BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS (BGI)
                       San Francisco or London


                            Researchers



     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 more than 35
     years, BGI has been at the forefront of developing
     innovative investment ideas, applying science and
     technology to the investment process. BGI employs over
     3,700 people globally and manage approximately $1.5
     trillion in assets.


     The following groups are hiring researchers:


     - Equity Capital Markets
     - Global Market Strategies Group


     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 DESCRIPTION:


     - 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, effecient 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.


     BGI is an Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity
     employer.



     APPLICATION PROCEDURE:


     To apply, use this URL:

https://barclays.recruitmax.com/main/careerportal/candidate_update.cfm?szOrderID=5913

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Posted 10/30/09