Portfolio Manager, External Funds

2 weeks ago


Singapore Great Eastern Life Assurance Co Ltd Full time

Portfolio Manager, External Funds Great Eastern Life Assurance Co Ltd Singapore Posted 1 day ago Permanent Competitive

Job Purpose
As a Portfolio Manager, External Funds Team, you will be responsible for sourcing, conducting investment due diligence, performing ongoing monitoring, and reporting related responsibilities for our third-party mandates across public markets.
The position reports to the Head of External Funds Team. Applicant should possess strong analytical thinking, and, preferably, with prior experience in financial markets, i.e. direct investments, or funds allocation. Collaboration and good communication skills are essential due to the need to work with teams across different business functions.

The Job

  • Conduct quantitative and qualitative research on identified focus areas.
  • Conduct due diligence of existing and prospective investments through engagement with fund managers, reference calls and financial analysis.
  • Perform strategy level analysis, including periodic research, and highlighting investment opportunities to the team.
  • Takes accountability in considering business and regulatory compliance risks and takes appropriate steps to mitigate the risks.
  • Maintains awareness of industry trends on regulatory compliance, emerging threats and technologies in order to understand the risk and better safeguard the company.
  • Highlights any potential concerns /risks and proactively shares best risk management practices.
Our Requirements
  • 5-10 years of experience in manager research.
  • Experience in covering liquid alternative strategies (fund of hedge funds, hedge funds, alternate credit etc.) will be viewed favourably.
  • Multi-asset class experience is preferable, but not essential.
  • Proficiency in finance and investment fundamentals is required.
  • Knowledge of Morningstar or MercerInsight.
  • Analytical thinker who approaches problems logically and methodically
  • Multi-tasker who can track several priorities to produce high quality outcomes within deadlines.
  • Self-starter with initiative to lead and undertake new projects independently.
  • Good communicator who can collaborate productively with the External Funds Team and stakeholders around the organisation.
  • High level of integrity, takes accountability of work and good attitude over teamwork.
  • Takes initiative to improve current state of things and adaptable to embrace new changes.
About Great Eastern
Established in 1908, Great Eastern places customers at the heart of everything we do. Our legacy extends beyond our products and services to our culture, which is defined by our core values and how we work. As champions of Integrity, Initiative and Involvement, our core values act as a compass, guiding and inspiring us to embrace the behaviours associated with each value, upholding our promise to our customers - to continue doing our best for them in a sustainable manner.
We work collaboratively with our stakeholders to look for candidates who exhibit or have the potential to embrace our core values and associated behaviours, as these are the key traits that we expect from our employees as they develop their careers with us.
We embrace inclusivity, giving all employees an equal opportunity to shine and play their role in exploring possibilities to deliver innovative insurance solutions.
Since 2018, Great Eastern has been a signatory to the United Nations (UN) Principles of Sustainable Insurance. Our sustainability approach around environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations play a key role in every business decision we make. We are committed to being a sustainability-driven company to achieve a low-carbon economy by managing the environmental footprint of our operations and incorporating ESG considerations in our investment portfolios; improving people's lives by actively helping customers live healthier, better and longer; and drive responsible business practices through material ESG risk management.

To all recruitment agencies: Great Eastern does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our email or our employees. We will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

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