Quantitative Associate, Index Investment Strategy

5 months ago


London, United Kingdom S&P Global Full time

**About the Role**:
**Grade Level (for internal use)**: 10 Job Title: Quantitative Associate
We are seeking applicants for the role of Quantitative Associate, Index Investment Strategy team, to be based in the London office of S&P Dow Jones Indices.
You will work with a global team to create and promote research, commentary and analysis that improves understanding, awareness, and appreciation of the role of indices within investing, trading, and benchmarking. You will play a critical role in the maintanance and operation of S&P DJI’s global SPIVA® database, which underlies one of the firm’s most important research franchises. You will assist in the production of reports analysing fund and index performances on a regular schedule, as well as seeking ways to enrich and extend our client’s understanding of relative performance and market dynamics.
The Index Investment Strategy Team’s mission is to enhance the reputation, relationships, and revenues of S&P Dow Jones Indices. We provide research and commentary across the full range of indices, with particular focus on the active-passive debate, factor indices, and index dynamics. Our thought leadership promotes index-based investing, trading and benchmarking to a variety of financial market participants, providing actionable insights at a variety of sophistication levels and frequency.
Your contributions will help grow interest in a market-leading range of indices, including world-famous benchmarks like the S&P 500® and the VIX®, as well as a truly global range covering all major asset classes and indicators. You have the potential to work on a wide range of investment topics, calibrated for a wide range of sophistication levels, from the basic case for passive investing to the effective use of factor and thematic indices in a portfolio context.

Activities span the development and delivery actionable insights across a range of formats. You will:
use a scientific approach to analyze market, investment, and index trends
support the creation and maintenance of analytic and reporting tools
help produce original research papers
produce regular market commentary and analysis
learn how to present your work

**Responsibilities include**:
executing on relevant research topics
helping produce and maintain a range of regular dashboards
answering one-off requests from clients and management
support producing content for public dissemination and distribution You will support a team of colleagues based in London, Hong Kong and New York. Qualifications:
Collaborative, creative, and curious approach
Excellence in written and oral communication
Experience with PYTHON coding language and databases (SQL)
A postgraduate qualification and client facing experience are a plus
1+ years of experience in financial services will be an advantage

**Return to Work**:
Have you taken time out for caring responsibilities and are now looking to return to work? As part of our Return to Work initiative, Restart, we are encouraging enthusiastic and talented returners to apply, and will actively support your return to the workplace.

About S&P Global Dow Jones Indic e s
At S&P Dow Jones Indices, we provide iconic and innovative index solutions backed by unparalleled expertise across the asset-class spectrum. By bringing transparency to the global capital markets, we empower investors everywhere to make decisions with conviction. We’re the largest global resource for index-based concepts, data and research, and home to iconic financial market indicators, such as the S&P 500 ® and the Dow Jones Industrial Average ®. More assets are invested in products based upon our indices than any other index provider in the world. With over USD 7.4 trillion in passively managed assets linked to our indices and over USD 11.3 trillion benchmarked to our indices, our solutions are widely considered indispensable in tracking market performance, evaluating portfolios and developing investment strategies.

What’s In It For You?

**Our Purpose**:
Progress is not a self-starter. It requires a catalyst to be set in motion. Information, imagination, people, technology-the right combination can unlock possibility and change the world.

Our world is in transition and getting more complex by the day. We push past expected observations and seek out new levels of understanding so that we can help companies, governments and individuals make an impact on tomorrow. At S&P Global we transform data into Essential Intelligence®, pinpointing risks and opening possibilities. We Accelerate Progress.

**Our People**:
We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.

**Our Values**:
Integrity, Discovery, Partnership

At S&P Global, we focus on Powering Global Markets. Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations hav



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