What are the responsibilities and job description for the US Equity Macro Research - Cross Asset Strategist - Vice President position at JPMorgan Chase?
In this role, you will be working in the Cross Asset Strategy team to help framing and presenting the broad JPMorgan view across a range of asset classes spanning from rates, FX, equities, credit and commodities across developed and emerging markets.
Job summary:
As a Cross Asset Strategist Vice President on our Equity Macro Research team, you will focus primarily on developing and presenting a broad strategic and tactical asset allocation across different products/markets and jurisdictions. You will part of a team that has the objective to develop a coherent framework for valuations and positioning across asset classes. Critical differentiation in the role will be the ability to coordinate across the senior product/country strategists and highlight and resolve the potential tensions and idiosyncrasies. Critical thinking will be also required in assessing over time the implications of topical drivers of financial markets in a broader contest (political and geopolitical risk, idiosyncratic market stress events etc.)
Job responsibilities:
- Research and summarize concisely the broad view across rates, FX, equities, credit and commodities across developed and emerging markets
- Develop internal model to assess cross asset valuations as a function of macro economic indicators or as function of other markets
- Highlight the tensions between market pricing and macro outlook in a probabilistic/scenario analysis framework
- Liaise with global market strategists to facilitate communication around changes in views and outlook, in evolution with the changing macro outlook
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Experience in financial markets and a strong understanding of interaction between macro data/geopolitical events and market pricing
- Clear and effective communication skills (both verbal and written)
- A master’s degree in economics and finance with coursework in quantitative discipline (statistics, econometrics), asset pricing, financial economics, macroeconomics and scenario analysis (CFA or equivalent)
- Strong data analysis and solid programming skills are required
- Genuine intellectual curiosity and passion about broad interaction between macro outlook and financial markets
