Director, Asia Trader
About The Position
GQG Partners is an investment boutique and wholly owned subsidiary of a majority employee-owned company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. The firm manages global and emerging-market equities for institutions, advisors, and individuals worldwide, and has offices in Ft. Lauderdale, New York, Seattle, London, Sydney, and Abu Dhabi. The company reported more than US $149 billion in client assets as of September 30, 2026, and approximately 240 associates worldwide. The Director, Asia Trader trades Asian equity markets and executes equity, equity-related, foreign-exchange, and other approved transactions across global markets in line with portfolio-manager instructions, client guidelines, and firm policies. The role develops effective execution strategies, monitors market conditions and developments, partners with investment teams, and supports trade processing, best-execution oversight, compliance, and ongoing improvements to trading operations. The trader also provides market intelligence, supports global trading coverage, and mentors junior trading professionals. The position is based in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; Seattle, Washington; or New York, New York. It is exempt, full-time employment. The listed salary range is USD 150,000–200,000, plus an annual discretionary bonus. The base salary is determined by factors including location, experience, education, and qualifications.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, business, or a related field.
- Three or more years of experience trading global equities, international equities, emerging-market equities, or related products in an asset-management, broker-dealer, hedge fund, bank, or comparable financial-services environment.
- Demonstrated experience executing institutional-sized orders across multiple markets, currencies, and trading venues.
- Strong knowledge of equity-market structure, order types, liquidity analysis, electronic trading, algorithms, block trading, and broker execution capabilities.
- Strong understanding of best-execution obligations, trade lifecycle processes, commission arrangements, trading compliance, and relevant market regulations.
- Experience with order-management and execution-management systems, Bloomberg, FactSet, and other market-data or trading platforms.
- Ability to remain organized and exercise sound judgment in a dynamic, deadline-driven market environment.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and commitment to accurate execution and operational control.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills, including ability to communicate complex market developments and execution considerations effectively.
- Professionalism, integrity, discretion, and commitment to fiduciary principles.
Nice To Haves
- Experience trading India.
- Familiarity with foreign-exchange trading and the interaction between equity execution, currency exposure, and settlement requirements.
- Established relationships with broker-dealers, sales traders, execution desks, and liquidity providers.
Responsibilities
- Trade Asian equity markets.
- Execute equity, equity-related, foreign-exchange, and other approved transactions across global markets in accordance with portfolio-manager instructions, client guidelines, and firm policies.
- Develop and implement execution strategies based on order size, liquidity, market conditions, volatility, timing, and investment objectives.
- Monitor markets, news, corporate actions, trading volumes, liquidity, and other developments relevant to trading and execution decisions.
- Partner with Portfolio Managers and Investment Analysts to understand investment objectives, portfolio positioning, trade urgency, and market considerations.
- Maintain relationships with broker-dealers, trading venues, liquidity providers, and other market participants to assess liquidity, market color, and execution opportunities.
- Evaluate and document trade execution quality under the firm’s best-execution policies and procedures.
- Support broker-review, commission-management, and execution-analysis processes, including preparing trading data and reporting for internal governance committees.
- Ensure timely and accurate trade entry, allocation, affirmation, and communication with Operations and other internal stakeholders.
- Investigate and resolve trade-related exceptions, settlement issues, allocation discrepancies, corporate-action impacts, and other operational matters.
- Maintain understanding of applicable market rules, trading regulations, internal compliance requirements, and client investment restrictions.
- Partner with Legal and Compliance on trade surveillance, regulatory reporting, policy adherence, restricted-list management, and responses to trading-related inquiries.
- Contribute to the development and enhancement of trading workflows, order-management systems, execution-management systems, data tools, and operational controls.
- Provide market intelligence, trading insights, and execution feedback to investment teams and senior management.
- Participate in business-continuity planning, trading-desk coverage, and activities needed to support continuous trading operations.
- Mentor junior trading professionals and contribute to a collaborative, disciplined, high-performing trading function.
- Support other markets when necessary as part of a global trading team.
Benefits
- Generous medical, dental, and vision plans.
- Paid and voluntary supplemental life insurance.
- Healthcare spending account and flexible spending accounts.
- Transit benefit options.
- Paid sick and personal time off.
- Parental leave.
- Paid disability benefits.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- 401K matching.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
