Your role
- Support and execute trades in Malaysian equities for institutional and professional clients.
- Provide actionable market colour, liquidity insights, and execution advice to clients and coverage teams.
- Advise on execution strategies including blocks, worked orders, portfolio trading, and electronic solutions.
- Collaborate closely with global trading and execution teams to source liquidity and manage cross-market transactions.
- Partner with Equity Sales to identify cross-selling opportunities across cash equities, execution services, portfolio trading, and electronic trading solutions.
- Contribute to revenue growth by supporting broader client relationships and wallet share expansion.
- Ensure strict adherence to local regulatory requirements, conduct standards, and internal risk controls.
- Manage execution risks, errors, and escalations promptly and transparently.
- Support team development by mentoring junior staff and contributing to desk best practices.
Job Type
Full Time
Job Reference #
336990BR
City
Kuala Lumpur
Your team
The Equity Sales Trader (Associate Director) supports trading and execution in Malaysian equities, providing market colour, execution advisory, and client support to institutional clients. The role partners closely with regional and global equity sales, trading, and execution teams to deliver best execution, deepen client engagement, and drive franchise and cross-selling opportunities across equities and related products.
Your expertise
- 5–10 years experience in equity sales trading or execution, with strong exposure to Malaysian equities.
- Experience working with institutional clients and regional or global counterparties.
- Solid understanding of market structure, liquidity, and best execution principles.
- Strong communication skills, commercial judgement, and risk awareness.
- Relevant Malaysian regulatory license (or ability to obtain).
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, or a related discipline.
About Us
UBS is a leading and truly global wealth manager and the leading universal bank in Switzerland. We also provide diversified asset management solutions and focused investment banking capabilities. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, UBS is present in more than 50 markets around the globe.
We know that great work is never done alone. That's why we place collaboration at the heart of everything we do. Because together, we're more than ourselves. Want to find out more Visit ubs.com/careers.
Join us
At UBS, we know that it's our people, with their diverse skills, experiences and backgrounds, who drive our ongoing success. We're dedicated to our craft and passionate about putting our people first, with new challenges, a supportive team, opportunities to grow and flexible working options when possible. Our inclusive culture brings out the best in our employees, wherever they are on their career journey. And we use artificial intelligence (AI) to work smarter and more efficiently. We also recognize that great work is never done alone. That's why collaboration is at the heart of everything we do. Because together, we're more than ourselves.
We're committed to disability inclusion and if you need reasonable accommodation/adjustments throughout our recruitment process, you can always contact us.
Disclaimer / Policy statements
UBS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences within our workforce.
