Description
Deutsche Bank Research is responsible for economic and financial analysis within Deutsche Bank Group, covering asset allocation and all major industry sectors.
As a Vice President/Associate within the European Securitisation Research team, you will play a key role in delivering market-leading insights to asset managers and clients on European Securitisation trends.
Your key responsibilities
- Formulate and write independent research on various European Securitisation markets, with a strong emphasis on Collateralised Loan Obligations (CLOs)
- Develop and publish market investment themes across a variety of European Securitisation sub-sectors with focus on Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS) and Asset-Backed Securities (ABS) and, crucially, CLOs
- Support clients with insights into European Securitisation markets and the thematic trends that affect bond prices, including specific expertise on the CLO market. Modelling and written reports will provide useful insight in client meetings
- Use and develop various third-party applications and existing databases as information sources to assess the potential impact of business and financial themes on the European securitisation market, with a particular focus on data relevant to CLO analysis
What we’ll offer you
- Hybrid Working - we understand that employee expectations and preferences are changing. We have implemented a model that enables eligible employees to work remotely for a part of their working time and reach a working pattern that works for them
- Competitive salary and non-contributory pension
- 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase additional days
- Life Assurance and Private Healthcare for you and your family
- A range of flexible benefits including Retail Discounts, a Bike4Work scheme and Gym benefits
- The opportunity to support a wide ranging CSR programme + 2 days’ volunteering leave per year
Your skills and experience
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Experience of working independently and accurately with data sets
- Knowledge of fixed income and structured finance, including a solid understanding of CLO structures and mechanics
- Ability to understand deal indentures and knowledge of International Futures Exchange (INTEX) and Bloomberg
- Database management and modelling experience using Structured Query Language (SQL), Python, Visual Basics for Applications (VBA) programming languages
- Interest in financial products and ability to link product performance with overall macro developments, with a particular interest in and understanding of the CLO market
- Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimise workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs