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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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Quant Trader/Portfolio Manager - algo hedge fund/prop trading DTG Capital Markets competitive USA-NY-New York City 24 May 13

Mid sized investment management firm seeks several more Quant Traders/PMs with tracked mid and high frequency ...

Systematic/Quant Trader/PM - remote setting, NY and MidWest DTG Capital Markets competitive USA-NY-New York City 24 May 13

Multi-strategy systematic hedge fund is expanding and seeking Portfolio Managers/Traders for its offices in Mi...

Futures Trade Processing SOLO Management Inc. $100,000-$150,000 USA-IL-Chicago 23 May 13

Responsible for trade capture and allocation of trades both external and in-house.

Director, Commodities and Derivatives Content Specialist McGraw Hill Financial Base Salary and performance-based Bonus USA-NY-New York City 22 May 13

Content Development & Support

Head of Risk Information Services Cowen Competitive USA-NY-New York City 22 May 13

This position reports directly to the Head of Information Services. The duties and responsibilities for this p...

NYC Front Office CVA Quant | Investment Bank Selby Jennings $140000 - $175000 per annum USA-NY-New York City 22 May 13

CVA, quant, trading, C++, front office, develop, design, build, implement, stochastic, PDE, numerical, volatil...

Trading Systems Support Analyst Futures Group IT, LLC Based on years of experience USA-NY-New York City 22 May 13

If interested, send resumes to mkonikowski@futuresgroupit.com or call Matt at 212-244-4220 for more informatio...

Exotic Rates Derivatives Quant – Front Office – Entry Level – Associate to AVP – Leading U.S. Investment Bank – Derivatives Pricing GQR Global Markets Competitive Salary + Bonus (DOE) USA-NY-New York City 21 May 13

A global U.S. Investment Bank is proactively seeking an Associate – AVP candidate to join there Exotic Rates D...

Exotic Rates Derivatives Quant – Front Office – Entry Level – Associate to AVP – Leading U.S. Investment Bank – Derivatives Pricing – New York, USA GQR Global Markets Competitive Salary + Bonus (DOE) USA-NY-New York City 21 May 13

A global U.S. Investment Bank is proactively seeking an Associate – AVP candidate to join there Exotic Rates D...

Client Service - Implementation and Onboarding - OTC Derivatives Tuttle agency 75,000 - 90,000 USA-NY-New York City 20 May 13

Position Summary The Onboarding team is responsible for supporting clients with the adoption of our services...

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...

Hedge Fund seeks Dir level Quant Analyst - FO Desk Not Disclosed $160000 - $200000 per annum USA-IL-Chicago 20 May 13

Prior commodities experience is a must. PhD preferred. Chicago based candidates will be given priority.

Tools Developer - Test Automation Futures Group IT, LLC $125k-$160k base plus bonus USA-NY-New York City 20 May 13

Tools Developer for Test Automation sought to build a custom test automation framework/lab for a new strategic...

C/C++ Consultant – Fixed Income Analytics (12 months+) Futures Group IT, LLC $700-$800+ per day USA-NY-New York City 20 May 13

Financial Technology Firm seeks C/C++ Consultant for a 12 month + engagement with the leading Fixed Income tra...

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...

Business Analyst - Exchange Traded Derivatives GMS Advisors up to 160k + bonus USA-NY-New York City 17 May 13

Business Analyst - Exchange Traded Derivatives

US Equity Index Exotics Trader - New York Selby Jennings Highly Competitive USA-NY-New York City 17 May 13

Trading, Equity, Exotics, Structured Products, Index, New York City, USA, Highly Competitive

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

FX Quality Assurance (QA) Tester

Batch Development Manager UBS AG - Investment Bank BOE USA-CT-Stamford 16 May 13

The role is a Global Batch Development Manager with responsibilities as a Client Relationship Manager communi...

Quant Developer IJC Partners, LLC. Base plus Bonus USA-CT-Greenwich 16 May 13

Dynamic Financial Firm is looking for a Quant Developer to work on their Trading Systems

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...

Financial Engineer Focus Capital Markets 100,000-150,000 USA-NY-New York City 15 May 13

Focus Capital is excited to announce we have multiple openings for Financial Engineers to build mortgage pre...

C++ developers: learn portfolio Analytics Focus Capital Markets 150,000 USA-NY-New York City 15 May 13

Our Portfolio Analytic team is building a world class system for risk management across a wide range of asset...

Mananging Director Focus Capital Markets 200,000 plus bonus USA-NY-New York City 15 May 13

Integrate asset models across all our business units

Business Analyst - Market Risk Not Disclosed competitive USA-NY-New York City 15 May 13

Our client is a global bank looking to add an AVP level Market Risk Business Analyst to their New York City of...

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

OTC Derivatives Sales Specialist

COLLATERAL MGMT SPECIALIST/ANALYST - GLOBAL MIDDLE OFFICE Union Bank DOE USA-CA-Los Angeles 14 May 13

The Collateral/MGMT Analyst oversees the daily Collateral process for all products supported by Global Middle ...

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...

Vice President: Java Trading Technology(Java, J2EE, JavaScript) Huxley Associates Negotiable USA-MA-Boston 13 May 13

Exciting and intellectually challenging opportunity to join a cutting edge Java technology team on highly util...

Sales - Senior Director - Energy CME Group Not Specified USA-TX-Houston 10 May 13

Description As part of the CME Group Client Development and Sales (CD&S) Team, the Senior Director – Commerc...

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