Portfolio Manager
Job description
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) is currently recruiting a Portfolio Manager within its London based Portfolio Management Group. The team manages a broad range of fixed income portfolios and structured synthetic based fixed income funds. The Portfolio Manager will be responsible for managing a range of portfolio types. Knowledge of credit is required. Swap / Derivatives knowledge would be an advantage.
The responsibilities of the individual in this position include:
- Successfully construct and manage fixed income portfolios based on the investment guidelines, with a focus on Credit and swap based mandates.
- Accountability and ability to discuss the performance of such mandates.
- Becoming a respected and trusted member of the Fixed Income Portfolio Management team, attending and contributing to team meetings.
- Maintaining an understanding of current market developments and proactively contribute ideas.
- Contributing towards thought leadership through writing reports on investment themes, for internal and external distribution.
- Understanding and further enhancing current team processes.
Qualifications:
- Degree qualified in numerate/financial discipline.
- CFA qualified or undertaking CFA program is highly preferred but not mandatory.
- Demonstrable and proven portfolio management experience in fixed income, including a deep understanding of credit markets. Any experience in emerging market fixed income, whilst not necessary, would be an advantage.
- Understanding of the management of swap based mandates.
- Knowledge of fixed income benchmarks methodology.
- Familiarity with analytical systems such as Barclays POINT and Yieldbook.
- Advanced Excel skills.
- Good writing skills and an ability to articulate market views effectively.
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Numerical and analytic.
- IMC or equivalent exam recognized by the FCA for threshold competence desirable.
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