- Index calculation and maintenance.
- Index research.
- Fixed income domain knowledge.
- Knowledge of fixed income mutual funds (or AIF, PMS, Insurance) products.
- Knowledge on passive investments.
- Knowledge of regulatory guidelines governing mutual funds.
- Fixed income market understanding – yield levels, key trends, market preference, and market structure.
- Fluency with bond and index mathematics.
- Analytical inclination.
- Strong oral, written, and presentation skills.
Good to Have skills:
- Knowledge of coding languages.
Functional Responsibility/Domain Related:
- Index maintenance: Daily index computation, rebalancing, index criteria review.
- New Product development: Launch of innovative replicable indices for index funds/ETFs.
- Back-testing of Index strategies.
- Tracking competition and other global practices on passive investments.
- Establishing processes for new index computation and automation of processes.
- Ensuring compliance to regulatory and other best practices.
- Preparation of ad-hoc analytical reports for senior management and/or external agencies.
