Investment Manager

Description

Purpose
The investment manager will:

• Lead manager sourcing and due diligence across absolute return and equity sub-strategies
• Structure managed accounts and bespoke mandates
• Reallocate capital into higher-alpha strategies aligned with portfolio objectives
• Strengthen resilience within the asset management team
• Support performance oversight and active portfolio management

Responsibilities & Duties

1. Manager sourcing & origination

• Identify, source, and evaluate global investment managers across:
  • Alpha transport strategies
  • Market neutral strategies
  • Equity extension strategies
  • Hedged equity strategies
• Maintain strong institutional relationships with consultants, peers, and managers
• Proactively identify diversification opportunities to reduce single-manager concentration risk

2. Due diligence & investment assessment

• Conduct full investment, operational, and risk due diligence independently
• Build and review advanced financial models and performance attribution analyses
• Evaluate strategy robustness, alpha sustainability, and scalability
• Assess portfolio construction, factor exposures, liquidity profile, and risk controls
• Prepare detailed investment memoranda for internal review

3. Mandate structuring & execution

• Structure and negotiate managed accounts and fund allocations
• Lead execution processes from approval to funding
• Coordinate with legal, operations, and risk to finalize documentation
• Manage capital deployment for ring-fenced allocations (e.g., USD 600m alpha transport allocation)
• Ensure optimal ticket sizing and manager diversification (e.g., USD 200m mandates)

4. Portfolio monitoring & performance oversight

• Monitor performance, risk exposures, and alpha delivery
• Review manager reporting and fair value estimates
• Conduct periodic strategy reviews and performance diagnostics
• Respond to underperformance with structured engagement plans
• Recommend manager exits, reallocations, or mandate changes where appropriate

5. Governance & committee reporting

• Present investment recommendations to investment committees
• Prepare periodic performance and attribution reports
• Ensure all documentation meets EIA governance and audit standards
• Maintain databases of prospective and rejected investments

6. Team contribution & resilience

• Provide mentorship and technical guidance to investment analysts
• Support team knowledge development in absolute return and alpha transport strategies
• Contribute to team resilience and reduce key-person dependency risk

Requirements

Qualifications & experience

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, business, or related discipline
• MBA or equivalent postgraduate qualification preferred
• CFA or equivalent professional designation strongly preferred

Experience

• 10+ years of institutional investment experience
• Significant experience in manager selection and portfolio construction
• Demonstrated expertise in:
  • Absolute return strategies
  • Alpha transport strategies
  • Market neutral mandates
  • Equity extension structures
• Experience structuring and managing managed accounts
• Experience within:
  • Sovereign wealth funds
  • Pension funds
  • Asset managers
  • Institutional investment consulting firms

Technical skills

• Advanced financial modeling and performance attribution analysis
• Strong understanding of portfolio construction and risk-adjusted returns
• Familiarity with hedge fund and alternative strategy structures