North American ETF Capital Markets Associate

Manulife is a leading international financial services provider, and they are seeking an Associate for their North American ETF Capital Markets team. This role involves monitoring market liquidity, supporting portfolio manager interactions, and analyzing trading costs to ensure efficient market functioning and high-quality investment outcomes for clients.

Responsibilities

• Independently monitor and assess secondary‑market liquidity and execution quality
• Actively support and coordinate PM interactions with AP and market‑makers as well as the ETF Ecosystem
• Lead analysis on trading costs, tracking difference, and market stress events for ETF, CEFs and In-Kind Mutual Fund transactions
• Play a key role in ETF launches, reconstitutions, and index changes
• Respond to sales, client, and due‑diligence requests related to ETFs and CEFs
• Identify inefficiencies and recommend improvements to ETF and CEF businesses

Skills

• 0–5 years of experience
• Bachelor's degree – preferred but not required majors: Finance, Economics, STEM, or related
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to explain results succinctly
• 2–5 years of experience in ETF capital markets, trading, product, or related roles
• Experience with Bloomberg, FactSet, Aladdin, Morningstar
• Programing and AI experience a plus

Benefits

• Employees also have the opportunity to participate in incentive programs and earn incentive compensation tied to business and individual performance.
• Manulife/John Hancock offers eligible employees a wide array of customizable benefits, including health, dental, mental health, vision, short- and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance coverage, adoption/surrogacy and wellness benefits, and employee/family assistance plans.
• We also offer eligible employees various retirement savings plans (including pension/401(k) savings plans and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions) and financial education and counseling resources.
• Our generous paid time off program in the U.S. includes up to 11 paid holidays, 3 personal days, 150 hours of vacation, and 40 hours of sick time (or more where required by law) each year, and we offer the full range of statutory leaves of absence.

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