What are the responsibilities and job description for the Research Fellow position at Barings?
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Title : Research Fellow
Business Unit : Global Sovereign Debt & Currencies
Location : Boston
Barings is a global investment manager sourcing differentiated opportunities and building long-term portfolios across public and private fixed income, real estate and specialist equity markets. With investment professionals based in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific, the firm, a subsidiary of MassMutual, aims to serve its clients, communities and employees, and is committed to sustainable practices and responsible investment. Learn more at www.barings.com.
Job Summary
The team is seeking a summer research fellow with a strong quantitative background to advance our capabilities in predicting FX markets using new models to extract signals and help forecasting. The role will explore models and techniques to improve the performance of the current currency forecast and integrate the predictions to better our investment decisions.
Primary Functions
- Analyze data and identify patterns that signal shifts in the yield curve.
- Design and implement models such as deep learning to understand and forecast the term structures for different countries.
- Analyze economic indicators and market data to forecast changes to the term structure.
- Measure and decompose performance of the new techniques against existing model.
- Prepare a comprehensive report detailing data processing, model design, evaluation results, and recommendations for improvement.
- Help develop visualizations to showcase forecast performance and trends.
Qualifications
Process
Barings is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer; Minority / Female / Age / Sexual Orientation / Gender Identity / Individual with Disability / Protected Veteran. We welcome all persons to apply.
