Manager - Quantitative Strategies

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Join a growing quantitative investment platform where research, portfolio engineering and execution come together to shape real outcomes across global equity portfolios.

This is a hands-on role in a strategic growth area, with responsibilities spanning research, portfolio implementation and business development support, including:

• Research and development of new index strategies and beta solutions and improvements to existing solutions, including but not limited to new data exploration, portfolio engineering and optimization methodologies.

• Day-to-day monitoring and management of selected portfolios and beta funds (e.g. portfolio rebalancing, monitoring dividends, investment decisions around cash flows, corporate actions etc).

• Create, review and monitor trade orders. Working closely with the dealing desk to manage the trade orders efficiently and effectively.

• Add value through superior portfolio implementation and management in a consistent and risk-controlled manner, including through corporate action, index rebalancing and capital market strategies.

• Where necessary, provide fundamental or qualitative overlay to selected beta solutions.

• Contribute to the ongoing development of the beta solutions platform and capabilities.

• Participate in and contribute to team research projects and present updates and findings in regular internal forums.

• Research and contribute to the ongoing development of the portfolio implementation capabilities that will provide efficiency in the process and ultimately fund performance and risk improvements.

• Collaborate with data and infrastructure team members to ensure tools and data sets used for the research and portfolio implementation are robust, version controlled and consistent with best practice.

• Support and participate in client service, advisory and engagement activities as well as assisting in building of custom beta solutions.

• Produce regular reports and adhoc publications as required.

• Influence real portfolio outcomes across global equity markets and investment themes.

• Partner with investment, trading, data, technology, client and risk teams to build broad cross-functional expertise.

• Bring fresh ideas to an entrepreneurial team that values innovation, ownership and practical problem-solving.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

The ideal candidate will have 5-10 years of experience building and managing quantitative or passive strategies and carrying out relevant research with a focus on global equities and a proven track record. The following would be a strong advantage:

• Experience or familiarity with middle office processes.

• Exposure to index construction methodologies.

• Extensive knowledge of financial markets, quantitative investment strategies and index construction methodologies.

• Strong experience in equity portfolio management, including portfolio enhancement, corporate action and/or capital market strategies.

• Experience with FX management and currency implementation for global equity portfolios, including cash-flow related FX execution, hedging considerations and settlement-aware implementation.

• Experience with tax-aware portfolio optimization and implementation, including dividend withholding tax and capital gains tax considerations, tax-efficient trading decisions and market-specific tax or operational constraints where relevant.

• Strong corporate action implementation experience, including assessing portfolio, index, cash-flow and client-impact implications, and coordinating timely execution decisions.

• Broader portfolio implementation skills, including index rebalancing, transition management, liquidity-aware trading, cash equitization, derivatives for efficient portfolio management, order construction, trade cost/risk analysis and post-trade monitoring.

• Familiarity in using derivatives for efficient portfolio management and/or hedging purposes.

• Able to work well with various teams in the organisation, also able to take the initiative and work autonomously when required.

• A critical thinker

• Good interpersonal skills and articulate, with an ability to communicate effectively with all stakeholders.

• Open to challenge and debate

• Hands-on with keen attention to detail

Join Us To:

• Make an impact in a strategic growth area with strong visibility across investment leadership.

• Turn quantitative research into scalable portfolio solutions, from idea generation to execution.

• Build expertise in portfolio engineering, index implementation, risk-controlled trading and cross-market operations.

• Join a collaborative culture that encourages curiosity, ownership, robust debate and continuous improvement.