First VP, Interest Rate Strategist, Group Treasury & Research
UOB’s rates strategist develops forecasts and communicates the outlook to bank and client audiences. The role combines monetary-policy analysis with quantitative modelling of rates and yield curves.
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.
- Build forecasts for key benchmark rates and government yields
- Analyse curve changes around market events
- Produce regular rate-outlook reports
- Present model conclusions to internal teams and clients
What they ask for
Required
- Three to five years in rates strategy or similar work
- Quantitative forecasting
- Excel and Bloomberg
- Clear written and spoken presentation
- Interest-rate market knowledge
Preferred
- Regional fixed-income or credit research
- Education
- Economics or quantitative-finance study is preferred; qualification level is unspecified.
- Experience
- At least 3–5 years in interest-rate strategy or comparable work.
- Languages and tools
- Markets
- fixed-income, fx
How to prepare
- Build and evaluate a benchmark-rate forecast
- Explain a yield-curve move through policy and macro evidence
- Present a concise outlook with scenario uncertainty
What to study
- Fixed Income and Interest-Rate Models
- Econometrics and Financial Time Series
- Financial Instruments, Markets and Conventions
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