hedge Fund Sales VP / Director – Investment Firm - London GQR Global Markets Base Salary and Exceptional Commission S... UK-London 17 May 13

A growing Swiss and German based investment firm is looking to bring in a mid level – senior person to run the...

European Cross-Currency FX Options Trader - London GQR Global Markets Negotiable but approx £90,000 - £130,000... UK-London 17 May 13

A dynamic European Investment bank is looking to add a VP FX options trader to their Foreign Exchange trading ...

Market Risk Analyst - Structured Credit Market Risk Bank of America Merrill Lynch UK Competitive UK-London 17 May 13

The successful candidate will work closely with the credit derivatives trading desks and the prime brokerage d...

Project Manager .HSBC Competitive Rate UK-London 17 May 13

The Project Manager role will be assigned to manage the technical on-boarding of Fixed Income and OTC instrume...

EQUITY SALES TRADERS & EQUITY DERIVATIVES BROKERS (based - London, France, Switzerland) City Wharf Financial Recruitment Highly Competitive UK-London 17 May 13

CASH EQUITY SALES TRADERS We are URGENTLY looking for candidates with at least 2 - 3 years pure cash equity sa...

FX Sales (Opportunities London, Middle East ,Singapore) City Wharf Financial Recruitment Highly Competitive UK-London 17 May 13

Our client is a well respected and rapidly expanding global multi product derivatives business that is extreme...

Compliance Advisory Manager – Derivatives Altus Search £60k – 80k plus bonus & benefits UK-London 17 May 13

Compliance Advisory Manager – Derivatives

VP rising to Director - Liquidity Risk Management BSM Associates Very competitive package UK-London 17 May 13

Excellent opportunity for a strong VP to to take on a clear Head-Of designate role in the Liquidity functon of...

Business Analysts – Credit/Equity Derivatives - Regulatory Reporting Rule Financial Competitive Market Rate UK-London 17 May 13

With the increasing demand for financial institutions to understand and comply with new regulatory requirement...

Middle East & Africa (MEA) Sales Not Disclosed Base + Bonus + Benefits UK-London 17 May 13

Our client is looking to hire a senior sales to be based in London covering all client segments in Middle East...

French-speaking PA to COO - contract EDF Trading Markets Limited Fixed Term Contract UK-London 17 May 13

French-speaking PA sought for a 9 month fixed term contract to provide administrative support to the Chief Op...

Snr Model Risk Audit Manager Millar Associates Base to £110K + Benefits + Good Bonus UK-London 16 May 13

This is a unique opportunity to gain exposure to a wide range of credit, market and insurance risk modelling, ...

Associate - Reporting and Monitoring Team - Tier 1 Investment Bank Alexander Ash Consulting £60,000 - £70,000 UK-London 16 May 13

Looking for an experienced Operations professional to work in the Reporting and Monitoring team - Associate wi...

Senior GUI Developer - C# .NET WPF Bennie Maclean Associates 80 k - 100 k + Bonus + Benefits UK-London 16 May 13

Tier 1, Global Investment Bank - Senior GUI Front Office C# .Net and WPF developer is sought for to join a Ti...

Senior Manager - Compliance Riversdale Consulting circa. £100,000 + package UK-London 16 May 13

The candidate will join a dynamic team of compliance professionals responsible for providing advisory support ...

Business Analyst – OTC Derivatives, Futures and Option – Requirements GUI - £70,000 – London Kite Group £70,000 UK-London 16 May 13

A permanent Business Analyst is required to work for a large Exchange on a state of the art OTC trading system...

Project Manager – Front-to-back Derivatives, Investment Bank. Alexander Ash Consulting £55,000 - £65,000 UK-London 16 May 13

Project Manager / BA – Front-to-back Derivatives, Investment Bank.

FICC Business Manager Aston Carter Ltd £110-130k base plus package UK-London 16 May 13

An urgent Director level requirement for someone with all the core business management skills but with a focus...

Analyst – Global Markets Derivatives (Contract Role) Kingsley Adams Competitive UK-London 16 May 13

A major bank is looking to recruit an experienced individual on a contract basis to work within their Markets...

Leading Asset Manager | London | Derivative Quant Selby Jennings £55000 - £80000 per annum UK-London 16 May 13

asset management, derivatives, quant, build, implement, model, strategy, design, develop, ALM, LDI, traders, f...

Director, STIR Options Sales & Execution, Tier One Investment Bank Alan Mitchell Financial Recruitment £170 + UK-London 16 May 13

Our client is a Tier 1 investment bank with a fantastic reputation across Global markets. As part of the banks...

Commodity Operations Clerk Robert Half GBP16 per hour UK-London 15 May 13

London based Commodities trading company are looking to hire someone within their Commodity Operations departm...

Treasury Manager (FX, Interest Rate & Commodities) Kingsley Adams Competitive package UK-West Midlands 15 May 13

There is a current requirement in the Midlands region for an experienced Treasury Sales individual to work for...

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