Product Manager Institutional Clients recruitment
At AEGON Asset Management, we take an active approach to managing investments. We have a clear investment philosophy, helping both retail and institutional clients maximize available investment opportunities and realize their financial objectives. By developing - and successfully deploying - integrated investment strategies, we enable our clients to manage risk and navigate a constantly changing business environment.
Our ambition is to be the investment provider of choice by earning the trust and confidence of our clients. We aim to sustain that position by ensuring client value through the delivery of a wide range of quality investment products, by achieving solid long-term investment performance and providing superior client relationship management. In doing so, we uphold the highest standards of integrity and transparency.
We employ talented asset management professionals and encourage forward thinking and new ideas using the global strength and expertise of the AEGON Group to the benefit of our customers.
As part of the AEGON Group, AEGON Asset Management has businesses in over twenty countries in Europe, the Americas and Asia. We manage more than EUR 180 billion on behalf of individual investors, financial institutions, pension funds and insurance companies around the world. The AEGON Asset Management businesses employ over 1,300 staff worldwide.Functie
- In liaison with other team members and counterparts within AEGON NL where appropriate, agree, develop and implement proposals for institutional products, employing the most appropriate structures for the target markets agreed;
- With a focus on the institutional business, identify and manage implementation of amendments and enhancements to the existing product range, including those driven by internal or external factors such as regulatory updates;
- Maintain a high level of current technical product knowledge and awareness with regard to industry trends to enable identification and delivery of industry leading best practices across the institutional product range;
- Take ownership of commercial and legal product documentation, including prospectus, simplified prospectus, and associated agreements, working with colleagues in Legal, Risk Compliance to ensure the product range remains compliant with all relevant regulations;
- Ensure, in liaison with other PMD colleagues where appropriate, working along agreed business processes, proper documentation of process steps and decision making and identifying and manage implementation of relevant opportunities for process improvements;
- Provide management information on the institutional product range on demand and pro-actively and contribute to building periodic business update reports;
- Develop close and collaborative working relationships within the wider distribution area, investments, back office, staff functions as legal/compliance/tax and with key stakeholders and counterparts at the institutional client domain within AEGON NL;
In addition to the duties and responsibilities listed, the job holder may be required to perform other duties assigned by his/her manager from time to time so long as such duties are within the scope and ability of the job holder.
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- Strong technical knowledge of all aspects of investment funds;
- Strong level of investment knowledge across equities, fixed income and alternatives;
- Project management skills and experience;
- Excellent attention to detail;
- Ability to work to tight deadlines;
- Ability to plan and organize own time to ensure completion of diverse project;
- A problem solving approachto technical and operational challenges ;
- Skill in building and maintaining relationships across the organisation;
- University degree (economics or business administration) , VBA/CFA preferred;
- Minimum of 5 years relevant working experience.
For more information about the selection process, you can contact Hermione Tomson, HR Business Partner, +31 70 344 7843