What are the responsibilities and job description for the Research Associate, Private Capital position at Preqin?
Research Associate, Private Capital
Department : Data
Employment Type : Permanent - Full Time
Location : Chicago
Reporting To : Manager, Private Capital - Americas, Data
Description
About the Research Team : Preqin's Research team is responsible for maintaining our online databases and products. In addition, they contribute towards producing financial publications and analysis for ad hoc requests from clients and the press when required.
The Research Associate : This role is responsible for contacting fund managers and institutional investors, building relationships with them, and gathering information regarding their investment preferences, funds managed, deals, and performance data. Preqin's clients expect and depend on its data to be of the highest quality, something Research Associates are expected to contribute towards. They may also contribute towards producing bespoke data analysis for Preqin users and the financial press, as well as Preqin's reports and publications. In the data management scheme, a Research Associate serves as a Data Custodian, reporting to the domain's designated Data Steward.
What you'll be doing :
Functional :
- Call and email fund managers / investors daily to obtain valuable, proprietary information.
- Establish and maintain strong personal working relationships with key industry experts both locally and globally.
- Understand and effectively communicate Preqin's value propositions.
- Locate, track, and make use of a variety of online and public sources to gather relevant information on industry entities and events.
- Occasionally contribute to research reports, blogs, publications, and bespoke data reports for clients and press outlets.
- Support team members with ad-hoc research projects.
Data Management :
What you'll bring to us :
Why join us?
About Us
You will be joining the world's leading data and insights provider for the alternative assets market. We empower the global financial community with critical information and leading analytics solutions to help them make faster and smarter investment decisions, and to make them with confidence. A forward-thinking company, we lead our industry through innovation. We trust in the power of data, and we use it to increase transparency in alternatives. We believe that access to information leads to more investment in the ideas and infrastructure that build strong communities.
Our Culture
We centre our culture in our teams members growth, sparking their curiosity and fuelling their career adventures. We celebrate and recognise contribution, high performance and strong collaborative behaviours. We're building and growing our learning programs, frameworks and tools to help people thrive and it's an exciting time to join us. We support our internal communities and donate our time, knowledge and support to the communities that surround our offices globally.
Equal opportunities
Preqin is an equal opportunity employer, with diversity at the heart of our business. It is the policy of Preqin to ensure equal employment and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information, socioeconomic status, political affiliation, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.
