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Caxton Associates’ primary business is to manage client and proprietary capital through multiple liquid global hedge fund disciplines. Our broad mandate allows us to trade across global markets and instruments, with a strong focus on alpha generation for our clients.\nRequirements\nThe Role:\nCaxton Associates is seeking experienced Portfolio Managers specialising in one or more agricultural or soft-commodity markets (such as grains, oilseeds, sugar, coffee, cocoa or cotton).\nIn this role, you will be responsible for managing a significant capital allocation, implementing rigorous risk management, and contributing to our collaborative, research-driven environment. Within our organization, we place a high value on collaboration, promoting regular and ongoing discussions about global macroeconomic trends, geopolitical developments, and the evolution of financial markets. We seek out professionals who can generate unique insights within their investment universe, contribute to the firm’s broader strategic outlook, and leverage collective knowledge to generate alpha.\nKey Responsibilities:\nIndependently manage a significant capital allocation by creating, executing and monitoring an alpha-driven investment strategy informed by differentiated commodity-market views.\nConstruct portfolios targeting asymmetric returns and limited correlation to traditional capital markets, translating fundamental research into appropriate instruments, spreads and risk exposures.\nImplement robust risk management, continuously assessing positions, investment theses, downside scenarios and exit criteria.\nCollaborate effectively across the global investment team, communicating evidence, assumptions and changes in market views.\nEnsure strict compliance with applicable regulations and internal risk controls.\nBuild and challenge crop-year and marketing-year balances covering production, consumption, trade and stocks, reconciling official estimates, export inspections, crop surveys and revisions.\nModel acreage, yield, weather, crop development and regional seasonality with explicit uncertainty; analyse demand and substitution through feed, crush, biofuel or processing economics as relevant.\nAssess quality and origin differentials, freight, storage, export and policy constraints, harvest flows, commercial hedging, speculative positioning, exchange stocks and delivery mechanics; express views through basis, calendar spreads, processing margins, inter-commodity relationships or outright positions.\nRequirements:\nProven portfolio-management track record, strong investment acumen and a Sharpe Ratio greater than 1.5.\nA minimum of 5 years of experience managing capital, preferably within a hedge fund.\nAbility to thrive in a collaborative global team, with the highest standards of ethics and integrity and sound decisions under pressure.\nDeep expertise in a defined agricultural or soft-commodity complex, including physical supply chains, price formation, contract mechanics and relevant commercial behavior.\nAbility to independently build and validate crop or demand models, quantify forecast uncertainty and link balance-sheet revisions to executable trade decisions.\nHands-on quantitative capability in Python or an equivalent language and strong spreadsheet modelling; 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