Associate Cross-Asset Trader

Responsibilities

• Regulatory and legal framework
• Be aware of and act in accordance with the regulatory and legal framework governing the trader's activities, including any relevant market abuse rules
• To the extent applicable, understand and abide by relevant market risk limits and thresholds and prudential levels
• Policies and Procedures
• Know, understand and comply with Man's Global Compliance policies and any internal procedures relevant to the trader's business activities and with the requirements set out in Man's Staff Handbook and Global Code of Ethics as well as any global, regional and local compliance manuals
• Obtain appropriate authorisation to trade pursuant to the PM's recorded instructions
• Report regularly to their appointed line manager
• At the end of each day, ensure that all transactions for which the trader is responsible for executing, have been recorded in the trading system correctly
• Report any potential regulatory concerns to Compliance and to the appointed line manager. This includes any market activity of a suspicious nature as well as known or suspected breaches of regulation, exchange rules or firm policy
• Best Execution
• Continue to improve process to ensure Man meets its Best Execution obligations for Man's clients
• Leverage Trading Technology
• Develop trading technology to improve execution toolkit
• Embrace technology to help automate workflow
• Drive development of our trading platform, infrastructure and technology.
• Use qualitative and quantitative analysis to improve performance of our systematic and discretionary strategies.
• Possess a strong understanding of Technology and a forward-thinking mindset, staying ahead of emerging developments and their practical applications.
• Intermediate to advanced understanding of AI models and the ability to integrate AI-driven practices into trading desk workflows to drive meaningful optimisation.
• Broker Execution Evaluation/Review
• Oversight of broker roster and ensuring proper allocation of flow keeping in mind metrics of broker performance, coverage model, execution research and operational efficiency
• Feedback to executing brokers of areas of improvement, ranking etc.
• Prime Broker relationship management, to maintain and optimise said relationships
• Liaison with operations teams to ensure no disruption or backlog with the brokers resulting in process bottlenecks leading to missed opportunities on the execution front in
• Operational & Workflow Considerations
• Ability to raise/cancel an order ticket, based on the PM's recorded instructions, if required (this should not be viewed as standard practise)
• Continue to be able to view PM's holdings
• Assist Middle Office to ensure timely matching of trades
• Liaison with stock loan desk
• 0-2 years of experience trading in a financial institution or relevant technical experience.
• Intermediate skill level - programming language such as Python, SQL
• Solid general understanding of financial markets, complemented by a genuine enthusiasm and keen interest in market dynamics. - Hands-on attitude; willing to get involved with technology and projects across the firm.
• Strong academic record and a degree from a leading university.
• Attention to detail and disciplined. Able to work under pressure and in a high-paced environment, with the ability to think quickly.
• Intellectually robust with a keenly analytic approach to problem solving. Curious, entrepreneurial, and innovative, willing to get involved with technology and projects across the firm.
• Strong inter-personal skills to enable communication across

Benefits

Additional Information

About Man Group Man Group is a global alternative investment management firm focused on pursuing outperformance for sophisticated clients via our Systematic, Discretionary and Solutions offerings. Powered by talent and advanced technology, our single and multi-manager investment strategies are underpinned by deep research and span public and private markets, across all major asset classes, with a significant focus on alternatives. Man Group takes a partnership approach to working with clients, establishing deep connections and creating tailored solutions to meet their investment goals and those of the millions of retirees and savers they represent. Headquartered in London, we manage $227.6 billion* and operate across multiple offices globally. Man Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker EMG.LN and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. Further information can be found at www.man.com * As at 31 December 2025 To provide execution and order placement services to Man's investment engines.

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