Beijing - Research Associate, Economics
Job number: MSG-606239 Group: Macquarie Securities Group Division: Cash - Research Recruiter: Lisa Walsh Work type: Permanent Location: Beijing
Macquarie Securities Group encompasses Macquarie's institutional stockbroking, equity derivatives and equity finance activities. MSG utilises its skills in research and risk management to develop equity-based financial solutions and services for clients globally. Providing analysis and market intelligence across key industry sectors, Macquarie Research has one of the largest research teams in the Asia pacific region and has a significant presence in the UK, North America and South Africa.

Key to Macquarie's success is a unique management style that provides individual businesses with a balance between operating freedoms, strong risk management practices and observance of professional standards. This philosophy encourages a sense of ownership and entrepreneurial endeavour among our people, and has produced a stream of major financial innovations throughout Macquarie's history. This together with committed, quality staff are key drivers of Macquarie's success.

As a market leader in Economics research in the Asia Pacific region, we are looking to expand the team with an Associate to be based in our Beijing office to support to our head of China economics. In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

Source, analyse and provide data and commentary for strategy and economic publications
Look at macroeconomic trends in the China region
Be involved in projects for equity research analysis
Respond to client requests
Attend marketing and roadshow events
Liaise with the broader equity research and sales teams regionally 
Build network of relationships and arrange research trips to provincial cities with government officials, banks and companies 
To be successful you will:

Have excellent economic qualifications and academic results at a tertiary level
Possess strong technical and analytical skills
Have a solid macro economics and market understanding
Posses strong client service skills
Have previous exposure to an economic research environment (ideal) 
Be able to demonstrate initiative, creativity and ability to work independently 
Be fluent in English and Mandarin
To apply, please visit www.macquarie.com/careers and submit online application [job reference: MSG - 606239].