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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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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...

Accounting Developments Analyst - Statutory Reporting AGS on Behalf of RBS GBP.00 per annum UK-London 13 May 13

Global Financial Control / Statutory Reporting

ED, Listed Futures & Options Execution Sales EMEA, T1 Investment Bank Alan Mitchell Financial Recruitment £175 + UK-London 21 May 13

Our client is global bulge bracket investment bank with an impressive reputation across the international deri...

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...

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 Institutional Sales - Greater China ALS Recruit - EA Licence No. 07C5776 Attractive Hong Kong SAR 21 May 13

Our client is an international financial institutions who are currently expanding their sales team covering In...

OTC Derivatives Technology Lead (Murex) - Collateral Management - Washington, DC Analytic Recruiting Inc. Competitive comp USA-VA-McLean/Arlington 20 May 13

A Washington DC Based Investment Management firm is looking for an experienced OTC Derivatives Technology & Va...

Director-Interest Rates/Derivatives Quantitative-Model Validation - Market Risk - New York Analytic Recruiting Inc. Competitive comp USA-NY-New York City 17 May 13

Major financial firm in NYC is looking for PhD-level quant modelers with extensive experience in developing an...

Rates Derivatives Quant/Data Modeler (C++) (PhD) - Pricing Models - NY Analytic Recruiting Inc. Competitive comp USA-NY-New York City 14 May 13

New York based Financial Firm is looking for an Interest Rate Derivatives (PhD) Modeler to join their Derivati...

Entry Level Quant Anson Mccade Very Competitive UK-London 20 May 13

Entry level model development typically aligned with a derivatives business or trading desk. The role affords...

Junior ABS Strat Anson McCade Very Attractive UK-London 20 May 13

Securities Strats play important roles in several areas. Some Strats sit on trading desks, creating cutting-ed...

Equity Desk Strat Anson McCade Competitive UK-London 20 May 13

My client is looking for a desk quant/strat in the Equity Derivatives team to coordinate implementation and de...

Equity Derivatives Quant Analytics Developer – Senior VP / ED Level Anson McCade Competitive UK-London 20 May 13

This is an analytics development role aligned to the Equities derivatives business / trading desk. The role wi...

Credit Derivative Quant/Strategist Anson Mccade Very Attractive Japan-Tokyo 20 May 13

My client are a top tier Investment bank looking to hire someone for their credit derivatives quant/strat tea...

Equity Derivatives Quantitative Analyst Anson McCade Competitive Salary + Bonus France-Paris 20 May 13

My client is a Leading European Investment Bank looking to add a highly logical and practical junior level Qua...

Manual Tester Aston Carter (Singapore) (Licence no. 07C3347) Competitive Singapore 26 Mar 13

Looking out for strong manual testers with experience in software server side testing

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...

Senior Trade Capture Developer - C# WPF Aurec Senior AVP or VP Singapore 16 May 13

Senior Team lead/Tech Lead and individual contributor positions available for strong C# WPF developers. Must b...

Portfolio Controller Axa Investment Managers selon profil France-Paris 17 May 13

AXA Investment Managers est l'un des leaders mondiaux de la gestion d'actifs. AXA IM, détenue à 100% par le G...

PRICING ANALYST - OTC PRICING Axis GBP0.00 per month + to be discussed Belgium-Brussels Region 02 May 13

Fundmanagers, Account Managers, Fund administrators, Operations, Product Development, Business Analysts, audit...

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...

Client & Account Management – Energy & Commodities BeathChapman (Licence no. 11C5008) $90K-$100K Base + 25-30% bonus Australia-Sydney 20 May 13

Our client, a well-known company in the financial market data sector, is partnering with us to recruit a numbe...

Senior GUI Developer - C# .NET WPF Bennie Maclean Associates 80 k - 100 k + Bonus + Benefits UK-London 20 May 13

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

Prime Brokerage and Financing BlackRock Competitive UK-London 17 Apr 13

We have an opportunity for a qualified candidate to join the Prime Brokerage and Financing ["PB&F"] team, this...

FX Quality Assurance (QA) Tester Job Bloomberg Negotiable USA-NJ-Jersey City 17 May 13

FX Quality Assurance (QA) Tester

OTC Derivatives Sales Specialist, Valuation Services Job Bloomberg Negotiable USA-NJ-Jersey City 14 May 13

OTC Derivatives Sales Specialist

Derivative Quantitative Senior Developer Bloomberg Competitive USA-NJ-Jersey City 25 Feb 13

Bloomberg is seeking a Derivative Quantitative Senior Developer to work under its Derivative R&D team to build...

Cross-Asset Derivatives Quant Job Bloomberg Negotiable USA-NJ-Jersey City 25 Feb 13

Derivatives Analyst Brandywine Global Investment Management Competitive USA-PA-Philadelphia 15 May 13

The Derivatives Analyst provides support to the Derivatives team through timely and accurate administration, t...

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...

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