Fixed Income Analyst
- Employer
- Mashreq Global Services
- Location
- Bangalore
- Salary
- Negotiable
- Closing date
- Jul 5, 2021
View more
- Job Function
- Banking, Fixed Income Research: Buy Side, Fixed Income Research: Sell Side, Investment Advisor/Consultant, Portfolio Management: Fixed Income, Other
- Industry Sector
- Asset Management, Centre of Excellence, Commercial Bank, Credit Union, Private Bank, Savings & Loan, , Investment Bank
- Certifications
- CFA Charterholder
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Education
- Bachelors
You need to sign in or create an account to save a job.
Job Purpose:
- Credits: Review credits frequently, on-time & to a high standard.
- Markets: Prepare macro material summarizing key asset class returns.
- Portfolios: Assist with portfolio rebalancing, monitoring & maintenance.
- Client Support: Prepare performance & positioning sections of client presentations.
Key Result Areas:
Credits:
- Conduct regular credit reviews as part of a buy-side asset manager based on a universe with the following characteristics:
- Geography: Predominantly EM, tilted towards MENA & Asia but also encompassing Europe, Africa & LatAm.
- Credit Quality: Both investment grade & high yield.
- Sectors: Sovereigns, GREs, banks & corporates.
- Capital Structure: Covers the entire capital structure from senior unsecured to AT1s in addition to fixed & floating-rate securities.
Markets:
Prepare material for a range of market reporting:
- Market Meetings:
- Verbally summarize market moving news for fixed income twice-weekly by utilizing third-party newswire services.
- Verbally communicate market-moving positions across the team’s mandates.
- Fixed Income Meetings: Prepare fixed income & multi-asset weekly PowerPoint including market-moving data for all asset classes in the prior week; upcoming economic events in the week ahead; new issue pipeline; portfolio statistics; peer comparisons; trade history; action points based on the meeting.
- Operational Meetings: Prepare fixed income & multi-asset monthly PowerPoint including performance, attribution, positioning etc.
- Investment Committee Meetings: Support portfolio managers in preparing asset class & market data for the investment committee.
- Monthly Outlook: Write the monthly outlook comprising:
- Summary of fixed income based on third-party (TP) services.
- Outlook of fixed income based on in-house views.
- Investment Oversight Committee Meetings: Support portfolio managers in preparing material on the public funds & markets.
Portfolios:
- Global Multi-Asset ETFs: Rebalance the portfolios on a quarterly basis based on target allocations; rebalance the portfolios following in/outflows; maintain excel sheets & other docs to ensure the portfolios remain close to the target allocations.
- Fixed Income Funds/Mandates: Notify portfolio managers of at-risk credits.
- Trade Allocation Sheets: Complete trade allocation sheets for new issues.
- NAVs: Check daily NAVs.
- Dividends: Check quarterly dividend calculations.
- Benchmarks: Monthly upload of benchmark data onto Bloomberg.
Client Support:
- Factsheets: Check & correct monthly factsheet data; Improve existing factsheet data via automating data from TP service providers to factsheet excel sheets & final PDFs.
- Client Reports: Complete a wide range of weekly, monthly & quarterly client reports by downloading data from TP service providers & presenting it in the required client-friendly format. Improve existing client reports via automating data from TP service providers.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
- Python coding skills are essential for this role.
- Financial modelling/forecasting skills are vital.
- Microsoft office, particularly advanced knowledge of excel & PowerPoint.
- CFA Charterholder.
- Communication skills: Articulate credit & market views to portfolio managers verbally & in writing.
- 3+ years’ experience analyzing EM credits.
You need to sign in or create an account to save a job.
Sign in to create job alerts
Sign in or create an account to start creating job alerts and receive personalised job recommendations straight to your inbox.
Create alert