Assistant Manager - Investment Management

Eastspring is a global asset manager with Asia at its core. We create a culture in which diversity is celebrated and inclusion assured, for our colleagues, customers, and partners. We provide a platform for our people to do their best work and make an impact to the business, and in exchange, we support our people's career ambitions. We pledge to make Eastspring a place where you can Connect, Grow and Succeed.

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ROLE PURPOSE: Responsible for supporting fund managers through market analysis, portfolio performance management, and trade recommendations to enhance returns and maintain top-quartile performance. The role includes preparing daily and weekly market updates, monitoring cash flows and portfolio positions, managing foreign exchange hedging strategies, researching industry trends such as ESG integration, and providing administrative support for documentation, meetings, and account setup. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ROLE: • Update Global markets, outlook and trend on the macro level • Write up daily market update, new news and analyze the outlook present to investment team and present/recommend funds to marketing team every Tuesday. Write up fund recommendation every week • Monitor subscription and redemption and cash balance on a daily basis. Update and report the portfolio position on daily basis • Perform foreign exchange management ie hedge ratio, optimal hedge ratio • Attend meeting in order to record minutes and prepare investment information for fund manager • Provides administrative support for the completion of documentation of all paper work and all the trades. • Provide support for open new fund account or open new counterparty • Others assigned by team head and senior leaders QUALIFICATIONS and EXPERIENCE: • Bachelor's / Master's Degree • At least 5 years of experience inBachelor's / Master's Degree in Law, Finance / Accounting, MBA, Economics banking (Banking Compliance • At least 5 years of experience in banking (Banking Compliance would be preferable) • English Proficiency Level – Business Communication TECHNICAL/ FUNCTIONAL SKILLS: • Expertise in capital markets. • Strong understanding of capital market, economic landscape, and regulatory development. • Proficient in Bloomberg, Refinitiv, and analytics platforms. • Understanding of local regulatory frameworks. • Knowledge of portfolio risk analytics, performance attribution, and compliance systems. BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS: • Strong understanding of client needs and ability to tailor investment solutions accordingly. • Execution Excellence: Results-driven, with a focus on performance, accuracy, and operational efficiency. • Communication & Influence: Ability to clearly articulate investment strategies and rationale to both internal and external stakeholders.

 

Eastspring is an equal opportunity employer.  We provide equality of opportunity of benefits for all who apply and who perform work for our organisation irrespective of sex, race, age, ethnic origin, educational, social and cultural background, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, disability or part-time / fixed-term work, or any other status protected by applicable law. We encourage the same standards from our recruitment and third-party suppliers taking into account the context of grade, job and location. We also allow for reasonable adjustments to support people with individual physical or mental health requirements.