The successful candidate will support the Investment team in portfolio positioning and manager selection to generate returns and alpha above policy benchmarks. Responsibilities include assisting with strategic asset allocation and investment policy reviews, fund selection across both public and private markets, identifying/exploring new investment across asset classes and overall supporting the investment team's portfolio management activities.
The candidate is expected to collaborate closely with internal stakeholders and other members of the Investment team to ensure alignment with investment objectives and preferences across all asset classes.
The candidate is also expected to contribute to macroeconomic and market research and tactical asset allocation.
Duties and Responsibilities
1.Front Office Resource
- External Fund Management Research and Coverage - Assist in Manager selection and research as well as regular monitoring on assigned asset classes (Hedge Funds, Equities, Fixed Income as well as private markets strategies)
- Assist with maintaining and tracking macroeconomic data as well build macro network and engagement to assist in developing views and outlook
- Perform statistical and quantitative analysis on prospective investments to increase the efficacy of manager selection, monitoring, exposure decomposition and performance attribution
- Perform asset class risk analytics, performance attribution, simulations and optimisations for funds and total portfolio
- Maintain comprehensive documentation of investment decisions and portfolio performance. Prepare investment proposals, meeting summaries and management reports and participate in the planning, organising and monitoring follow-up of internal and external committee/ corporate meetings as and when required.
2.Investment Policy and Framework
- Assist CIO, asset class heads/ portfolio managers in investment policy and strategy formulation, portfolio construction and asset allocation to meet the risk and return objectives of the Company.
- Assist the Tactical Asset Allocation team in formulating and refining its investment framework and models for portfolio positioning. Duties may include researching, testing and monitoring fundamental, macro, technical, quantitative and other indicators to aid TAA decisions.
3.Others
- Undertake front- to back-office system, special projects and such other duties as may from time to time be assigned or delegated by the Company.
- Any other tasks and duties as assigned.
Requirements
- At least 8 years of professional experience in finance or investment-related field is required
- Familiar with constructing multi-asset, multi-manager portfolios familiar with multi-asset investing and global asset classes dynamics and factor drivers
- Candidates with strong degree/Masters in Mathematics, Statistics, Quantitative Finance, Computer Science or Data Science would be an advantage
- Experience in programming and coding skills (e.g., Python) also an added advantage
- Strong organizational, planning and time management skills
- Excellent oral, writing, presentation, project and time management, planning and administrative skills
- IT savvy
