Barclays Global

Closing Date

31 Jan 2008

Location

London

Category

Analyst

Type

Permanent

Business Title

Knowledge Management Data Analyst - London

Business Overview

BGI is one of the world's largest fund managers with offices in 11 countries and more than 3,000 employees. We currently manage US$2 trillion (as of 30 June 2007) for institutional and private clients around the world.

Recognising the differing financial needs and goals of investors, BGI provides unparalleled choice when it comes to investing. We offer funds focusing on active, index and asset allocation strategies, liability driven investment, currency strategies, cash management, securities lending, hedging strategies, transitions and commodities trading. BGI is also the global leader in exchange traded funds via our i-Shares business.

Our clients include 68% of the world's largest 100 pension plans and we continue to develop a strong retail business, where we can leverage from the Barclays Group plc. We are headquartered in San Francisco, California with the London office as the other key centre.

Your Role

BGI's investment philosophy is founded on a quantitative approach to investment management. The Knowledge Management group within BGI, is responsible for feeding the "raw material" i.e. market data to the various downstream users like researchers, portfolio managers, traders and custodians to ensure timeliness and accuracy of input data in to various mission-critical processes.

This role provides a broad view of BGI's products and services, and the combination of analytical and interpersonal skills required to be successful will ensure exposure to dealing with complex situations with an active sense of urgency and emotional intelligence. The market data group is indeed one of the truly global teams in BGI with footprints in San Francisco, London, Tokyo and Sydney and this translates to global exposure to the candidate.

Your Responsibilities

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