Investment Associate, Singapore / Hong Kong

Role Description & Responsibilities

Portfolio Management (50%): You will initially be allocated eight to ten investment portfolios which will cover a range of institutional and family office clients. The aim of the portfolio management team is to specify, develop and ensure execution of clients’ investment strategies in line with their long-term targets and goals. You will be expected to be gain deep understanding of investment trends in all traditional and alternative asset classes, as well as sophisticated tools for portfolio construction and management. In helping manage these portfolios you will work in close teams where you have direct exposure and interactions with client managers who have multiple decades of experience, either within Partners Capital or other highly respected global investment institutions. With their support and training, we expect you to grow into a position to be able to build and develop impactful relationships with clients.

Investment Origination, Execution and Monitoring within Private Markets (30%): You will join our Private Markets team and will be responsible for research to identify promising investment opportunities and conducting due diligence on asset managers for deployment of our global clients’ capital base. Your role in manager due diligence will result in you having exposure and direct access to some of the most seasoned and high-quality asset managers in the world, given our size and client base has us sought out as an investment partner. As such we expect our investment associates to display a significant level of maturity and gravitas. Over time you will be expected to develop one or more specialist areas of expertise, manage relationships with managers in those areas and be able to identify and sponsor new investments in those areas through the investment process.

Other (20%): Our business is high growth and highly entrepreneurial in nature. In addition to the above, you will, for variety, take on other activities and projects, which might include: researching and improving our portfolio construction knowledge and approach, assisting with business development, or helping to develop our technological capabilities.

We are open to hiring for this position in Singapore or Hong Kong.

Attributes / Required Skills

We are looking for intellectually curious team players with a strong desire to further our reputation for excellence. You will have good problem-solving and interpersonal skills and thrive in a collaborative working environment. You need not have worked within the investment management industry, but you will have worked in a professional services role (e.g. within management consulting, investment banking, or accounting) and have a passion for investing. As we are proponents of lifelong learning, you will be keen to commit to further professional development including the CFA qualification, which we will support. If you believe you have some (or all) of these attributes and are looking to fulfil your potential in an intellectually engaging career with good long-term progression prospects in a growing firm, we encourage you to apply.

Benefits

Partners Capital is committed to being a great place to work. We are focused both on wellbeing and professional growth. You can expect professional development and career progression opportunities, competitive compensation, exceptional benefits and a flexible “results-focused” working model.

Our benefits package includes private medical and life insurance, income protection and pension contributions. In addition, we partner with organisations to provide wellness benefits. Partners Capital supports global philanthropy via a charity program and provides a volunteer day for all employees. We also champion a variety of social events.

Contact Details

Please send your CV and cover letter to recruiting@partners-cap.com with the subject “Investment Associate, Singapore/Hong Kong”. Further information about Partners Capital is available on our website www.partners-cap.com