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Repo Trader

The repo trader manages funding for APAC fixed-income portfolios. Work covers financing choices, collateral use and the trading relationships needed to support investment positions.

What you’d work on

Our reading of the posting: what a new hire in this role would most likely spend their first months on.

Compare repo and TRS funding across APAC portfolios
Analyse financing prices and counterparty capacity
Optimise collateral and balance-sheet usage
Improve financing tools with technology colleagues

What they ask for

Required

Seven or more years in APAC repo
Regional financing and market-structure knowledge
Strong analytical Excel use
Counterparty relationship management
Process improvement
Clear communication

Preferred

Python or SQL

Education: No degree requirement is specified.
Experience: Seven or more years working directly in APAC repo markets.
Languages and tools: Excel
Python
SQL
Markets: fixed-income

How to prepare

Compare repo funding choices for a bond portfolio
Explain how collateral eligibility changes financing capacity
Build an Excel funding-cost analysis with transparent assumptions

What to study

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SelfMadeQuant wrote this summary from the employer’s public posting, last checked 6 November 2026. SelfMadeQuant isn’t affiliated with Balyasny Asset Management and doesn’t handle applications.