FEN Jobs: Barclays Global Investors

                     BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS

                   San Francisco, London, Tokyo

        Research Associates in Fixed Income, Active Equity,
                    & Global Market Strategies


     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.

     BGI has the appropriate infrastructure and people in place
     to assist the researcher in various stages of a research
     project like data acquisition and preparation. The job
     would also involve a reasonable degree of engagement with
     the portfolio managers to ensure accurate implementation of
     the ideas generated. The job also requires the researcher
     to stay in touch with state of the art developments in
     financial research by attending various academic and
     practitioner conferences.

     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.


     JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

     - Ph.D. in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or another
       quantitative discipline.
     - Experience in quantitative modeling techniques.
     - Strong quantitative finance background, including
       familiarity with portfolio construction methodology as
       well as forecasting and statistical analysis methodology.
     - Experience and demonstrated skill in fundamental analysis
       and financial statement analysis. Ideally the candidate
       would have prior exposure to macroeconomic modeling
       literature as well as market timing and industry
       selection strategies.
     - Basic programming skills as well as familiarity with
       statistical analysis software (i.e. SAS, Matlab, Splus).
     - Familiarity with financial data as well as financial data
       retrieval tools.
     - Experience with the handling and analysis of large data
       sets.
     - Familiarity with the theory of financial markets and
       investor behavior.


     APPLICATIONS/FURTHER INFORMATION:

     Please visit us at:

               https://www.barclaysglobal.com

     If you will be attending the ASSA conference in New Orleans
     in January 2008 and would like to be considered, please
     upload a Word or PDF resume to the following URL:

https://barclays.recruitmax.com/main/careerportal/candidate_update.cfm?szOrderID=3100
Posted 11/20/07