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Join our high performing portfolio trading team and play a central role in shaping market insights, supporting trading decisions, and guiding client conversations across the Asia Pacific region. Leverage your analytical expertise and market intuition to deliver high impact index forecasts that drive outcomes for both internal teams and institutional clients.

At Macquarie, our advantage is bringing together diverse people and empowering them to shape all kinds of possibilities. We are a global financial services group operating in 31 markets and with 56 years of unbroken profitability. You’ll be part of a friendly and supportive team where everyone - no matter what role - contributes ideas and drives outcomes.

What role will you play?

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As part of a collaborative regional team, you will contribute to the global expansion of our index capabilities, with significant autonomy to shape the evolution of our index products. You will research, monitor and forecast index changes and corporate actions affecting major Asia Pacific and global benchmarks, while analysing periodic rebalances, passive flow implications and liquidity events that influence trading strategies.

Your insights will support internal decision making and enhance client conversations by clearly explaining index driven flows, methodology updates and rebalancing dynamics to institutional investors. Through timely and actionable analysis, you will help strengthen client relationships and reinforce our market leading index platform. You will also develop and automate systematic forecasting tools, integrate methodology changes, and interpret regulatory filings to refine and improve our index predictions.

What you offer

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• Strong academic background in quantitative finance, computer science, data science, engineering or a related discipline
• Existing index research and/or program trading experience gained from sell-side, buy-side, or index providers
• Demonstrated ability to engage effectively with institutional clients and maintain relationships with exceptional interpersonal skills and fluency in English (Mandarin or Cantonese skills are an advantage)
• Strong analytical, organisational and problem solving skills with the ability to manage multiple deliverables and communicate technical concepts clearly with a commercial mindset
• Proficiency in Excel, VBA and scripting languages such as Python.

We love hearing from anyone inspired to build a better future with us, if you're excited about the role or working at Macquarie we encourage you to apply.

What we offer

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At Macquarie, you’re empowered to shape a career that’s rewarding in all the ways that matter most to you. Macquarie employees can access a wide range of benefits which, depending on eligibility criteria, include:

• 1 wellbeing leave day and 5 additional paid Flexi-Leave days per year
• 20 weeks’ paid parental leave for primary caregivers along with 12 days of paid transition leave upon return to work and 6 weeks’ paid leave for secondary caregivers
• 2 days of paid volunteer leave and donation matching
• Option to purchase additional annual leave
• Benefits and initiatives to support your physical, mental, and financial wellbeing including comprehensive medical and life insurance cover and additional flexible wellbeing credits and access to the Rental Reimbursement Program
• Access to a wide range of learning and development opportunities, including reimbursement for professional membership or subscription
• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements, dependent on role
• Reimbursement for work from home equipment

About Macquarie Capital

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Macquarie Capital partners with businesses, startups and governments to connect ideas to capital and help drive innovation, growth and create real-world impact. Our global corporate advisory, investing, development and equities capabilities are underpinned by a full spectrum of capital markets solutions and deep sector expertise, with a focus on infrastructure and real assets, technology, software and services, and resources, energy and materials.

Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion

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We are committed to fostering a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and welcome all identities, including race, ethnicity, cultural identity, nationality, gender (including gender identity or expression), age, sexual orientation, marital or partnership status, parental, caregiving or family status, neurodiversity, religion or belief, disability, or socio-economic background. We welcome further discussions on how you can feel included and belong at Macquarie as you progress through our recruitment process.

Our aim is to provide reasonable adjustments to individuals who may need support during the recruitment process and through working arrangements. If you require additional assistance, please let us know in the application process.