Join as an integral part of Asia ex Japan Equity Strategy research team.
The role will involve supporting senior analyst based in Singapore.
The successful candidate will be part of a highly-regarded team with a mandate for research on Asia Pacific equity strategy. The team produces regular written reports on a variety of discretionary subjects with a substantial amount of underlying analysis, and the candidate would be expected to contribute to the reports in terms of idea generation and analysis.
Work on building financial/quantitative models and strategies for the team, which use company and/or macro-economic data; maintain these databases on a regular basis.
Assist in writing full or parts of research reports; Build marketing presentations with the direction of senior analyst.
Keep an eye on important regional/global news flow, which could likely have impact on equities in the region.
The candidate should be able to work under pressure and amid tight deadlines and be able to respond to requests from internal and external clients (both fundamental and quantitative) in a flexible manner.
The role offers the right candidate a potential to develop and grow knowledge of the workings of a financial market.
Mandatory:
Fluent in English (the analyst only speaks English)
Ideally some experience in equity/credit/quantitative research experience which demonstrates superior analytical ability; or demonstrated interest in pursuing financial markets research
Degree in Finance/Economics/CA/MBA or Engineering/Statistics /Mathematics from a premier institute is mandatory
Passion in analysing financial/stock markets or understanding
Tenacity and perseverance to be able to work in fast paced environment
Should be able to formulate a problem, undertake the required analysis and interpret the results
Be able to think through complex issues and be comfortable dealing, sometimes, with ambiguity in an effort to find solutions
Be highly numerate, with exceptional quantitative financial analysis and modelling skills
Knowledge of MS Excel, Word, PPT
Should be highly comfortable organising and analysing large amounts of data to find meaningful conclusions
Desired:
CFA/CFA candidate/Master’s degree/CA will be preferred
Some basic programming/ econometrics skills and background (VBA, R, Python) etc. are preferred. The candidate should be open to spend some of his/her time using programming skills to develop and maintain databases to enhanc productivity.
Some experience of financial databases such as Bloomberg, Factset, Thomson Reuters/ Eikon is good to have
Excellent analytical and communication skills (written and oral) with attention to detail.
Basic familiarity with report-writing for a business audience and ability to formulate and articulate views logically
Be a good team player
A passion for financial markets. The ability to transfer theory to practice, demonstrated through work experience or finance-related projects/ internships/ modules during course work would be an added advantage
Have an appetite for top-down research/macro-research to identify investment themes; and passionate about developing knowledge of Global Markets not only limited to equities, but also potentially rates, FX, commodities, etc