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This sector contains all our financial derivatives jobs, including roles for graduates and trainees. This includes derivative sales roles, derivatives analyst jobs, derivatives structuring roles, credit derivatives jobs, equity derivates jobs, derivatives trading roles, programming roles and other derivatives jobs in London and across the world.

Financial derivatives in the simplest terms are contracts between two parties. These contracts state that other variables will affect and change the value of the derivative in question. Examples of these variables can include financial products like equities and bonds, physical products like commodities, or other things - like the weather or the longevity of a population.

Derivatives are frequently used as an insurance policy and hedge against risk. For example, Credit Default Swaps (CDS) specify that in the event of a loan defaulting, the CDS holder will receive compensation.

Futures contracts were the earliest forms of derivative contracts. These contracts were devised in order to give purchasers of materials some control over the future price. For example, farmers selling wheat would enter into a contract with wheat buyers to arrange that in three months' time they would be able to sell wheat at a pre-determined price, as a way of protecting themselves against the risk of a collapse in the wheat price during the intervening time period.

Other simple forms of derivative products you may manage include swaps and options.

Swaps simply allow an exchange of one type of product with another. Some of the most popular are currency swaps, where loans and-or the interest payments on those loans are swapped from one currency into another.

Options are contracts which allow one party to buy or sell assets to another party at a specific price at some point in the future. Unlike futures contracts, there is no obligation to invoke an options contract (it's optional) - a buyer has the right to buy three tonnes of wheat at price X if it makes financial sense, but is not obliged to do so if it doesn't. Holders of options must pay a premium for this privilege.

Call options confer the right to buy something and put options confer the right to sell.

Commonly simple derivatives are traded on exchanges, whereas more complex derivatives have traditionally been traded over the counter (OTC), between the two parties involved in the contract. However, as governments seek to make the derivatives market more transparent, this process is beginning to change.

Derivative products became increasingly complex and increasingly prolific in the run up to the financial crisis in 2008 with products such as collateralised debt obligations and synthetic derivatives (derivatives based upon derivatives) proliferating. Many people blame derivative professionals, products, and their falsely conveyed impression that risk was no longer an issue, for the crisis occurring.

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Senior Corporate Foreign Exchange Dealer Western Union Business Solutions Base + Super + Excellent Incentives Australia-Melbourne 21 May 12

Western Union Business Solutions, a Global Fortune 500 Company, is seeking a highly experienced account manage...

Business Development Manager (Chinese Desk) IG Markets Attractive salary package Australia-Melbourne 17 May 12

Outstanding career opportunity within the CFD industry!! Great team environment. Want to be part of a rapidl...

Associate Director, Structuring & Execution. Global Markets ANZ not disclosed Australia-Sydney 22 May 12

Sitting within ANZ Equities, this role is responsible for the structuring of equity derivative products, and t...

ORACLE PL/SQL APPLICATION SUPPORT DEVELOPER - TRADING FIRM - SYDNEY ikas International Australia Salary Commiserate with experience + Bon... Australia-Sydney 22 May 12

Are you and up and coming Oracle PL/SQL Developer with financial services experience? Employer of choice, Trad...

Python Developer - Algo Trading Systems - Sydney ikas International Australia $100k-$140k Base + Super + LARGE Trading... Australia-Sydney 22 May 12

Are you a Python Guru with experience in Numpy and Scipy and a strong quantitative mind? Leading trading firm ...

Securities Pricing Hays $30 Australia-Sydney 16 May 12

Leading Fund Manager currently experiencing a period of growth and exciting projects, currently require the as...

Credit Risk Analyst Robert Half Financial Services Group $20.00 to $25.00 / Hour Canada-ON-Toronto 22 May 12

An immediate contract opportunity is available in Downtown Toronto with a leading financial services organizat...

Senior Quantitative Analyst Michael Page Competitive Canada-ON-Toronto 15 May 12

The successful candidate will be responsible for validating valuation & risk models as a Senior Quantitative A...

Business Analyst (Capital Markets) Michael Page 75,000-100,000 Canada-ON-Toronto 15 May 12

Pension Fund in North York is looking to hire 2 Business Analysts with Capital Markets experience. Individuals...

Associate, Risk Analysis Michael Page competitive package Canada-ON-Toronto 04 May 12

Our client is looking for a top performing risk professional to join a dynamic investment risk team at an asso...

C++/C# Front Office Developer Michael Page front office salary + large bonus Canada-ON-Toronto 14 Feb 12

Our client is a global financial institution with great presence in Canada.

FIX Messaging / Protocol Support Engineer Synechron Inc DOE Canada-QC-Montreal 21 May 12

Our client a leading bank is looking for a FIX Protocol Support Engineer to Maintaining the Market Data applic...

Market Data / Application Production Support Synechron Inc DOE Canada-QC-Montreal 21 May 12

Our client a leading bank is looking for a Market Data/ Application Production Support to be supporting the Ma...

Market Risk Management Senior Manager ICBC Competitive China-Beijing 23 May 12

ICBC head quarter is looking for Market Risk Management Senior Manager with at least 8 years of experience in...

Executive Assistant - 4 Months Maternity Leave Coverage (Beijing) Not Disclosed Competitive Compensation China-Beijing 23 May 12

A global investment bank is looking for a high calibre individual to support a team.

Expert of CNY FX Option Trade ICBC Competitive China-Beijing 21 May 12

Are you a native mandarin speaker willing to relocate to China and join one of the leading banks, ICBC as an ...

Risk specialist- Tier1 rating firm- Beijing Huxley US$99999 per annum China-Beijing 18 May 12

Risk specialist- Tier1 rating firm- Beijing .

Front Office Real-Time Risk Analytics/Valuation Java/C++/Scala Developer - Shanghai Pinpoint Asia Excellent Remuneration China-Shanghai 23 May 12

High-profile front-office opportunity for seasoned developers with strong risk or mathematical/quantitative ba...

Senior Core JAVA Developer Hays SH Attractive Remuneration China-Shanghai 20 May 12

Leading Regional Investment Bank in South China seeks Senior Core JAVA Developer in their Futures and Options ...

C# / WPF - GUI Developer Hays RMB ¥300000.00 - RMB ¥400000.00 per annu... China-Shanghai 20 May 12

C# / WPF - GUI Developer -Structured Products - Shanghai China- Global Investment Bank.

Commodity Proprietary Trader – Derivatives, Futures and Physical Gold – Shenzhen, China Selby Jennings Singapore (Licence No. 11S3033) Highly Competitive China-Shenzhen 23 May 12

A top Asian investment bank is currently seeking a highly experienced commodity prop trader to join their Shen...

Senior Front Office and Risk Business Analyst (Copenhagen) Calypso Technology Competitive Denmark-Copenhagen 30 Apr 12

Front Office Business Analyst with at least 5 years Functional experience gained in the capital markets indust...

Chargé back office H/F Hays France €13.00 - €14.00 heure France-Paris 03 May 12

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Equity Derivatives Sales / Brokers Paul Mandel Recruitment Salary + Commission France-Paris 21 May 12

Notre client est une très belle institution financière internationale qui cherche à renforcer une équipe de ve...

Assistant(e)trader dérivés H/F Exane Selon profil France-Paris 20 May 12

Intégré(e) à une équipe de trading, vous interviendrez en véritable support de l'équipe.

Ingénieur Développement Trading Haute Fréquence / High Frequency Trading Quant Developer Mosaïc Finance fixe + variable + avantages sociaux / an... France-Paris 18 May 12

Mosaïc Finance est une entreprise d'investissement indépendante, spécialisée dans le trading électronique d'op...

(H/F) Consultant MOA Finance de Marché Sungard Global Services A négocier France-Paris 16 May 12

SunGard Global Services propose des activités de service et de conseil dans les secteurs de la banque, la fina...

ENQUETEUR QUANTITATIF AMF - Autorité des Marchés financiers non communiqué France-Paris 10 May 12

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