Equity Portfolio Manager – Asian Equities
A large West London Equity Hedge Fund with a Long-Short and Absolute long angle is looking to take on an experience Fund Manager to handle money for thei China, Taiwan and Singapore funds.
Candidates will be expected to add value from day one and so seasoned experience within the Asian Equity space is essential and only Equity Analysts currently in a buyside role will be considered.
The Hedge fund has accumulated over $3.8 billion in its AUM since its inception in 2008 and has seen steady progression even in stifling market conditions for Asian Hedge Funds in 2012. They are opening this mandate to bring a Senior Equity Analyst-Junior Portfolio Manager and add value to their stock-picking team in their Asian Fund.
Key responsibilities of the role:
- The market focus will cover all Asian markets highlighting upon China, India and Singapore with particular focus on Consumer, Media and Industrials sectors.
- You will be researching and analysing companies as investment candidates both from a long-short and absolute long perspective.
- On top of the fundamental bottom up stock picking approach, you will be expected to have a keen understanding of a top-down systematic and macro style, as you will be attending internal macroeconomic meetings, highlighting current trends in various regional markets, valuations and positioning.
- The research accumulated will be discussed in daily and weekly meetings with the Equity Analysts and Portfolio Managers which will involve discussions of markets and strategy. A shrewd understanding of the markets and confidence in presentations is key.
- You will be surveying the price action of Asian stocks, as well as observing forthcoming catalysts and communicate any relevant changes in the investment case to portfolio managers.
The Hedge Fund?s Asian fund has shown steady progress having brought its AUM to over 1 billion and is looking to add a Senior Analyst to add value for 2013, and so competencies in all of these spaces are essential for the application to be considered.
The right candidate should apply if they meet the following criteria:
-Buyside experienced: more than 3 years of experience within an Equity Hedge Fund or Asset Manager handling Asian equity funds
-Asian Equity expertise: Have covered pan-Asian Equities using a fundamental and bottom-up approach
-Confident to add value to the desk both in research and performance.
- Stable record of employment showing a clear progression of responsibility.
- Capable of writing concise and logically argued research reports in a timely manner, sometimes to tight deadlines.
- A decisive stock selector in order to be comfortable making decisions using qualitative and fundamental research.
This is a brilliant opportunity for Analysts and Junior Portfolio Managers in Investment Management firms on the equity side to join a vast UK Equity Hedge Fund in its strong and abundant Asian Fund. It is one of the most prestigious in the UK and is a brilliant prospect.
Interviews will commence next week from the 7th January, and so applications must be made now to be considered.
Please send a Word formatted CV to apply.a33hoiuccm@selbyjennings.aptrack.co.uk
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