Manager - Mutual Fund Research/Fund Research

Job Description:

We are seeking exceptionally intelligent, resourceful, and self-motivated individuals to be a part of our centralized Mutual Fund Research Team based out of Bangalore. Team covers mutual funds for a broad array of asset classes globally like US Equities, European Equities, Chinese Equities, Indian Equities, High Yield Bond Funds, Property Funds and Multi Asset Funds etc.

The Research process involves analysis of the Mutual Funds in terms of underlying Investment Process & Philosophy, Fund Management Team, Portfolio Construction & Positioning, Intrinsic Risk Characteristics, Scenario Dependencies, Performance and Volatility Profile along with regular monitoring the performance and assets flows to these products.

Business Responsibilities:

- Take complete ownership of deliverables both in terms of mutual fund research as well as any ad-hoc projects required by clients and senior management.

- Be accommodative and appreciative towards client's needs and exhibit the flexibility, ability and willingness to deliver under tight deadlines.

- Remain focused on improving the process efficiencies by suggesting and implementing various process and project improvement initiatives.

- Act as subject matter expert in the respective asset class assigned to him/her.

- Mentor Analyst/Senior Analyst in the team and assist the team lead in maintaining team cohesiveness and in managing deliverables.

- Candidates should be MBA or Masters with Finance specialization. Qualified CFA, FRM or studying for the equivalent would be desirable. Minimum of 7 yrs of post-qualification experience. Experience in analyzing funds, asset management companies, hedge fund companies or banking institutions is preferable. Out of the total experience at least 3 years in analyzing mutual funds is required.