Company: Heitman

Founded in 1966, Heitman LLC is a global real estate investment management firm with over $37 billion in assets under management. Heitman’s real estate investment strategies include direct investments in the equity or debt capitalization of a property or in the securities of listed and publicly traded real estate companies. Heitman serves a global client base with clients from North American, European, Middle Eastern and Asia-Pacific institutions, pension plans, foundations and corporations and individual investors. Headquartered in Chicago, with offices in Los Angeles, London, Luxembourg, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich, Warsaw, Hong Kong, Seoul, Tokyo, and Melbourne, Heitman’s over 300 employees offer specialized expertise – from a specific discipline to local insight.

Our Chicago office is looking for a Trader in the Public Real Estate Securities group.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Trade (primarily North American, but also globally) listed real estate securities. Trade spot/forward FX and derivatives.
• Closely follow and comprehend market activity, proactively providing portfolio managers/analysts with information (color) about coverage universe, investor sentiment, and trading environment (volume, volatility, etc.).
• Monitor, analyze, and optimize execution strategies with the goal of obtaining best execution - maximizing trading alpha while minimizing risk.
• Partner with global trading team for the purpose of strengthening brand.
• Collaborate with the portfolio management team to budget and allocate commissions, working within the designated brokerage framework.
• Effectively interact and communicate with members of operations, insuring proper allocation and booking of trades.
• Adhere to established (best practice) procedures, and gather and maintain brokerage and trading restrictions/limitations to ensure Desk activities conform to guidelines for compliance.
• Discuss purpose, responsibilities, and activities of Desk with current and prospective clients.
  

We are seeking an individual who meets the following criteria:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics or similar field of study.
• Masters level courses, SFC, FINRA licenses or similar training preferred.
• 3-5 years of experience trading global equities
• Prefer individual with experience trading FX (spot/forward) and derivatives (options/swaps)
• Current knowledge of regulatory and industry issues, country specific rules and procedures, as well as prospective changes in market structure.
• Preferred skills in the following programs: Order Management Systems (OMS’s including Eze Castle & EMSX), F/X Connect, Bloomberg, and Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA) software
  

Interested professionals should apply via our website at www.heitman.com. Please make sure to select “careers” under the About tab to submit your cover letter and resume. If you are a Heitman employee, please make sure to apply using your Heitman email address.

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

Equal Employment Opportunity: Heitman is an equal employment opportunity employer and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, creed, religion, sex, age, national origin or ancestry, physical, medical or mental disability or condition (including, without limitation, HIV and AIDS), developmental disability, handicap, denial of family and medical care leave, denial of pregnancy leave, domestic partner status, status as a victim of sexual or domestic violence (or familial relationship to such victim), veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, arrest records, citizenship status, criminal history that has been expunged, unfavorable discharge from the military, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local laws.