Credit Trader
We are PEAK6, a leading investment firm. You'll find us headquartered in the historic Chicago Board of Trade building, where we first opened our doors in 1997. It's been over 20 years since we were one of the first firms to develop sophisticated proprietary technology to use in our trading business. Today, we continue to leverage our technical ingenuity and operational excellence across several investment areas, spanning early-to-mid stage growth capital, operational control, trading, and e-sports, while always proving value to the customer. Throughout the years, we've built and operated several financial technology firms, and we continue to evolve. You'll find a bit of everything here, and we're always looking to take on new endeavors.
As a Credit Trader at PEAK6, you will have a big impact on the firm by working with the portfolio manager to construct and manage investment portfolios with a focus in corporate credit and structured equity products. The ideal candidate will introduce and develop process improvements and pursue innovative opportunities to generate incremental yield.
You will be responsible for:
- Developing timely insight into current credit capital markets, including identifying what forces are driving markets, types of investors, fixed income instruments available, etc.
- Monitoring new issue activity in the primary market for each asset class
- Executing all secondary market trading for the strategy on a daily basis
- Reviewing portfolio statistics and risk on an ongoing basis to ensure that the portfolio positioning reflects current market views
- Collaborating with other traders at the firm in an effort to secure best execution across PEAK6
- Communicating with PEAK6 executives across business units, when needed, on current market trends and technicals
- Working with our technology team for tool building
- Mentoring junior traders on trading principles and your strategy
Life at PEAK6
We want you to like coming to work so we work really hard to make your job fun and different from any other.
As a PEAK6 Credit Trader you can enjoy:
- Generous medical, vision and dental plans
- Matching 401(k) programs
- Adoption assistance & family leave
- Sabbatical program
- Massage days
- Poker tournament with a grand prize of a World Series of Poker buy in
- Sports leagues
- Cornhole tournaments
- Annual PEAK6 Party
- Yoga classes
- Tuition reimbursement
- Lasik eye discount
- Philanthropy events
- Annual wellness screens and flu shots
- Bagel Fridays/expiration lunches
- Birthday gifts
- Charitable matching gift program