Fund Analyst – Multi Manager Real Estate recruitment
Aviva Investors is a global asset management business dedicated to building and providing focused investment solutions for clients who include local government organisations, pension funds, wholesale and retail banks, insurance companies, charities and private wealth managers. With assets under management across a range of real estate, equity, fixed income, money market and alternative funds, our clients benefit not only from our unique access to, and experience of, local markets but also from the availability of considerable global resources. We put our clients at the heart of our business; their investment objectives inform our product development and their needs shape our service.
As a Real Estate Multi Manager your major accountabilities will include:
- Review of funds: Participate in the implementation of the screening, due diligence review, evaluation, selection of investment opportunities, including funds and joint ventures in line with the REMM Investment Process
- Analysis: Carry out rigorous qualitative and quantitative analysis of prospective funds and their managers, including their track record, to ensure they meet client mandate requirements and are attractive relative to the underlying market
- Tax legal: Build up knowledge of the real estate markets, including the different corporate, taxation, accounting and legal frameworks across various jurisdictions
- Research: To liaise closely with the AI Research Strategy teams to remain appraised of key macro- economic, capital market and real estate trends. In particular to assist in formulating our forward looking house view of markets
- Strategy: Assists in the development of the teams overall macro-economic and real estate outlook
- Sourcing: To help source new investments/managers and to liaise with them and the multi manager team in structuring new investment opportunities.
- Recommendations: Helps prepare investment recommendations / investment actions to Investment Committees
- Systems: Ensures that the document retrieval system is maintained robustly including document storage and data capture. Help maintains the various investment pipelines
As a Real Estate Multi Manager Fund Analyst your skills and qualifications will ideally include:
- Degree in Business, Economics, Real Estate or any relevant field or equivalent.
- A preference for candidates who have the CFA designation or who are studying towards it or a similar qualification.
- Languages a bonus.
- Demonstrate a good understanding of real estate investment techniques, investment risk and management within the investment process.
- Experience in the real estate investment markets (ideally a blend of direct and indirect experience).
- Real estate or private equity investment decision-making and due diligence