Global Equity Strategist - London, United Kingdom - Legal & General Investment Management

Legal & General Investment Management

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

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VN25596Role Type
PermanentLocation
LondonSalary
CompetitiveClosing Date
31 May 2023Your role at a glance
We're currently looking to hire a Senior Equity Strategist to join Legal and General Investment Managements Multi Asset Team. The holder of the role will lead equity strategy (regional, sector, thematic, styles) across our £70bn multiasset fund range, ranging from absolute return to longonly.

This role will report to the Head of Macro Strategy and Research and involves working closely with the other strategists, analysts and multi-asset portfolio managers across the team.

The focus is on idea generation (relative value and directional) within a multi-asset context. There will be extensive collaboration with other investment teams in both LGIM and across the broader L&G Group

What you'll be doing

Leading on equity strategy for LGIM's awardwinning asset allocation team
Analysing global equity markets for macro investment opportunities in countries, sectors, themes or styles
Working with our economists and other strategists to build and maintain a consistent house view
Briefing internal and external stakeholders on the outlook for global equity markets
Building and maintaining analytical tools including scorecards, indicators and data screens
Engaging with external research providers to maintain analytical cutting edge

What we're looking for

To hit the ground running in this role you'll have an excellent understanding of investment theory/fundamentals, data sources and analytical techniques
Ability to generate relative value and directional trade ideas within a tactical (16 month) and longerterm month) context
Ability to build and maintain a framework for idea generation and asset allocation at the regional and sectoral level
Quantitative background and knowledge of VBA/Python/SQL preferred
Strong fundamental analysis and financial modelling skills masked with intellectual curiosity
Strong macroeconomic background and a good understanding of both the interactions between the main asset classes (Equities, Rates, FX), as well as Asset Allocation at different horizons (tactical, medium term and strategic)
Educated to degree standard in a science, engineering, economics, IT, business or maths based discipline

Benefits:

When you commit to Legal & General, we'll commit to you too. That means we'll recognise and reward your hard work, your performance and your contribution.

If you join us, you'll get access to some great benefits, including private medical insurance, 27 days holiday (excluding bank holidays), a generous pension scheme, life assurance, and Income Protection.

You'll receive a car allowance of 12% of your annual salary, and you can participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice.

We're also proud to offer competitive family leave.

You'll have the opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan and valuable share schemes.

And then there are the many discounts we offer that you can take advantage of - both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online offerings.