Job description
Role Overview
Associate Portfolio Manager Program at Caxton Associates, Dubai. This is a comprehensive two-year program designed to develop high-potential investment professionals into senior Portfolio Managers within the firm.
Company Overview
Caxton Associates, founded in 1983, is a global trading and investment firm with offices in London, New York, Singapore, Monaco, Dubai, and Bengaluru. The firm manages client and proprietary capital through multiple global hedge fund disciplines, including discretionary macro, systematic macro, emerging markets macro, systematic trading, equity long-short, and event-driven strategies. Assets are managed via a broad mandate to trade in a variety of global markets and instruments with a focus on alpha generation for clients.
Role Purpose
The Associate Portfolio Manager Program is an immersive, two-year pathway designed to refine investment skills and provide intensive training with the ultimate objective of enabling advancement to a senior Portfolio Manager position within Caxton. The program offers exposure across multiple hedge fund disciplines and has demonstrated success, with over a quarter of current Portfolio Managers having risen through this program.
Key Responsibilities
Investment Strategy Development
- Develop and implement proposed investment strategies within assigned hedge fund disciplines.
- Build and grow investment strategy with an entrepreneurial, risk-taking mindset.
Stakeholder Collaboration
- Work independently and collaboratively with various stakeholders across the organization.
Professional Growth
- Participate in immersive exposure and intensive training across multiple global hedge fund disciplines.
- Demonstrate continuous growth and evolution throughout the program.
Qualifications & Experience
- Between 3 to 10 years of experience in asset management, hedge funds, and/or market making.
- Expertise in, and ideally direct experience implementing, the proposed investment strategy and related markets.
Skills & Competencies
- Strong work ethic and unwavering passion for financial markets.
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively.
- Demonstrated capacity for continuous growth and evolution.
- Entrepreneurial and risk-taking mindset.
Additional Information
- Applicants must submit: CV, investment track record (if available), and a detailed outline of proposed investment strategy. A comprehensive strategy outline is a critical component of the application.