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VN-10866
Permanent
Hong Kong
HK$Excellent + Bonus + Benefits
18 April 2019
We are seeking a Head of Asia High Yield Research to be the point-person and face of the Global HY franchise in Asia, helping to build and maintain the necessary brand equity with counterparties and clients
Head of Asia High Yield Research
- To ensure that the Global HY team is able to competently cover, manage, and evaluate all relevant Asian HY investment opportunities and risk positions
- To be a key resource to support the growth of the Global HY and EM HY business in Asia
- To be the point-person and face of the Global HY franchise in Asia, and helping to build and maintain the necessary brand equity with counterparties and clients
Key Responsibilities:
- Analyst coverage of the Asia ex-Japan USD HY market, with primary responsibilities including, but not limited to, initiating and evaluating HY investment opportunities, conducting due diligence, and developing financial and cash flow projection models
- Operate and maintain the Asia HY credit research platform, working closely with the other members of the Global HY team in London and the US, in particular the EM HY portfolio manager in London
- Support the Global HY team’s marketing efforts
- Support the expansion of the Asia business including, but not limited to, the expansion of operations/roles in LGIM Asia, i.e. credit trading functions GTT in Hong Kong
- Strong credit analysis ability, so as to accurately assess the credit worthiness of HY companies
- Strong spreadsheet modelling ability, so as to efficiently and accurately model the companies the team looks to invest in
- Excellent knowledge of the companies who are existing issuers in the Asia HY space (mainly issuers in Greater China, Indonesia, and India)
- Excellent understanding of the Asian HY market
- Ability to communicate effectively
- In depth investment research experience
- Educated to degree level, ideally with CFA or CPA
- Fluent English speaking, ideally with Bahasa or Mandarin
- Competent with Microsoft Office applications & Bloomberg
Whatever your role, we reward ability, performance and attitude with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you, ensuring that your work will be rewarded when you join us.
About L&G
Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) launched in Asia Pacific by establishing Legal & General Investment Management Asia Ltd in July 2013. In response to growing demand for specialist and scalable global management solutions, LGIM brings indexing and active fixed income products to institutional investors in the region.
Legal & General Investment Management is one of Europe’s largest asset managers and a major global investor, with total assets of U$1,105bn*. We work with a wide range of global clients, including pension schemes, sovereign wealth funds, fund distributors and retail investors.
Throughout the past 40 years, LGIM has built its business through understanding what matters most to clients and transforming this insight into valuable, accessible investment products and solutions. Today, LGIM is one of the world’s leading providers of index fund management and a major investor in global fixed income markets.
More than 80% of LGIM’s new business comes from existing clients, a record that demonstrates our belief in growing with clients and serving them well. Industry-leading client service means being accessible and delivering investment expertise consistently. Whether that means reliably providing a market return through its index funds, or establishing a bespoke actively managed solution that fits a client’s needs, LGIM has one key focus, to provide clients with what they need most.
*as at 31 December 2016, including derivative positions and advisory assets. These figures include assets managed by LGIMA, an SEC Registered Investment Advisor.
About the business area
LGIM manages fixed income, equity, multi-asset, liability-driven investment, property and alternative solutions on behalf of its clients. Located across the globe, our clients include institutional pension funds, financial institutions, local authorities and sovereign wealth funds. In order to meet the complex and evolving investment needs of our clients, we focus on remaining at the forefront of investment product innovation and maintaining our reputation as experts across all asset classes.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.
