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Senior Portfolio Manager - Insurance/Annuity

Employer
Legal & General Investment Management America
Location
Chicago, Illinois
Salary
Commensurate with experience
Closing date
Oct 30, 2020

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Job Function
Portfolio Management: Fixed Income
Industry Sector
Asset Management
Employment Type
Full Time

Job Details

Overview

The Portfolio Manager works as part of a team responsible for various strategies within Fixed Income Solutions with a specific focus on the US Insurance, US Pension Risk Transfer and USD Global Annuity investments. This Portfolio Manager will be expected to integrate within the US team and also develop daily working relationships with our London based counterparts and all US based internal counterparts.      

Responsibilities

  • Directly responsible for the portfolio management of all on balance sheet accounts within LGIMA that are being managed for Legal & General Group domestically or internationally.   
  • Monitor portfolio position exposures and risk analytics for all managed accounts.
  • Construct trade orders to be executed by Central Dealing Team.
  • Monitor portfolio positions and trade orders for compliance with client guidelines.
  • Generate purchase or sell orders to meet client contributions, withdrawals or other ad hoc needs.
  • Manage portfolio cash balances and ensure cash balances are consistent with product guidelines and current investment strate
  • Review and resolve any potential pre/post trade compliance breaches.
  • Liaise with other departments internally including Legal/Compliance, Sales/Marketing, Investment Operations and Insurance Solutions.
  • Implement investment decisions derived from credit strategy meetings with respect to portfolio management activitie
  • Direct involvement with internal client investment, pricing and risk teams to ensure that portfolio structure and composition adhere to applicable requirements.
  • Work closely with credit research team members on portfolio construction and monitoring, while owning all portfolio management responsibilities.
  • Preparation of marketing presentations and reports for clients. Ownership of all investment and risk related client service meetings pertaining to the internal client. 
  • Complete ad hoc requests from internal clients including security analysis, portfolio modeling, new deal pricing and investment rotation. 

Qualifications

  • Applicable fixed income experience of greater than 10 years desired, CFA or MBA preferred
  • Job appropriate fixed income and portfolio management skills essential.
  • Ability to take ownership for assigned responsibilities independently and accurately.
  • Strong Bloomberg and Excel skills required
  • Working knowledge of structured products, Pension Risk Transfer, and LDI desired.

EOE Statement As an EOE employer, Legal & General Investment Management America will extend equal opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, ancestry, national origin, age, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, military status, and/or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment.

 

 

Company

Legal & General Investment Management America, Inc. (LGIMA) was founded in 2006 and specializes in fixed income, liability driven investment (LDI) solutions and index capabilities for the US institutional market.* We offer a range of strategies to help our clients manage their investment objectives including investment grade fixed income, which can range from market-based alpha-oriented strategies to those that are designed to be more liability-centric, derivative overlays, and indexed solutions.

Our solutions-focused culture is geared toward customization for our clients. As a firm, LGIMA has professional resources dedicated to insuring that our credit portfolios are structured in a risk-conscious manner, but can still have the ability to produce excess returns over an appropriate, sometimes custom, benchmark. Our index fund management offering extends well beyond the standard market cap weighted indices. We have the capability to manage index funds against various equity indices. 

As of December 31, 2019, LGIMA managed over $219 billion in assets. Our clients include pension plans, foundations & endowments, unions, and public funds.

Company info
Telephone
312-964-3108
Location
71 S. Wacker Drive
Suite 800
Chicago
IL
60606
US

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