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Industrial Placement opportunities – Fixed Income, London

UBS is the leading global wealth manager, a leading, global investment banking and securities firm with a strong institutional and corporate client franchise, one of the largest global asset managers and the market leader in Swiss commercial and retail banking. UBS employs more than 80,000 people. With headquarters in Zurich and Basel, Switzerland, UBS operates in over 50 countries and from all major international centers. UBS is managed through three Business Groups (Global Asset Management, Global Wealth Management & Business Banking, and Investment Bank) and its Corporate Center.

Global Asset Management

The Global Asset Management business is one of the world's leading investment managers, providing traditional and alternative and real estate investment solutions to private, institutional and corporate clients, and through financial intermediaries. Global Asset Management is one of the largest global institutional asset managers and the largest hedge fund of funds manager in the world. The business group is also one of the largest mutual fund managers in Europe and the largest in Switzerland.

Industrial Placement Opportunity – Fixed Income, Quantitative Support

The role provides support for a global team of four people responsible for developing quantitative tools to support the fixed income team globally and for our developing our own quantitative funds. The role will cover a mix of regular reporting tasks and ad-hoc project work and would suit a student looking for a future career in Fixed Income fund management.

Main Duties

·         Assisting on monthly and quarterly reporting on trading volumes, analyst performance and fixed income performance attribution

·         Historical data analysis using economic, performance and risk based time series

·         Automating tasks using Excel, VBA and SQL

·         Data manipulation for the presentations

·         Ad-hoc analyses for the portfolio management and capabilities teams

·         Assisting other members of the Quantitative Support team on any task, as and when required.

By the end of the Industrial Placement the candidate should expect to have a good understanding of Fixed Income fund management and VBA and SQL programming.

The placements will commence around June/July 2009 for 6 to 14 months.

For more details about the above area, please visit our Global AM website - www.ubs.com/globalam

Salary and Benefits:

The salary is competitive, and there is a bonus at the end of the placement depending on performance.

You will be entitled to 25 days holiday per year.

Also, as part of your work placement we encourage you to study for and gain the Investment Administration Qualification (IAQ). The IAQ is an industry recognised qualification that provides individuals with an overview of the financial services industry and its regulation.

Candidates' requirements:

·         To be eligible for an Industrial placement, candidates must be full time students and be able to provide us with a letter of support from their University as the placement must be part of their studies

·         Strong educational background (with a minimum of 300 UCAS points or Equivalent) in a mathematical, scientific or engineering subject

·         Be numerate with a good ability in Maths and articulate and have a minimum of grade B GCSE in English & Maths or similar

·         Strong interest in financial services/fixed income and willingness to learn about the business

·         Plenty of initiative and enthusiasm

·         Ability to deal successfully with a wide variety of people

·         Ability to work cooperatively under pressure and to meet deadlines

·         Have good attention to details

·         Ability to present complex ideas simply

·         Be well organised and able to prioritise own workload

·         Flexible and able to work on a wide variety of tasks

·         Self starter, willing to work with minimal supervision

·         Good communicator, orally and in writing

·         Proficiency in programming and SQL an advantage

·         IT literate and proficient in Word and Excel

·         Be committed to the Company for the length of the placement.

Interested candidates should submit their application online by 31^st January 2009 by visiting www.ubs.com/graduates and select the Fixed Income Business area.

Your drive and talent take us further. It starts with you.

UBS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences within our workforce.