Equities Sales Trader
 
Location: Singapore
 
Reports to: Head of Equities, Singapore (dotted line into Head of EQS/Trading Desk, APAC)
 
Group Overview
The parent company is a world-leading provider of market infrastructure, dedicated to providing clients with access to global financial and commodities markets. We improve price discovery, liquidity, and distribution of data through responsible and innovative solutions. Collectively, the group stands as the largest interdealer broker in the world by revenue, the top Energy & Commodities broker globally, the leading provider of OTC data, and an award-winning all-to-all trading platform. Operating from more than 60 offices in 27 countries with a global team of 5,200 professionals, we work as one to be the world's most trusted liquidity and data solutions specialist.
 
Divisional Overview
We operate as a next-generation agency execution specialist. Powered by technology that helps drive institutional alpha, our trading and liquidity network intelligently and securely connects the world's investors with the world's investments. Established on the belief that there was a better way to trade, our journey began with a vision to create a platform that goes beyond traditional transactional models. We have built a thriving ecosystem and community where buy-side traders can connect, collaborate, and execute trades with confidence, making trading more efficient, intelligent, and accessible.
 
Role Responsibilities
We are seeking an experienced Electronic Sales and Execution Trader to join the Singapore Trading desk to expand our growing Execution and Quantitative Services (EQS) offering in Asia-Pac.
The ideal candidate will possess strong relationships within the Singapore institutional trading community, deep familiarity with Asia equity markets, and extensive experience with algorithm/DMA usage across the region, alongside the ability to sell consultatively to clients. As a leading regional liquidity provider, this role requires a comprehensive understanding of the 'dark' liquidity landscape in Asia and how algorithmic products interact within that space.
 
We are looking for an individual who excels at Execution Consulting—specifically the ability to interpret TCA results to recommend changes in trading style, dynamically advise clients on changing market conditions/strategies, and demonstrate a strong understanding of benchmark and opportunistic algorithms, market structure, and regulation.

• Order Execution: Take receipt of orders, both electronically and manually, trading single stocks and portfolios within our liquidity pool and algorithmic suite via our execution platform.
• Client Advisory: Provide clients with proactive, tailored, and valuable trading color and advice based on an understanding of client needs, Asian markets, and the firm's algorithmic trading platform.
• Sales & Relationship Management: Meet with trading desk clients and prospects to market the product, build relationships, and leverage existing networks to drive onboarding efforts for new clients and brokers.
• Workflow Alignment: Develop a deep understanding of client trading needs across Algorithms, High Touch, and Portfolio Trading (PT) to ensure the firm is aligned to deliver optimal solutions.
• Execution Consulting: Advise clients on which strategies and tactics they should employ before and during trading, providing post-trade strategy advice to pursue best execution.
• Market Insights & Strategy: Identify market trends and trading opportunities by collaborating with the APAC EQS team to formulate and implement tactical and long-term strategic initiatives.
• Product Collaboration: Liaise with the internal product team to enhance and elevate our algorithmic product suite to incorporate client requirements and reflect regional market structure differences.
• Internal Partnering: Partner with Business Development and Trading Coverage to strengthen client workflow integrations and improve platform interaction.
• CRM Management: Utilize CRM tools to maintain and update the database with client updates and pipeline opportunities.
• Competitive Intelligence: Monitor the competition by gathering marketplace information, comparing pricing, analyzing new products, and advising internally on how to keep our offering best-in-class.

Experience & Competencies
Essential

• Proven track record in successfully trading for institutional equity clients.
• Direct experience utilizing pre- and post-trade analytics.
• Superior communication skills; self-motivated and highly responsible.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel.
• Strong understanding of Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA) with the ability to interpret results and translate them into actionable recommendations that improve execution quality.
• Robust understanding of regional market structure, regulations, and algorithmic strategies.
• Ability to trade Asian equities from day one (including AU, JP, HK, ASEAN, SP, among others).

Desired

• Substantial experience as an Algorithmic or Sales Trader with a heavy execution background.
• Established, strong relationships within the Singapore Buy-Side and Sell-Side trading community.
• Fluency in any Asian language.
• Basic programming or scripting skills.

 
Interested applicants please contact Cornelius.kang@trevosepartners.com