Research Lead
LSEG’s FTSE Russell team seeks an APAC index-research lead. The role develops benchmark methodologies, portfolio analytics and quantitative research for institutional clients.
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.
- Research index construction and factor strategies.
- Build portfolio simulation and attribution tools.
- Validate and explain methodology changes.
What they ask for
Required
- Quantitative investing
- Portfolio construction
- Python
- SQL
- Index knowledge
- English communication
Preferred
- MATLAB
- Sustainability research
- Postgraduate study or CFA
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in a relevant quantitative or financial subject.
- Experience
- At least five years of relevant research or investment experience.
- Languages and tools
- Markets
- equities, multi-asset
How to prepare
- Backtest an index methodology.
- Decompose factor and turnover effects.
- Write a transparent methodology-validation note.
What to study
- Empirical Asset Pricing and Factor Investing
- Portfolio Theory and Quantitative Investment
- Quantitative Research, Data and Backtesting
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