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Trader, Delta One & Equity Finance

Location: New York, NY

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced Delta One / Equity Finance Trader to join a dynamic trading team focused on equity financing, hard-to-borrow markets, and event-driven opportunities. The successful candidate will bring strong knowledge of equity financing, reverse conversion trading, corporate actions, term financing, and special situations. This individual will price complex financing transactions, identify relative value opportunities, manage financing risk, and generate alpha through dislocations in equity finance and derivatives markets.

The role requires close collaboration with Prime Brokerage, Equity Derivatives, Cash Trading, Risk Management, Legal & Compliance, and Technology to develop financing solutions, enhance trading strategies, and support complex transaction execution and special situations strategies.

Key Responsibilities

Delta One & Equity Finance Trading

• Price and execute equity financing transactions across Delta One products, including equity swaps, forwards, reverse conversions, and synthetic financing structures.
• Identify relative value opportunities across cash equities, options, and financing markets.
• Manage financing, dividend, borrow, and basis risk across the trading portfolio.
• Structure financing solutions that support client activity and proprietary trading strategies.

Hard-to-Borrow & Financing

• Price and manage hard-to-borrow financing opportunities, with a focus on optimizing funding economics.
• Evaluate borrow dynamics and financing costs associated with event-driven and special situations.
• Develop term financing strategies based on market supply and demand, expected utilization, and corporate events.

Corporate Actions & Special Situations

Analyze and trade opportunities arising from corporate actions and special situations, including:

• Mergers & acquisitions
• Tender offers
• Spin-offs
• Rights offerings
• Dividend events
• Index rebalances
• Exchange offers
• Convertible arbitrage opportunities

Assess the impact of these events on financing costs, borrow availability, settlement risk, dividend exposure, and trading profitability.

Risk Management

• Manage financing, dividend, corporate action, liquidity, settlement, and counterparty risks.
• Monitor portfolio exposures and implement hedging strategies to optimize risk-adjusted returns.
• Evaluate funding costs and capital usage across financing transactions.

Experience

• 2–5 years of experience in Securities Lending, Delta One Trading, Equity Finance, Prime Brokerage, or a related equity derivatives trading environment.
• Strong understanding of Delta One products, equity financing, securities lending markets, hard-to-borrow markets,  reverse conversions, term financing, and special situations.
• Experience analyzing financing opportunities, managing trading risk, and working across trading, risk, and technology teams in a fast-paced institutional environment.
• Experience developing pricing models and trading analytics.
• Knowledge of reverse conversions, synthetic financing strategies, term financing, and hard-to-borrow market dynamics.
• Familiarity with corporate actions and their impact on financing, borrow availability, and trading opportunities.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to evaluate complex trading opportunities.
• Ability to identify and capitalize on event-driven and special situations opportunities.
• Strong risk management and decision-making skills in a fast-paced trading environment
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate across multiple business functions.
• Proficiency with Bloomberg Terminal and Microsoft Excel; experience with Python, SQL, VBA, or other data analytics tools is preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related quantitative discipline.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:

At Morgan Stanley, we raise, manage and allocate capital for our clients – helping them reach their goals. We do it in a way that’s differentiated – and we’ve done that for 90 years.  Our values - putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back - aren’t just beliefs, they guide the decisions we make every day to do what's best for our clients, communities and more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley, you’ll find an opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest, in an environment where you are supported and empowered. Our teams are relentless collaborators and creative thinkers, fueled by their diverse backgrounds and experiences. We are proud to support our employees and their families at every point along their work-life journey, offering some of the most attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks in the industry. There’s also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.

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Expected base pay rates for Associate will be between $150,000 and $200,000 per year and for Vice President will be between $200,000 and $250,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base pay if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, incentive compensation, discretionary bonuses, other short and long-term incentive packages, and other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs.

Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workforce that is diverse in experience and background.  Our recruiting efforts reflect our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion, where individuals are hired, developed, and advanced based on their skills and talents.

Our workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences.

For more information, please visit: https://www.morganstanley.com/people-opportunities/eeo.