Assistant Portfolio Manager

**The Role**

The Assistant Portfolio Manager (“APM”) will be assisting the Portfolio Manager of ZICOam in performing discretionary fund management whereby the ZICOam is appointed as the Investment Fund Manager. The APM is primarily responsible for supporting the PM in the following tasks but not limited to:
**Key Responsibilities**
- Providing a supporting role to the PM to perform fund management activities;
- Assisting the PM in all trading activities;
- Assisting in the actual onboarding of investors, including due diligence reviews and vetting through all onboarding documents;
- In charge of the pre-onboarding introductory meetings of potential investors;
- Reviewing and approving the monthly NAV calculations;
- Maintaining and updating of marketing materials;
**Fund Management**
- Provide a supporting role to PM under the duties of the Fund Manager (i.e. the company) and ensure not to involve in activities that will expose the company to any potential risks, liabilities and/or conflicts of interest.
- Adhere strictly to the predetermined strategy for investment (as defined in the Product Placing Memorandum and its supplements as well as Investment Policy) to achieve investment objectives of the investors.
- Determine, develop and implement investment strategies/opportunities for the investors (including recommendation made by the fund adviser, where applicable).
- Identify new opportunities and evaluate the performance of predetermined investment packages in order to make changes to portfolio that is no longer in line with the initial investment objectives or allocation guidelines.
- Perform product identification and analysis of the issuers (such as sector, company position and management, financial position, equity market performance) to ensure good quality partnership.
- Seek approval from CEO for the recommendation of new products.

**Fund Management - Marketing**
- Arrange introductory meetings with new/potential investors to understand their investment needs (based on the investors’ time horizon, risk preferences, return expectations and market conditions) before determining the appropriate risk level and fund suitability for them.
- Maintain investors deck to keep the information in the presentation materials up to date for usage in events/roadshows.
- Arranging subscription/redemption form from the investors and forward it to support team for processing.

**Fund Management - Trading**
- Liaise with counterparties (namely banks, brokers, custodians, facility agents, issuers) for Debt instruments to:

- assess the appropriate timeline for the drawdown and conversion requests;
- ensure that funding is arranged on a timely manner to facilitate the drawdown;
- manage the counterparties to ensure that the drawdown and conversion processes are executed efficiently;
- send conversion notice to the relevant parties for the required action.
- Manage the available funds in the respective subscription cash and investment trading accounts (as well as position holdings in the scheme) to achieve optimal results and error-free settlement.
- Place buy/sell orders (e.g. listed equities) with counterparties for the fund portfolios.

**Fund Management - Approvals**
- Coordinate with Fund Administrator for NAV calculation (on a monthly basis) as well as check for accuracy before providing approval to adopt and send the pack to respective investors.

**Documentation Related**
- Assist in the onboarding process (i.e. counterparties, issuers, investors) for Fund Management Services to ensure adherence to AML/CTF guidelines, such as:

- investors’ due diligence check;
- compliance search and screening (including conflicts check);
- investment suitability assessment (i.e. whether or not the fund is suitable for the investors);
- Risk profiling and rating (including obtaining the appropriate approval from the Board of Directors).
- Conduct periodic Client Due Diligence reviews to identify updates/changes to investors’ profile and obtain supporting documents (where applicable) for information update.
- Ensure that the investors receive a copy of the relevant documents executed for their own record purposes.
- Provide feedback to improve the Investor Subscription Agreement (including other related documents) for the products and services provided by the company.
- Vet through onboarding documents (such as Subscription Agreement, Subscription Form, AI Opt-In Form, identification and verification documents) to ensure completeness before forwarding them to support team for processing.

**Risk Management**
- Ensure compliance with investors’ disclosures, privacy laws, anti-money laundering requirements and anti-fraud measures.
- Ensure strict adherence to and compliance with regulatory directives/guidelines/notices to fulfil the duty of an appointed representative.

**Systems Related**
- Perform regular housekeeping

**Qualifications**

**Experience**
- At least 3-5 years of work experience within the industry or