
Flow Traders · Japan
Flow Traders is looking for an experienced Institutional Trader (based in Hong Kong) to join our growing team in APAC. This is a unique opportunity to join a le...
Flow Traders is looking for an experienced Institutional Trader (based in Hong Kong) to join our growing team in APAC. This is a
unique opportunity to join a leading proprietary trading firm with an entrepreneurial and innovative culture at the heart of its
business. We value quick-witted, creative minds and challenge them to make full use of their capacities. If you aim high, the sky
is the limit!
What You Will Do
management, and coordination between internal and external stakeholders
post-trade processes, OMS account management, and day-to-day sales trading execution including trade booking
ensure efficient communication and successful execution
counterparties and other stakeholders in Japan to maximise overall trading opportunities
meetings, and preparation of business documentation
roles
expectations
exchanges
stakeholders;
We like to think that talent grows at Flow and stays at Flow. To ensure this, we provide our employees with an extensive
onboarding program, access to Flow Academy, the best working environment, the latest technology and continuous support. We go out
of our way to retain the small business feeling with which we started and stimulate innovation and collaboration through teamwork
and our non-hierarchical approach. We offer competitive salary, annual discretionary bonus and other fantastic perks and benefits,
Flow Traders does not accept unsolicited resumes from any professional staffing or search firms. All resumes, and any other
information identifying potential candidates, submitted to any employee at Flow Traders via-email, the Internet or directly
without a valid and signed search agreement will be deemed free to contact by Flow Traders without any restrictions and no
placement fee of any kind will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Flow Traders.
WHO WE ARE The Solana Foundation is a non-profit based in Zug, Switzerland, dedicated to the adoption, decentralization, and security of the Solana network. Solana is a high performance blockchain that can deliver a fast and friendly user experience, without sacrificing security. The Solana Foundation is working to realize a world where individuals own their data, use permissionless networks, and transfer information and value freely around the world. We are looking for talented people who are willing to jump right in and use their expertise to help the ecosystem build. THE OPPORTUNITY Solana Foundation is seeking a Trading Growth Lead based in APAC to find the desks, exchanges, and capital that move real volume across the region and win them onto Solana. Trading is one of the key use cases of Solana and covers spot, perps and prediction markets. Lending and the rest of DeFi matter here because they feed trading: margin, collateral, capital efficiency. You own the accounts and how you win them — whether that be via incentives, VIP treatment, and or direct access to the product teams when a desk needs something built. This role is primarily outbound and relationship-focused. The ideal candidate already has an existing book of trading relationships across APAC and a track record of moving real volume in the region. TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL: * Own outbound to trading counterparties — prop shops, HFT firms, market makers, quant funds, OTC desks, onchain-native trading firms across APAC. Build the map of who moves volume and the paths to reach them, then get in the room. Understand what each desk trades and what it needs to route that flow onchain: execution quality, order types, margin and collateral treatment, listings, fees. Put together the offer that wins the flow and close it onto Solana venues. * Structure and manage counterparty relationships — negotiate terms and rebates and work with the Trading and DeFi team on the agreements and economics. Work directly with the application and protocol teams to relay what a counterparty needs to route flow (order types, margin treatment, listings, collateral support) and push to get it built or prioritized. Once a counterparty is live, own the relationship: escalation, VIP support, and the follow-through that turns a first trade into growing flow rather than a dormant account. * Secure allocators and LPs — the capital that seeds and deepens Solana markets. Bring allocators, funds, and large LPs onchain and keep them there. Much of the region's institutional and market-making capital concentrates across APAC hubs such as Singapore, Hong Kong, Seoul and Tokyo, and this reaches beyond APAC where those relationships route global flow. * Own the numbers — volume and open interest on Solana-native venues, active trading counterparties, desks and firms onboarded, allocator and LP capital brought on, programme ROI. WHO YOU ARE: * A native Mandarin speaker — fluent and credible with Greater China desks, funds, and exchanges in their own language, and able to operate across the region's key trading hubs. (Required.) * A closer with an existing book — you already know the big traders, allocators, and LPs across APAC, and they take your call. * Trading-first fluency — you understand market microstructure, perps funding and margin, spot liquidity, and how execution quality and incentives move flow. You hold your own with desk heads and quants. * DeFi literacy to be credible — you understand all the core DeFi primitives and products on Solana and off of it. You understand capital efficiency, and how lending and looping involve leverage and volume, and hold that conversation with the desks who use them. You understand the RWA landscape and what a successful tokenization process looks like as well as what a successful GTM process involves. * A track record of moving volume or flow — at an exchange, market maker, prop shop, fund, or protocol. You can point to flow you were directly responsible for. * An operator who ships — based in APAC, able to run the region and coordinate across EU and Americas hours.
About Man Group Man Group is a global alternative investment management firm focused on pursuing outperformance for sophisticated clients via our Systematic, Discretionary and Solutions offerings. Powered by talent and advanced technology, our single and multi-manager investment strategies are underpinned by deep research and span public and private markets, across all major asset classes, with a significant focus on alternatives. Man Group takes a partnership approach to working with clients, establishing deep connections and creating tailored solutions to meet their investment goals and those of the millions of retirees and savers they represent. Headquartered in London, we manage $228.7 billion* and operate across multiple offices globally. Man Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker EMG.LN and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. Further information can be found at www.man.com At Man Group, we respect your privacy and we are committed to protecting and safeguarding your Personal Data. We have developed policies and processes which are designed to provide for the security and integrity of your Personal Data. We are committed to Processing your Personal Data fairly and lawfully, and being open and transparent about such Processing. For further information on how we process your data, please see the privacy notice for applicants here * As at 31 March 2026 To provide execution and order placement services to Man's investment engines. Responsibilities: Regulatory and legal framework * Be aware of and act in accordance with the regulatory and legal framework governing the trader's activities, including any relevant market abuse rules * To the extent applicable, understand and abide by relevant market risk limits and thresholds and prudential levels Policies and Procedures * Know, understand and comply with Man's Global Compliance policies and any internal procedures relevant to the trader's business activities and with the requirements set out in Man's Staff Handbook and Global Code of Ethics as well as any global, regional and local compliance manuals * Obtain appropriate authorisation to trade pursuant to the PM's recorded instructions * Report regularly to their appointed line manager * At the end of each day, ensure that all transactions for which the trader is responsible for executing, have been recorded in the trading system correctly * Report any potential regulatory concerns to Compliance and to the appointed line manager. This includes any market activity of a suspicious nature as well as known or suspected breaches of regulation, exchange rules or firm policy Best Execution * Continue to improve process to ensure Man meets its Best Execution obligations for Man's clients * Maximise alpha retention post investment decision through: - Robust framework for continuous evaluation and improvement of the execution process to minimise slippage and explicit trading costs - Application of quantitative methods combined with trading experience to decide and discuss with the PM, the optimal execution strategy to best match the PM’s trading and investment objectives * Leverage Trading Technology * Develop trading technology to improve execution toolkit * Embrace technology to help automate workflow * Drive development of our trading platform, infrastructure and technology. * Use qualitative and quantitative analysis to improve performance of our systematic and discretionary strategies. * Possess a strong understanding of Technology and a forward-thinking mindset, staying ahead of emerging developments and their practical applications. * Intermediate to advanced understanding of AI models and the ability to integrate AI-driven practices into trading desk workflows to drive meaningful optimisation. Broker Execution Evaluation/Review * Oversight of broker roster and ensuring proper allocation of flow keeping in mind metrics of broker performance, coverage model, execution research and operational efficiency * Feedback to executing brokers of areas of improvement, ranking etc. * Prime Broker relationship management, to maintain and optimise said relationships * Liaison with operations teams to ensure no disruption or backlog with the brokers resulting in process bottlenecks leading to missed opportunities on the execution front in Operational & Workflow Considerations * Ability to raise/cancel an order ticket, based on the PM’s recorded instructions, if required (this should not be viewed as standard practise) * Continue to be able to view PM’s holdings * Assist Middle Office to ensure timely matching of trades * Liaison with stock loan desk * 0-2 years of experience trading in a financial institution or relevant technical experience. * Intermediate skill level - programming language such as Python, SQL * Solid general understanding of financial markets, complemented by a genuine enthusiasm and keen interest in market dynamics. · Hands-on attitude; willing to get involved with technology and projects across the firm. * Strong academic record and a degree from a leading university. * Attention to detail and disciplined. Able to work under pressure and in a high-paced environment, with the ability to think quickly. * Intellectually robust with a keenly analytic approach to problem solving. Curious, entrepreneurial, and innovative, willing to get involved with technology and projects across the firm. * Strong inter-personal skills to enable communication across investment management teams and regions. Clear, concise, and transparent communicator. * Team player, collaborative, customer-focused and results-driven. * Strong proficiency in Mandarin both written and verbal * Willingness to travel and work from our Shanghai office Inclusion, Work-Life Balance and Benefits at Man Group You'll thrive in our working environment that champions equality of opportunity. Your unique perspective will contribute to our success, joining a workplace where inclusion is fundamental and deeply embedded in our culture and values. Through our external and internal initiatives, partnerships and programmes, you'll find opportunities to grow, develop your talents, and help foster an inclusive environment for all across our firm and industry. Learn more at www.man.com/diversity. You'll have opportunities to make a difference through our charitable and global initiatives, while advancing your career through professional development, and with flexible working arrangements available too. Like all our people, you'll receive two annual 'Mankind' days of paid leave for community volunteering. Our comprehensive benefits package includes competitive holiday entitlements, pension/401k, life and long-term disability coverage, group sick pay, enhanced parental leave and long-service leave. Depending on your location, you may also enjoy additional benefits such as private medical coverage, discounted gym membership options and pet insurance. Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Man Group provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and all employees without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, religion, disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, age or any other legally protected category or status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Man Group is a Disability Confident Committed employer; if you require help or information on reasonable adjustments as you apply for roles with us, please contact TalentAcquisition@man.com.
Africa Economist Who we are: Pharo Management is a leading global macro hedge fund with a focus on emerging markets. Founded in 2000, the firm has offices in London, New York, Hong Kong and Abu Dhabi, and currently manages $8 billion in assets across four funds. Pharo trades foreign exchange, sovereign and corporate credit, local market interest rates, commodities, and their derivatives. We trade in over 70 countries across Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Latin America as well as developed markets. Our investment approach combines macroeconomic fundamental research and quantitative analysis. Pharo employs a diverse, dynamic team of 140 professionals representing over 20 nationalities and 30 languages. We have a strong corporate culture anchored in core values such as collaborative spirit, creativity, and respect. We are passionate about what we do and are committed to attracting the best and brightest talent. This is a great opportunity to join a market leader and contribute to our continued success. Job description: We are looking to bring on board an economist to join our global research team. Based in Abu Dhabi, the successful candidate will focus on Sub-Saharan Africa economics and regional analysis across asset classes. Personality and passion will be as key to the hiring decision as experience. The successful candidate will: * Provide rich macroeconomic context on economic, political, and structural trends across countries of coverage, and shape the firm’s top-down regional view. * Forecast key macroeconomic variables (inflation, GDP growth, current account and fiscal balances) using quantitative tools and business cycle analysis. * Analyze central bank reaction functions and make monetary policy calls. * Assess linkages between countries of coverage and the global economy. * Communicate insights to portfolio managers, contributing to investment themes and actionable market calls. * Participate in global investment team meetings and deliver in-depth presentations on macro themes and country analysis. * Collaborate actively with colleagues across local and international offices. Required qualities and skills: * Strong academic background in macroeconomics, with solid quantitative and statistical skills and familiarity with tools such as EViews, STATA, SPSS, and MS Office. * 4 - 6 years’ experience in a macroeconomic role covering African markets at a top-tier investment bank, buy-side firm, or international financial institution (e.g. IMF, central bank, or finance ministry). * Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present clearly to investment teams and communicate relevant insights to portfolio managers. * Strong work ethic and ability to operate in a fast-paced, intellectually demanding environment. * Strong learning agility, with the capacity to quickly grasp new topics and concepts. * Fluency in English required; additional languages are a plus. Work status and location * Full time in Abu Dhabi.