AVP - Equity - Fund Research

What You'll Do?

The primary responsibilities include:

- High quality fund selection across the fixed income asset class.

- Conduct in-depth investment due diligence across a diverse range of fixed income strategies, form independent views and articulate them through detailed research notes.

- Ongoing monitoring of the fixed income fund shelf and suggesting changes based on market environment, business requirements, etc.

- Prepare and disseminate high quality thought leadership material to help drive adoption and growth of the product line globally.

- Engage with various business lines to understand and manage their requirements for fixed income mutual funds.

- Actively participate in the fund selection committees and processes, and represent the fixed income pod at in-house forums for self and junior team members.

- Collaborate with local fund specialists with frontline in proposing fixed income fund solutions

Qualifications - External

What you'll need to succeed in the role?

- 4 years or more of prior experience in the Funds / Asset Management industry with specialist exposure to fixed income. Prior experience should ideally include experience as a fixed income fund manager, fund selector/researcher or as an investment specialist in fixed income.

- Professional qualifications / certifications like a CFA, FRM, MBA or Masters with Finance specialization are a positive.

- Practical knowledge / experience of financial markets, macroeconomic environment, risk management, regulations and their application to the fixed income markets.

- An analytical minds and attention to detail.

- Good writing and communication skills.

- Proactive, positive attitude and ability to multi-task especially under pressure to meet time sensitive deadlines.

- Team player, strong organizational and time management skills, and people management experience.

- Working knowledge of research tools/databases such as Morningstar, Fastest, Style Analytics and Bloomberg.