Corporate action and Index Tracking Analyst

Direct Responsibilities

Its primary responsibility is to drive the Index, CA and dividends operating process, instructions & settlements processes to ensure a smooth operation.

Index Tracking 

• Monitor the announcement on index change/rebalance. Calculate simulation (basket to buy/sell) to track the index.
• Update the index composition in Doris and calculate forward impact.
• Analyze/follow-up the index reshuffles and methodology change, anticipate and search the information, communicate quickly the information to trading and calculate the impact   

Contributing Responsibilities

Corporate actions follow up

• Monitor information on corporate actions with different sources of information: Custodian/ Bloomberg /Reuters/Stock exchange
• Maintain corporate action information in internal systems and its impact in related booking systems accordingly 

• Communicate to internal clients (MO, BO, FO, Client Service etc.) regarding the details of corporate actions and provide adjustment methods for derivative products.   
• Follow up withholding tax on dividend and corporate event; manage withholding tax related operation

Technical Knowledge and Qualifications required

• Bachelor or Master Degree on Economics, Mathematics Finance or Data Science
• Reuters / Bloomberg / Swift
• Strong knowledge on various index methodologies, including but not limited to corporate actions treatment Corporate Actions and its impacts in pricing
• Strong knowledge on various Corporate Actions and its impacts in pricing
• Microsoft and programming skills (VBA, Excel, Access)
• Languages: English; fluent in Mandarin/Cantonese/French is a plus.