Acuity Knowledge Partners - Associate - Debt Capital Markets

Acuity Knowledge Partners is currently looking for dedicated and self-motivated individuals who have strong organizational and teamwork skills to support the DCM team of a global investment bank.

Activities : 

- Prepare pitch books, capital structure analysis, debt profiles, credit memos, sales memos and road show presentations

- Creating various issuer/target related analyses including market analyses, company profiles, credit highlights, balance sheet analyses, credit ratings assessment, and competitive benchmarking

- Working on market updates / newsletters including commentary, trading levels, recent issuances update, major economic events

- Helping the client in preparing and collating Investor Profiles for road show schedules

- Quality checking analyst's work to ensure accuracy

- Ensuring timely delivery of reports to clients and keep seniors informed in advance in case of any delay

- Ability to handle requests independently and communicate with onsite bankers on assumptions, clarifications and expected output

Required Background : 

- 2-3 years of relevant DCM experience

- Well versed with Microsoft Office - Word, Excel and Power Point

- Excellent working knowledge of databases such as Bloomberg, Dealogic, Thomson, etc.

- Excellent working knowledge of the fixed income market

- Ability to work independently and possess the management/leadership skills to run the research on a day-to-day basis and apply his insights to client ideas

- Ability to work in high-pressure situations

- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

- Post-Graduation in Finance or equiv. qualification (CFA, MBA (finance), CA or equiv.)