FEN Jobs: BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS (BGI)

                   BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS (BGI)
                          San Francisco, CA

                  Researchers & Portfolios Managers


     Barclays Global Investors (BGI) is America's largest money
     manager, providing structured investment strategies such as
     indexing, risk-controlled active products, and exchange
     traded funds to investors worldwide. For 35 years, BGI has
     been at the forefront of developing innovative investment
     ideas, applying science and technology to the investment
     process. Headquartered in San Francisco and named one of
     the SF Business Times' "Best Places to Work in the Bay
     Area 2007," the Barclays PLC subsidiary employs over 3,500
     people globally and manages $2 trillion in assets.

     The following groups are hiring Researchers and Portfolio
     Managers:

     - Fixed Income
     - Active Equity
     - Global Market Strategies Group
     - Global Index Markets Group
     - Emerging Markets
     - Strategic Solutions Group
     - International Active Equity

     The investment teams are a mix of researchers and portfolio
     managers sharing their passion for empirical finance. Their
     numbers include former academics and PhDs in finance,
     economics, and other quantitative disciplines. This
     provides a vibrant environment for productive research and
     a collegiate atmosphere suitable for cross fertilization of
     ideas between individuals and across groups within the
     firm. The role requires staying in touch with state of the
     art developments in financial research by attending various
     academic and practitioner conferences.


     JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

     - Combine fundamental analysis skills and investment
       insight with disciplined quantitative modeling skills to
       support the continuing development of the strategies.
     - Contribute investment ideas - drivers of asset returns,
       optimal portfolio construction, efficient acquisition of
       market exposure.
     - Daily fund management responsibilities, including:
       portfolio re-balancing, submitting trade lists,
       performance attribution, regular performance
       commentaries, and daily monitoring of portfolio
       positions.
     - Regular evaluation of portfolio construction design
       including backtesting as well as transaction cost and
       risk model evaluation.
     - Regular evaluation of signal and model performance as
       well as portfolio management decision performance.


     JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

     - Ph.D. in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or a
       quantitative discipline strongly preferred.
     - Strong quantitative finance background, including
       familiarity with modeling techniques, portfolio
       construction methodology as well as forecasting and
       statistical analysis methodology.
     - Experience and demonstrated skill in fundamental analysis
       and financial statement analysis.
     - Basic programming skills (i.e. Java or C++) as well as
       familiarity with statistical analysis software (i.e. SAS,
       Matlab, Splus) in order to handle the analysis of large
       data sets.


     APPLICATION PROCEDURE:

     Please upload a Word or PDF resume to the following URL:

https://barclays.recruitmax.com/main/careerportal/candidate_update.cfm?szOrderID=3100
Posted 3/9/08