Associate Manager, Investment Research

About the Role

Associate Manager, Investment Research shall prudently support the Senior Manager, Investment Research in searching, assessing and monitoring corporate exposures including both equity and fixed income positions. He/she will also monitor the portfolios outsourced to external managers. He/she needs to conduct active and high-quality communications with Regional Office Investment and Corporate Credit Risk to obtain limits in due time to facilitate investment activities.

Responsibilities

• Macro and sector research: Performing quarterly macro research and database maintenance to report to local Investment Committee, Asia Regional Investment, and Corporate Headquarter. Analyzing data to identify investment trends and themes. Performing annual deep-dive review on specific sectors as assigned.
• Investment research - Credit: Performing credit research on new names and annual reviews on existing names in the Approved List with thorough fundamental factors, including but not limited to macro economy, government policy, industrial trend, company business model & strategy, ESG, financial risks and outlook, and submit to RO Credit team for approval. Assessing an internal rating based on internal rating methodology and making recommendation for limit approval. Pro-actively adjusting based on developments of external and internal factors.
• Investment research - Equity: Monitoring the equity market, coordinating with Asia Regional Equity team to provide input / opinion on the movement and potential investment strategy. Recommending tactical and strategic trading strategy.
• Outsourced portfolio: Monitoring third-party asset manager in portfolio construction, mandate compliance, and risk-adjusted performance analysis.
• Others: Periodically preparing material and attending quarterly investment committee meeting. Supporting other business development initiatives as requested.

Qualifications

Education & experience: BA Degree with major in Business, Finance, or Banking with experience of 3 - 5 years of investment research or management. Experience with Bloomberg Terminal, Power BI, AI data processing. Qualifications in investment or risk management (Fund Management Certificate by SSC, CFA, ACCA, or FRM) is a big plus.

Required Skills

• Fundamental and quantitative analysis
• Written and oral communication skills in both English & Vietnamese
• Knowledge of industries
• Multitasking and prioritization
• AI data analytics
• Problem solving

Preferred Skills

Capability to work with multiple key stakeholders (Local Business Unit, Regional Office, and Corporate) to sort out the investment related concerns/ issues. The research analyst role requires many different types of problem-solving skills given the multi-dimensional nature of the work: e.g. analysis vs monitoring, financial model building vs internal and external communication. To be successful the analyst will pivot and/or use a combination of systematic and logical tools and techniques as well as open mind, creative thinking and emotional intelligence.