Fund Manager, Multi-Assets

About Schroders

As a global investment manager, we help institutions, intermediaries and individuals across the planet meet their goals, fulfil their ambitions, and prepare for the future. But as the world changes, so do our clients' needs. That's why we have a long history of adapting to suit the times and keeping our focus on what matters most to our clients.

Doing this takes experience and expertise. We bring together people and data to spot the trends that will shape the future. This provides a unique perspective which allows us to always invest with conviction. We are responsible for over $600 billion* of assets for our clients who trust us to deliver sustainable returns. We remain determined to build future prosperity for them, and for all of society. Today, we have 4,600 people across six continents who focus on doing just this.

We are a global business that's managed locally. This allows us to always keep our clients' needs at the heart of everything we do. For over two centuries and more than seven generations we've grown and developed our expertise in tandem with our clients' needs and interests.

*as at 30 June 2020

The team

Schroders' Multi-Asset team provides investors with a unique opportunity to utilise the expertise of over 100 dedicated investment professionals across 9 locations globally and diversify their investments in a wide-range of assets, regions and strategies. The Multi-Asset team designs, implements and manages outcome-based solutions with our clients' needs in mind.

The base

This role is based in Hong Kong but will cover the entire Asian region.

What you'll do

Portfolio Management

• Sharing responsibility for the daily management and implementation of Multi-Asset portfolios, and potentially taking over the responsibility of one or more portfolios
• Implement specific trade ideas and models trades for portfolios in line with the multi-asset team's investment views and ensure consistency across accounts for implementation results
• Understand clearly any client-specific objectives and restrictions to adjust asset allocation and security selection as required (i.e., non-benchmark objectives such as absolute or peer performance), while ensuring all compliance requirements are met

Portfolio Analysis and Optimisation

• Support on-desk portfolio and risk analysis to make sure underlying risk drivers align with team investment views.
• Develop and maintain framework to improve portfolio construction and diversification in different investment environments
• Run portfolio optimisations using proprietary models and suggest asset allocation changes from the optimizer

Global Investment Process

• Conduct fundamental and quantitative research into different risk premia
• Participate in global and local asset allocation meetings and contribute to trade ideas and views generation
• Join one or more risk premium research teams within the Strategic Investments Group - Multi-Asset (SIGMA), our research platform
• Generate trade idea recommendations for the Global Asset Allocation Committee (GAAC)

The skills, experience and knowledge that you'll need

• Bachelor degree in Economics, Finance or Business; CFA or advanced degree (or equivalent)
• Demonstrable relevant experience ( 2 to 5 years ) in Multi-Asset or Global Macro investments as an analyst or portfolio manager
• Experience in managing/analysing Fixed Income portfolio would be a plus

What you'll be like

• Attention to details
• Excellent reasoning and analytical ability
• Desire to work in a team-oriented environment

Schroders is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications regardless of gender, marital status, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, religious belief or age.