Blackrock Fixed Income Trader

Hi guys,

I am currently a structurer on the sell side non BB. I do get to trade but mainly for hedging and execution. I do not run my own P&L, though I expect that to change in a year or two. Recently, an opportunity to join BlackRock at their Trading & Liquidity Strategies as a fixed income trader has turned up. Supposedly, I will be able to sit in to morning meetings and provide some inputs into the trade ideas and investment process, mainly from a liquidity point of view I guess. Given that my main objective is to eventually be a global macro trader, will this be a good opportunity for me?

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Hi Thank you for your reply :) Actually, it is a trading role for executing BlackRock’s cash and derivative trades for portfolio managers globally. However, I am concerned that it is very executionary and there is no discretionary element that I can take, although I can provide some feedback on the market to the PMs, and maybe suggest trade ideas based on that? I am abit concerned how valuable the experience will be to my career though?

 
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