What is this position about?
We are seeking a Senior Sales Trader to own the ASEAN equity franchise from our Singapore trading floor. You will sit at the intersection of the buy-side client and the market — executing across Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam, providing high-conviction market colour, and growing wallet share with institutional accounts. This is a client-facing, revenue-generating seat for someone who already has a client book, a reputation, and the judgment to trade size in markets where liquidity is not always given.
Primary Role Responsibilities
- Client execution: Manage order flow across ASEAN cash equities (and where relevant, block, program, and DMA/algo flow) for institutional clients — long-only funds, hedge funds, and regional asset managers. Own execution quality, minimise market impact, and take responsibility for fills.
- Market colour & idea generation: Deliver timely, actionable trading colour — flows, positioning, technicals, corporate access read-throughs, and event catalysts (results, MSCI/FTSE rebalances, index inclusions, block placements).
- Franchise development: Deepen existing relationships and originate new institutional accounts; grow commission share and cross-sell the wider platform (research, corporate access, capital markets).
- Risk & facilitation: Where mandated, commit and manage capital to facilitate client trades, managing risk within approved limits.
- Liquidity sourcing: Navigate ASEAN-specific liquidity constraints — thin names, foreign ownership limits, board lots, dual-listings, ADR/GDR arbitrage, and settlement nuances across each market.
- Corporate actions & events: Coordinate placements, secondary blocks, rights issues, and index events with syndicate, ECM, and the wider desk.
- Compliance & conduct: Operate to the highest standards under MAS regulation; maintain accurate records, adhere to best-execution obligations, and uphold information-barrier and conduct rules.
What is required for you to succeed?
- Description of experience required – i.e.; technical and behavioral competencies – keep to 5-6 points
- A portable client franchise — active institutional relationships that generate commission from day one.
- Deep ASEAN market mechanics — liquidity sourcing
About BNP PARIBAS
As the leading European Union bank, and one of the world’s largest financial institutions with an uninterrupted presence in the region since 1860, BNP Paribas offers a wide range of financial services for corporate, institutional and private investors spanning corporate and institutional banking, wealth management, asset management and insurance.
We passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued and encourage applicants of all backgrounds, including diversity of origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion applicants who may be living with a disability. We have a number of internal employee networks in place to empower our staff to act and challenge the status quo.
- BNP Paribas PRIDE is highly active in favour of the LGBTQIA+ community
- BNP Paribas MixCity which fosters better representation of women at all levels of the organization
- Ability, the mutual aid network for employees with a disability or a disabling or chronic illness
- BNP Paribas CulturAll which celebrates diverse backgrounds
BNP is committed to financing a carbon-neutral economy by 2050. The Group is a founding member of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance and has set up its own Low Carbon Transition Group to support its clients through their energy transitions.
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BNPP has won Top employer Europe award in a 10th consecutive year
