Associate Director

2 weeks ago


Singapore M&G INVESTMENTS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. Full time

M&G Investments, established in 1931, is part of M&G plc, a savings and investment business listed on the London Stock Exchange and has £339 billion of assets under management (as at 30 June 2020). M&G plc has over 5 million customers in the UK, Europe and Asia, including individual savers and investors, life insurance policy holders and pension scheme members.

For nearly nine decades M&G Investments has been helping its customers to prosper by putting investments to work, which in turn creates jobs, homes and vital infrastructure in the real economy. Its investment solutions span equities, fixed income, multi asset, cash, private debt, infrastructure and real estate.

At M&G our vision is: to become the best loved and most successful savings and investment business and we’re looking for people who are excited about joining us on our journey. We’re digitally transforming and investing heavily in technology and innovation to develop new and improved customer propositions that really raise the bar for our customers. To help us achieve our vision we’re looking for exceptional people who live our values and behaviours and who can inspire others; embrace change; deliver results and keep it simple.

What you can expect from us:
We are committed to creating an environment where you can be exceptional at all you do. To help us deliver this, we promise to:

- Challenge Your Limits by creating a stimulating working environment and providing opportunities for you to be involved in meaningful and challenging work;
- Support Your Aspirations with a commitment to learning and development that helps you achieve and build
- your experience with people who want you to succeed;
- Value Your Input whereby leaders and managers will involve you in key decisions, listen to your thoughts and
- recognise the important contribution you make;
- Balance Your Life through a work life partnership that focuses on making this an inclusive, diverse and friendly place to work and offers the flexibility and support that enables everyone to be at their best.

The Team:
This role sits within the Asia Pacific Origination team, which was established in late 2019. The team is investment focused and originates investments for M&G funds across the Asia Pacific region in:
- Private credit: leveraged finance, real estate, structured credit and infrastructure, etc;
- Private asset equity: residual interests in infrastructure projects, pools of consumer assets, etc;
- Private corporate equity: clean energy and climate, healthcare, edutech, financial inclusion, etc;
- Public securitisation: RMBS, autos, SME, etc.

The team has been extremely active, having completed numerous investments and deployed c. USD 1.5bn across a number of different M&G funds. The team originates into the c. USD 50bn of assets that M&G funds hold within the categories listed above.

Additionally, the APAC Origination Team is part of the global Catalyst team which was set up to manage a c. USD 6bn mandate focused on investing in private asset with a focus on ESG and innovation. Therefore, experience in investing in sectors such as healthcare, education, inclusive financial products, food, renewable energy etc. would be beneficial.

The Role:

- Sourcing investment opportunities (including maintaining relationships with counterparties);
- Negotiating commercial terms;
- Performing due diligence on companies;
- Assessing ESG within the investment;
- Underwriting the potential investment;
- Presenting to investment committees; and
- Working with external legal advisors on documentation.

**Key Work Level Accountabilities: Manager or Expert**
- For people managers, accountable for managing and motivating others to ensure quality of delivery to customers and stakeholders
- Applies judgement to deliver outcomes, evaluating a range of potential solutions, considering the impact for customers, cost and risk
- Manages conflicts that may impact delivery
- Challenges upwards given knowledge of delivery and awareness of complex systems and the broader picture
- Identifies and anticipates need for changes to continuously improve quality and efficiency of output
- Manages resources and risks using expert judgment, know-how and experience

Key Responsibilities for this role:
- Both lead and work within deal teams to originate APAC investments;
- Maintain and build relationships to help in sourcing opportunities for investment;
- Help with developing strategic planning within the team and developing junior resources;
- Work with fund management teams in London to provide investment recommendations;
- Build strong relationships across the business, particularly with fund managers, the analysis teams and the rest of the global origination team;
- Provide support to the distribution teams in Asia through providing investment based product knowledge.

Key Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

- 6+ years of experience in investment analysis with a minimum of 4 years private equity experiences;
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