WM Global Investment Office - GIMA Investment Due Diligence – Fixed Income - Vice President
Full Time
New York, NY 10036
Posted
Job description
WM Global Investment Office - GIMA Investment Due Diligence – Fixed Income - Vice President
Job Number:
3219976
POSTING DATE: Jul 26, 2022
PRIMARY LOCATION: Americas-United States of America-New York-New York
EDUCATION LEVEL: Bachelor's Degree
JOB: Wealth Management
EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Full Time
JOB LEVEL: Vice President
DESCRIPTION
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management provides a range of wealth management products and services for affluent individuals, businesses, and institutions. These services include brokerage and investment advisory, financial and wealth planning, credit and lending, cash management, annuities and insurance, retirement and trust.
Position Summary
Global Investment Manager Analysis (GIMA), a unit within the Global Investment Office (GIO), provides comprehensive manager due diligence on a wide range of investment strategies, including separately managed accounts, mutual funds, UCITs, exchange-traded funds, and private vehicles in the equity, fixed income, and alternative investments spaces. The GIMA team engages with a broad array of investment managers to identify high quality strategies for portfolios.
Global Investment Manager Analysis (GIMA), a unit within the Global Investment Office (GIO), provides comprehensive manager due diligence on a wide range of investment strategies, including separately managed accounts, mutual funds, UCITs, exchange-traded funds, and private vehicles in the equity, fixed income, and alternative investments spaces. The GIMA team engages with a broad array of investment managers to identify high quality strategies for portfolios.
The investment analyst will provide support to the team’s investment officer, focused on fixed income investment strategies available across mutual fund, SMA, and ETF vehicles. The investment analyst will primarily be responsible for sourcing new investment managers and conducting initial and ongoing investment due diligence for various fixed income products.
Core Functions
- Lead the due diligence process from inception to completion, which typically involves documentation review, conference calls, and in-person meetings with investment managers.
- Analyze managers in relation to their investment process, portfolio construction, and risk management capabilities.
- Assess manager’s historical return profile based on their performance history and attribution.
- Prepare written reports and commentaries on various managers.
- Present findings and results to internal product approval committees, as necessary.
Ongoing Activities Include:
- Adhere to policies and procedures for initial and ongoing due diligence including onsite reviews, written notes, and updating reports.
- Interact with internal teams as appropriate, including Product Management, Sales, Legal, and Compliance, as needed.
- Support a team atmosphere including idea sharing, learning, and back-up.
- Remain abreast of industry trends, regulatory matters, and market events impacting funds, managers, clients, and the industry.
QUALIFICATIONS
Experience/Skills/Abilities
- Looking for a candidate that has a strong knowledge of fixed income active manager strategies and the desire to expand their skill set across investment strategies and products.
- 6-10+ years of job experience in the financial markets, with experience in investment due diligence and knowledge of various traditional investment strategies.
- Demonstrated oral and written communication skills, including experience drafting internal memorandum and detailed reports.
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills.
- Detail-oriented with ability to multi-task and handle multiple priorities.
- Ability to summarize large quantities of information and to work under pressure without sacrificing accuracy.
- Must be able to efficiently interface with internal personnel and external clients.
- A willingness to learn and to work within a close-knit team.
- Undergraduate degree required.
- MBA, CFA, CPA, and/or CAIA not required but viewed favorably.
- Appropriate securities licenses required or will need to be obtained upon hire.
This role requires that all successful applicants be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment and provide proof of such vaccinations within 3 days of commencement of employment.
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