Senior Associate - Investment Research

Job description / Role

As an Associate/Senior Associate in the Investment Research Team, you will play a pivotal role in supporting the team's strategic initiatives.

Client Details

The client is a multi-billion dollar investment manager based in Abu Dhabi

Description

As an Associate/Senior Associate in the Investment Research Team, your responsibilities will include:

* Playing a crucial role in developing cross asset-class investment research.
* Conducting detailed investment research across equity markets, sectors, and geographies, with a focus on equity strategy/investment strategy.
* Enhancing existing and developing new econometric models across asset classes for forecasting.
* Demonstrating a strong understanding of macroeconomic and political trends.
* Developing long-term and short-term capital market assumptions and annual market outlooks.
* Utilizing excellent written and verbal communication skills to create insightful and impactful investment commentary and reports.
* Creating proprietary tools to establish a legacy research function supporting overall investment objectives.
* Interacting with internal team members and presenting complex investment information in a clear and articulate manner.
* Cultivating a comprehensive investment research function while fostering a cohesive environment with other departments.

The Investment Research team reports to Head of Strategy, overseeing Capital Raising, Corporate Communications, Asset Allocation, and Portfolio Construction. This is a commercial research function, requiring interaction with investing teams, though not responsible for making investment decisions. The role plays a crucial part in providing guidance to the firm's decision-making around investments and may involve occasional interaction with LPs.

Job Offer

* Opportunity to join one of the top organisations
* Excellent exposure

Requirements

The ideal candidate should possess:

* Approximately 5-8 years of experience, ideally in equity strategy/investment strategy within the equity research departments of banks.
* Strong knowledge of private markets is a plus.
* Proficiency in developing econometric models and conducting comprehensive investment research.
* Understanding of macroeconomic and political trends.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills for impactful investment commentary and reports.
* Proactive approach to creating a comprehensive investment research function.
* Ability to interact effectively with internal teams and present complex information clearly.

About the Company

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