Investment Analyst

About the role

• We are a Singapore-based family office investing in diverse asset classes across public markets. We are looking for an investment analyst to join us.
  The investment analyst will play a key role in researching fund managers in cross-border fund markets. The research process involves conducting fund due diligence, interviewing fund managers, and writing research reports.
• The ideal candidate will report to the Investment lead of our family office.

Responsibilities

• Conduct fund manager interviews and write succinct and reader-friendly rating notes and research reports.
• Formulate and justify opinions on investment strategies, substantiate and present fund recommendations to the internal investment committee.
• Conduct both quantitative and qualitative analyses of the macroeconomic environment and assessment of investment opportunities to effectively.
• Take a lead role in maintaining our asset allocation models, including strategic asset allocation reviews, as well as quarterly review and rebalancing.
• Remain current with news and developments across global financial markets as well as important trends in macroeconomic and geopolitical issues, contributing strategy ideas to the team.
• Undertake activities in portfolio design and construction, investment strategy formulation and research or portfolio management as needed.
• Drive portfolio strategies to achieve performance excellence, in outperforming peer groups and client investment and risk objectives.
• Understand all portfolio holdings in depth with detailed monitoring of portfolio holdings. Implement portfolio hedges to mitigate related macro risks as needed.

Skills And Competencies

• A passion for investing and for helping investors make better investment decisions.
• At least 5 years of investment-related experience, with a strong background in fund manager due diligence, portfolio analytics, global cross-asset investment and demonstrable understanding of asset allocation strategies and manager selection.
• Deep understanding of the key drivers of the macroeconomic environment, along with a keen awareness of investor positioning and technical analysis.
• Proficient in constructing multi-asset, multi-manager portfolios. Strong familiarity with multi-asset investing and global asset classes dynamics and factor drivers.
• Driven with ability to self-motivate, handle multiple tasks effectively and work within tight deadlines.
• Excel knowledge and quantitative competency are required, with ability to perform basic simulations, running data analyses and putting together competitor analyses. Proficiency with Bloomberg, FactSet and Python are preferred.