All of our foreign exchange jobs ("FX" or "forex"), including sales, trading, structuring and investing, are included in this sector. You'll find FX jobs in investment banks, trading houses, asset managers, hedge funds, commercial banks and corporates (companies). Within companies, corporate treasury departments are responsible for managing the organization's exposure to changes in exchange rates.
Forex jobs and money broker jobs basically include predicting how economic factors and/or government intervention will cause currencies to rise in value (appreciate) or fall in value (depreciate) against each other.
FX traders working in investment banks usually focus on specific trading currency pairs. The U.S. dollar and the Japanese Yen, the Euro and the U.S. dollar, the U.S. dollar and the Swiss franc and the British pound and the U.S. dollar are the most common of these pairs.
So-called "spot trading," where currencies are bought and sold for immediate delivery, makes up much of FX trading. A reasonable proportion of FX trading jobs also involve derivatives such as futures. These are products in which contracts are exchanged agreeing to trade one currency for another for a pre-determined price at a given date in the future, as well as swaps and options. Many currency derivatives are highly liquid and traded on major exchanges. FX derivative products may also be traded over the counter (OTC), both bought and sold, between individual buyers and sellers without going through exchanges.
Today, most FX trading takes place electronically using electronic execution systems that allow banks and corporate clients to place foreign exchange trades online without having to place them through human traders.
Sales jobs and careers in FX are usually split into different client types. Some salespeople might focus on selling FX products to hedge funds, while others will focus on selling FX products and electronic trading systems to private clients, asset managers, pension funds or corporates.
We also list our money market jobs in this section. Money markets are markets for short term fixed income investments over less than a year. Products traded in money markets are very liquid and can usually be purchased and sold simply and quickly. As a result, they're considered very low risk. Money market funds will invest in products like government bonds, though in a climate of governmental debt defaults, these may become far less safe and liquid than they're meant to be.
Money market careers can include repo trading positions, in which holders of government securities sell them on to a third party but agree to purchase them back for a pre-determined price at an agreed date of no more than 30 days from the initial sale.
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| Institutional Sales Manager, Equities (based in HK) | BeathChapman (Licence no. 11C5008) - | Hong Kong SAR | 17 May 13 |
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Large Professional Financial Services Firm, 5 Years of Institutional Sales Experience to Financial Services Se...
| FX Sales - China Financial Institutions | Not Disclosed Competitive | Hong Kong SAR | 16 May 13 |
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My client is an International IB and they are currently looking for a FX Specialist to join their Treasury pro...
| Sales Specialist, FX | Thomson Reuters Not Specified | Hong Kong SAR | 16 May 13 |
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Sales Specialist, FX Overview Grow market share by proactively developing and deploying domain-based sales ...
| Senior Treasury Manager | RGE Group Competitive | Hong Kong SAR | 16 May 13 |
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The group seeks to hire an experienced and dynamic Senior Treasury Manager to oversee treasury functions inclu...
| Securities Division, FICC, Data Strategies, Associate - Hong Kong | Goldman Sachs Competitive | Hong Kong SAR | 16 May 13 |
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The Goldman Sachs Group is a leading global financial services firm providing investment banking, securities a...
| Market Risk Analyst | Talent2 Hong Kong 20 to 30 k per month | Hong Kong SAR | 14 May 13 |
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A top tier investment bank is now looking for a junior market risk analyst to join their regional team.
| Institutional FX Sales to Chinese banks | Castle Peak Executive Search Limited competitive | Hong Kong SAR | 14 May 13 |
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A Tier 1 IB seeks a VP level Institutional FX Salesperson to cover China Banks. Must have strong relationships...
| Asian Convertible Bonds Trader (Associate) | Hays Negotiable | Hong Kong SAR | 14 May 13 |
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Our client is currently seeking an Associate to join their Asian Convertible Bonds trading desk in Hong Kong.
| Strategic Marketing Specialist | Not Disclosed Attractive | Hong Kong SAR | 14 May 13 |
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Our client Global Bank is currently seeking dynamic individual to join them as Strategic Marketing Specialis...
| Head of FX Quant Trading Desk –Seoul or Hong Kong | Rostron Search USD $200,000 + PnL pay-out. N.b. lower t... | Hong Kong SAR | 13 May 13 |
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We are looking for an experienced quantitative FX trader / portfolio manager who would like to take advantage ...
| FX Options Trader | Wells Fargo Bank Competitive | Hong Kong SAR | 06 May 13 |
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Experienced FX Options Trader to expand our market share in the region and assist in growing our Global FX Str...
| APAC Treasury Manager – VP | BNY Mellon APAC Atractive salary | Hong Kong SAR | 29 Apr 13 |
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The main responsibilities of the APAC Treasury Manager will be the co-ordination of funding transactions and t...
| Associate Director - Foreign Exchange & Fixed Income | Standard Chartered Bank Negotiable | Hong Kong SAR | 25 Apr 13 |
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A very dynamic role within our Consumer Bank Market Sales (CBMS) Department
| Sales Trader | Huxley Associates Bonus | Hong Kong SAR | 08 Apr 13 |
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Our client is one of the most prominent and leading organistions within the broking world and is currently loo...
| Editor - Bloomberg Brief | Bloomberg Negotiable | Hong Kong SAR | 05 Apr 13 |
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Bloomberg is seeking an Editor with significant experience working at newspapers, newsletters or editing inves...
| Government Affairs Representative - APAC | Bloomberg Negotiable | Hong Kong SAR | 03 Apr 13 |
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Government Affairs Representative - APAC
| E-Commerce Sales | Societe Generale Negotiable | Hong Kong SAR | 27 Mar 13 |
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SG CIB is the Corporate and Investment Banking arm of the Société Générale Group.Present in over 50 countries ...