Analyst – Credit Research, Asset Management recruitment
Our client is one of the world's preeminent asset management firms and a premier provider of investment management, risk management and advisory services to institutional, intermediary and individual investors around the world.
Fixed Income Team
Their Fixed Income team manages more than $1 trillion in global fixed income assets across index, active long-only, alternative, and liability driven strategies.
Role Description:
We are looking to hire a junior credit research analyst (Associate level) to join our expanding Asian Fixed Income Portfolio Management team. The Analyst will be responsible for assisting Senior Analysts and Portfolio Managers in assessing opportunities for Asian Fixed Income portfolios based on rigorous credit-orientated fundamental research and monitoring issuers. The successful candidate for this role will report to a Senior Analyst in Singapore.
Responsibilities:
Assisting Portfolio Managers in assessing investment opportunities by conducting independent, fundamental credit research.
Analyse and explain economic, competitive, sector and political drivers that impact a borrower's credit quality.
Conduct analysis on a company's business, financial and competitive positioning (including balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement analysis).
Create historical and projected financial models, analysing key financial and operational metrics.
Interact with management teams, industry sources, other credit analysts, rating agencies, sell-side analysts, and other investment professionals.
Assimilate and filter various sources of information to develop long term, well-researched investment theses on credits, sectors and issuers.
Communicate credit opinions and investment recommendations orally and in writing to Portfolio Managers, other analysts, credit and advisory committees and external clients.
Maintaining research on current holdings in these sectors and researching potential investments.
Support risk management in the portfolios by analysing and communicating the main exposures and risks to the performance of companies and credit securities covered.
Qualifications:
You should at least have 2-4 years of relevant experience existing from another Asset Management house as a Corporate Credit Research covering a variety of industries. Candidates at Analyst / associate level candidates with Investment Banking or equity research will also be considered
Proven experience in understanding, interpreting and modeling financial statements, with specific experience analyzing companies and capital structures.
High level of computer literacy with advanced spreadsheet-based skills and strong financial modeling skills.
Familiarity and experience with bond and loan covenants and knowledge of Asian bankruptcy regimes beneficial but not essential.
Flexible, responsive and self-starting personality with keen attention to detail. Open-minded thought process and intellectual honesty with an ability to dynamically adapt to coverage of different parts of the credit spectrum.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Fluency in Mandarin is a MUST.
Singapore Employment Agency Licence No: 07C2942
