Research Analyst

Job description / Role

The Research team creates and ensures the delivery of accurate, consistent, compelling, and actionable investment strategy ideas, content and communications to the company's global audience. The role involves shaping the house view and generating value added ideas for our key stakeholders, relationship managers and clients. Coverage and responsibilities range across different asset classes (Currencies, Commodities, Equities and Equity Indices), macro and micro market and investing thematics spanning both Developed and Emerging Markets' geographies.

Primary Responsibilities:
• Analyse economic and financial data to develop research reports for distribution to clients, internal and external stakeholders and media.
• Generate investment ideas including short to medium term tactical trade ideas and long-term strategic investment views.
• Shaping the house view: creation and delivery of investment strategy content across different asset classes (Currencies, Commodities, Equities and Equity Indices).
• Research, write, edit, and publish materials, tying all investment messaging to investment insights that address client needs.
• Build strong partnerships across the organization to create and manage content, copy, and executional oversight of core product print and digital marketing communications.
• Build and maintain marketing plans for thematic, asset-class, or fund specific campaigns.
• Prepare internal and external presentation material
• Work with partners in marketing, experiment with different mediums (digital, tools etc.) to produce relevant, differentiated content that better positions our investment capabilities with our clients.

Requirements

• Understanding of financial and capital markets, across different asset classes (Currencies, Commodities, Equities and Equity Indices) spanning Developed and Emerging Markets’ geographies.
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience writing investment research reports, including macroeconomic, fundamental and technical analysis. Actionable investment ideas and/or trading signals’ generation experience required.
• Experience in covering/trading currencies, commodities and global equity indices markets, spot or derivatives, is required.
• Experience in individual equities and/or ETFs is considered a plus.
• Relevant work examples required. Candidates may be requested to prepare content during the interview process to demonstrate expertise and capabilities.
• Outstanding copywriting and editorial skills; must be able to take complex concepts and synthesize concisely
• Excellent English written and verbal communications skills required.
• Arabic or Chinese language is considered a plus.
• Minimum BSc/college education in Finance, Economics or Banking.
• MSc Finance or CFA (any level) is considered a plus.
• Quantitative financial analysis skills is considered a plus

About the Company

Abu Dhabi-based ADS Securities provides sophisticated forex, bullion and commodities trading solutions to institutional and professional investors.

Current clients include global and regional hedge funds, central banks, asset managers, market-using banks, other non-bank financial institutions and qualified trading professionals.

ADS Securities is the fastest growing Middle East based trading platform which brings together excellence in technology, world class liquidity and international standards of service to provide traders with exceptional spreads and prices.

Located in a stable and resilient marketplace, with a high level of capitalisation, ADS Securities is developing a new and dynamic forex market. Leveraging its relationships with tier 1 primary brokers and liquidity provides and by bringing in regional liquidity, ADS Securities is extending the trading hours of the major markets – bridging liquidity flows from the far-east to Europe, maintaining spreads and prices for 24/7 investors.