Graduate - Investment Advisory - Birmingham 2024 - Isio Group

Isio Group

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Birmingham, United Kingdom

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About Us:

Without careful consideration today, tomorrow's pensions don't exist.
That's where Isio comes in, giving our clients the advice and support they need to deliver better outcomes and financial wellbeing for their members in the decades to come.
Isio provides fullservice pensions consultancy to our 1000+ corporate clients, from actuarial expertise through to investment advice and thirdparty administration, and advising clients on providing the best possible reward and benefits packages for their employees. Isio launched in March 2020 out of KPMG UK's pensions practice and has grown to over 1000 people working across 10 offices across the UK.
We're a People First business, so we want to make sure that you are supported to reach your goals, whatever they may be. We'll support you with studying, be flexible around family life and enable you to give back to the community through paid volunteering days.
We aim to create an environment where you can succeed in a role which makes the most of your existing skills and develops new ones.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion bringing your whole self to work every day. We have hubs across the UK and many of our roles are flexible in location to help create a worklife balance that works for you.
We are keen to support those starting their career at Isio with building a strong foundation for success. Whether as a Graduate, Industrial Placement student, Summer intern or as an Apprentice, Isio will provide a great experience working alongside experienced professionals. You will have the opportunity to help fulfil our purpose of creating better outcomes for our clients, their members and society by empowering and developing our people.
Isio is growing at a fast and exciting pace. Starting your career at Isio will be a great balance of working with experts in their field within an innovative organisation that is looking to drive positive and innovative change in its sector.
Graduates at Isio have acknowledged their positive experience, as shown by our ranking as the Top Employer for Graduates to work for in Consulting according to the Job Crowd 2023 rankings.
Programme: Investment Advisory Graduate Programme
Length of programme: Around 3 years to achieve your relevant professional qualification, however you are employed on a permanent basis from the start of your graduate role
Qualifications you'll work towards: Charterholder of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) qualification or Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries (IFoA).
Location:
Birmingham: 1 Colmore Square, Birmingham, B4 6AJ

Entry Requirements:

Working as an Investment Consultant as Isio
For graduates, it's the chance to take the first step towards becoming an expert in your field. Challenging and rewarding, working in Investment Advisory requires strong communication skills and financial acumen, paired with the ability to take responsibility right from the beginning.
The Investment Advisory team is focused on delivering proactive and strategic advice through the production of insightful, independent investment research.
Our services are purely advisory we don't manage any money for clients or trade in any securities. Working with institutional investors such as pension funds, companies and charities, we offer a wide range of investment advice in areas where our investment graduates will build their experience;
Asset Liability Modelling enabling investors to better understand the risks arising from different investment strategies.
Risk Management analysing a client's financial risks and making recommendations on how to hedge them.
Capital Markets Views assessing investment opportunities for our clients' portfolios.
Fund Manager Selection helping clients to pick high quality fund managers.
Implementation and Transition Management helping clients to implement our advice in the most efficient way.
Fiduciary Management advising clients on selecting, implementing and monitoring a fiduciary manager
As a Graduate working in Investment consulting at Isio you will get involved in:
Working in a client team to assist in the delivery of client advice, ranging from design of an appropriate investment strategy, to implementation of the chosen strategy.
Setting up our asset liability and allocation models to better understand the client's range of potential future outcomes.
Preparing and presenting investment monitoring reports to our clients.
Asset class research; evaluating investment cases and current market pricing for asset classes from traditional equities to alternatives such as direct lending.
Researching fund managers and fiduciary managers.
Presenting your investment analysis and recommendations to the rest of the team and to clients.
You'll study for a professional qualification whilst being trained on the job. Your role will see you build up a wide range of knowledge on investment