Fixed Income Assistant Fund Manager

SUMMARY:
A South African asset management business based in Johannesburg that uses their analytical skills to find opportunities in listed fixed income and equities seeking an innovative and meticulous individual to join their organisation as a Fixed Income Assistant Fund Manager.

POSITION INFO:

Main responsibility will be for generating and reporting strategic views of various industries within the sphere of investments of the funds. Idea generation backed up by both technical and fundamental reasoning.

Key Responsibilities/Duties:

• Assist the fund manager with investment implementation and related administration
• Provide product and investment information to our internal clients (sales and marketing) via written materials, conference calls, presentations, and internal meetings
• Responsible for assisting the fund managers to ensure portfolios adhere to relevant regulation and fund mandates through the effective implementation of operational controls.
• Maintain desk procedures, how-to guides and risk registers, ensuring the processes and controls are captured and adhered to by those involved in the investment process
• To analyse incoming research material and identify items of greatest value to the fund managers
• Contribute to portfolio management process through insights/arguments for risk positioning and generation of investable themes
• Assist in the collation of material and output of regular client and ad hoc client and business reports
• To produce / maintain appropriate spreadsheets to support the investment process

Work Experience / Skills

• Minimum 5 years’ experience as a fixed income analyst
• Knowledge of fund management and the investment process – both technically and fundamentally
• Knowledge of portfolio risk management
• An in-depth knowledge of the South African fixed income market
• High literacy and numeracy skills
• High level of self-motivation
• Excellent IT skills
• Ability to work independently as well as a member of a high performing team.

Education:

Minimum BCom, preferably with Honours, CFA or similar qualification

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