Analyst - Manager Selection - London, United Kingdom - eFinancialCareers
Description
Key Responsibilities
Research:
- Contribute to the research of existing and potential external asset managers to help meet the Scheme's longterm investment objectives.
- Analyse and review existing mandates to ensure ongoing fitness for purpose and produce regular monitoring reports.
- Work with internal asset class desks to ensure appropriate diversification of alpha sources and to maximise the benefits of the external manager programme.
- Participate in earlystage research on new managers and strategy types that could play a role within the Scheme's investment strategy in future.
- Establish and strengthen relationships with external managers.
Due diligence:
- Support the mandate search process, producing initial long
- Undertake qualitative and quantitative due diligence (DD) on prospective managers.
- Ensure that all DD reports and supporting materials are prepared and filed on a timely basis.
- Contribute to improvements in the DD process over time.
Implementation:
- Guide managers through the DD process, working closely with other members of the Investment Product Management team, operational due diligence, performance & risk, and responsible investment teams as necessary.
- Work closely with the legal and operational teams on negotiating investment management agreements and side letters with managers.
- Contribute to the manager onboarding and mandate implementation process.
Technical Competencies, Skills and Experience
- Intellectual curiosity and a passion for investment
- Strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills
- Highly numerate and computer literate
- Strong communication skills (both written and oral)
- Ability to prioritise effectively and to manage multiple projects
- Ability to deliver high quality work under time constraints
- Attention to detail
- Experience in the investment industry, with some exposure to manager research and selection activity, would be preferable
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