Note: Interested parties please apply in confidence with a full resume (current and expected salary, available date required) together with your answer to the offline test to our email. Any application without answer to the offline test will be ignored. Please refer to the page for more details about this role and offline test.

# Responsibilities & progression

An Investment Analyst is responsible for identifying, analyzing, and communicating investment opportunities. This includes conducting in-depth research on macro and industry-level themes, evaluating and analyzing macro condition and asset price responses, forecasting macro/market trends, and providing investment recommendations.

*(This role is from our discretionary macro and systematic trading team)*

- Research and analyze potential investments
- Research industry trends and developments
- Forecasting market trends
- Providing and communicating investment recommendations
- Research trading strategies and assist in trade implementation
- Assist in portfolio management and review
- Identifying new ideas, insights or developments in the market that could provide high pay-off opportunities
- Candidates holding SFC licenses with outstanding soft skills will be provided the opportunity to become a Responsible Officer applicant

Successful candidates will gain broad experience in the following aspects of our operation:

- Asset management business

Pitch investment ideas to portfolio managers

Communicate investment solutions to traders and clients

Attend macro, market, and portfolio review meetings

Manage investment portfolios

- Investment research process

Global asset allocation decisions

Macro analysis on the regional and country-level

Research on topics such as market cycle, economics, liquidity, industry fundamental and thematic studies

Research on trading strategies

- Portfolio management process

Portfolio construction

Risk exposure

Sizing and tactical timing

Portfolio maintenance and review


From here, you can develop into an investment research expert, trader, or portfolio manager.

## Requirements

- Proficiency in data collection, processing, and analysis
- Three years of experience conducting in-depth research in investment-related disciplines is preferred
- Strong analytical skills with a demonstrated ability to interpret data from various sources into actionable insights
- Track record of excellence and continued improvement
- Demonstrated critical thinking, open-minded and attention to detail
- Excellent team player