LDI Fund Manager recruitment

Responsibilities

1.Portfolio Management:

Overseeing and managing all liability matching portfolios that my client manages for its UK pension fund clients within the mandate.

To the extent that external managers are used to manage LDI portfolios, the role includes selection, appointment, monitoring, termination and replacement of external managers.

To the extent that LDI portfolios are managed internally, the role includes responsibility for structuring, counterparty selection and executing transactions in fixed rate and inflation-linked gilts, interest rate, inflation and total return swaps, swaptions and gilt repo’s.

Supporting the other members of the LDI team in these same responsibilities for my client's European pension fund clients.

2. Research Analysis

Researching and analysing UK interest rate and inflation markets and contributing investment views to my client's Investment Committee.

3. Advice

Advising Fiduciary Management UK and its clients on the design of LDI mandates.

Reporting to Fiduciary Management UK and its clients on the transactions, positions, exposures, risk and return of UK LDI portfolios.

Communicating my client's outlook on (UK) interest rate and inflation to Fiduciary Management UK.

Required Qualifications and Competencies

A relevant university degree, preferably in a quantitative discipline (maths, statistics, economics, finance);

A relevant professional qualification, such as CFA or CEFA. 

Relevant experience in financial markets, preferably in analysing and/or trading in UK interest rate and inflation markets;

Proven ability to structure portfolios to match liabilities using a wide range of instruments, including gilts, inflation-linked gilts, interest rate swaps, inflation swap, total return swaps, swaptions and repo’s;

Experience providing best execution for OTC derivative transactions and familiarity with ISDA/CSA/GMRA and collateral management.

Good knowledge of Excel, Bloomberg and other financial information and modelling tools

Client-focused with strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills for both internal and external (client) audiences

Self-starter with the drive and skills to develop and implement best practise portfolio management processes for UK liability matching portfolios;