Research Analyst

Role & Responsibilities:

• Join as an integral part of Asia ex Japan Equity Strategy research team.
• The role will involve supporting senior analyst based in Singapore.
• The successful candidate will be part of a highly-regarded team with a mandate for research on Asia Pacific equity strategy. The team produces regular written reports on a variety of discretionary subjects with a substantial amount of underlying analysis, and the candidate would be expected to contribute to the reports in terms of idea generation and analysis.
• Work on building financial/quantitative models and strategies for the team, which use company and/or macro-economic data; maintain these databases on a regular basis.
• Assist in writing full or parts of research reports; Build marketing presentations with the direction of senior analyst.
• Keep an eye on important regional/global news flow, which could likely have impact on equities in the region.
• The candidate should be able to work under pressure and amid tight deadlines and be able to respond to requests from internal and external clients (both fundamental and quantitative) in a flexible manner.
• The role offers the right candidate a potential to develop and grow knowledge of the workings of a financial market.

Mandatory Desired Domain

• Ideally some experience in equity/credit/quantitative research experience which demonstrates superior analytical ability; or demonstrated interest in pursuing financial markets research
• Degree in Finance/Economics/CA/MBA or Engineering/Statistics /Mathematics from a premier institute is mandatory
• Passion in analyzing financial/stock markets or understanding
• Tenacity and perseverance to be able to work in fast paced environment
• Should be able to formulate a problem, undertake the required analysis and interpret the results
• Be able to think through complex issues and be comfortable dealing, sometimes, with ambiguity in an effort to find solutions
• Be highly numerate, with exceptional quantitative financial analysis and modelling skills
• Knowledge of MS Excel, Word, PPT
• Should be highly comfortable organizing and analyzing large amounts of data to find meaningful conclusions
• CFA/CFA candidate/ Master s degree/CA will be preferred
• Some basic programming/ econometrics skills and background (VBA, R, Python) etc. are preferred. The candidate should be open to spend some of his/her time using programming skills to develop and maintain databases to enhance productivity.
• Some experience of financial databases such as Bloomberg, Factset, Thomson Reuters/ Eikon is good to have
• Excellent analytical and communication skills (written and oral) with attention to detail.
• Basic familiarity with report-writing for a business audience and ability to formulate and articulate views logically
• Be a good team player
• A passion for financial markets. The ability to transfer theory to practice, demonstrated through work experience or finance-related projects/ internships/ modules during course work would be an added advantage
• Have an appetite for top-down research/macro-research to identify investment themes; and passionate about developing knowledge of Global Markets not only limited to equities, but also potentially rates, FX, commodities, etc

Education

UG: Any Graduate

PG: MBA/PGDM in Marketing, Any Postgraduate, CA in CA