Investment Analyst - Fixed Income

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Investment Analyst to join their London office. This role is vital for sourcing and analyzing fixed income transactions, collaborating with teams across multiple geographies. The ideal candidate will have a strong interest in credit analysis and fixed income investing, excellent communication skills, and the ability to manage multiple projects. This is a fantastic opportunity to grow within a dynamic team and contribute to the expansion of investment strategies across Europe. If you're eager to learn and succeed in a challenging environment, this position offers a pathway to professional development and success.

Qualifications

• Strong interest in fixed income investing and credit analysis.
• Excellent communication and project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist in screening and identifying new investment opportunities.
• Manage portfolio diversity, duration, capacity, and credit risk.

Skills

Fixed Income Investing

Credit Analytical Skills

Project Management

Communication Skills

Education

Undergraduate Degree

MBA or CFA (preferred)

Job description

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Investment Analyst - Fixed Income, London

Client:

Company 428 - Manulife General Account Investments (UK) Limited

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Finance

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

6ac8b2380ae9

Job Views:

29

Posted:

21.03.2025

Expiry Date:

05.05.2025

Job Description:

Description

Investment Analyst

Manulife General Account Investment (UK) is Manulife’s primary European office which sources private and public fixed income transactions across local markets. This office collaborates with Manulife’s other corporate finance offices in Boston, Toronto and Asia (Hong Kong, Singapore and Tokyo) to assess and analyze transactions and advise portfolio managers across various geographies. Increasing Manulife’s exposure to the European fixed income markets is an important part of the ongoing strategy.

Role and Accountability: Reporting to the Head of European Corporate Finance and working closely with senior members of the team, the successful candidate will function as a fixed income investment professional, assisting in the screening and identification of new investment opportunities and working towards the preparation and presentation of these opportunities and their merits to the broader investment team across geographies. They will be responsible for the ongoing and periodic review of individual investments in the portfolio.

The Investment Analyst (“IA”) is expected to apply credit and transaction analysis and, through their understanding of Manulife's credit approach and process, work closely with senior members of the team to screen European private and public transactions in terms of credit, relative value and portfolio needs. The IA is expected to become knowledgeable about the various markets in Europe, as well as North America and Asia Pacific, across all the fixed income asset classes where Manulife is active. Public transactions will require daily interaction with wide-ranging UK and European public bond bookrunners as well as multiple internal stakeholders. Private transactions will include privately placed EMTNs as well as USPPs, European private placements, schuldscheins, and project financings. Applying that knowledge, the IA will work towards advising members of the broader group across Manulife offices on the merits of investment opportunities.

The IA will assist senior members of the European Corporate Finance team in business development activities (i.e., sourcing new opportunities) with the goal of expanding Manulife's European coverage. The IA will assist in researching and developing investment strategies and parameters and regularly present targeted companies with financing needs commensurate with Manulife’s cash flow, credit quality and duration needs. That will require proactivity and the ability to think creatively. Gaining an understanding of various Manulife entities' tax and regulatory considerations and implementation of those considerations is also important.

The IA will work closely with sector analysts in the Boston, Toronto and Asia offices on credit and transaction analysis. The IA is expected to work towards gaining responsibilities for European sectors and credits. The IA will be part of the team that advises portfolio management in Boston, Toronto and Asia on credit and transactions on an ongoing basis. Communication skills (both verbal and written) and collaboration are very important as there will be constant communication with analysts, PMs, tax and legal from various geographies.

Investment Administration:

Manage a portfolio including diversity, duration, capacity and credit risk and monitor and disseminate sector and company developments on a timely basis. Specific responsibilities will also include the following:

• Monitor and gain a deep understanding of the composition of the portfolio;
• Monitor portfolio developments impacting credit risk and communicate them in a timely manner to relevant constituents including members of the team, credit analysts, credit, portfolio management and trading as appropriate;
• Assess corporate actions including tenders or other changes to the terms or conditions of investment;
• Ongoing identification of public and private credits that present interesting investment opportunities for Manulife.

Requirements:

• Strong interest in developing and understanding fixed income investing and credit analytical skills;
• Undergraduate degree with exceptional GPA and high level of academic achievement;
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills;
• Must be able to manage multiple projects at once;
• Project management skills with the ability to collaborate well; this includes contacting and following up with key constituent parties (legal, accounting, portfolio) to move joint work forward;
• Proactive approach to work in what is a small but growing team;
• Very strong desire to learn and succeed and grow a business;
• Pursuit of an MBA or the equivalent and/or the CFA designation is preferred.

About Manulife and John Hancock

Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services group that helps people make their decisions easier and lives better. With our global headquarters in Toronto, Canada, we operate as Manulife across our offices in Asia, Canada, and Europe, and primarily as John Hancock in the United States. We provide financial advice, insurance, and wealth and asset management solutions for individuals, groups and institutions. At the end of 2022, we had more than 40,000 employees, over 116,000 agents, and thousands of distribution partners, serving over 34 million customers. At the end of 2022, we had $1.3 trillion (US$1.0 trillion) in assets under management and administration, including total invested assets of $0.4 trillion (US $0.3 trillion), and segregated funds net assets of $0.3 trillion (US$0.3 trillion). We trade as ‘MFC’ on the Toronto, New York, and the Philippine stock exchanges, and under ‘945’ in Hong Kong.

Manulife is an Equal Opportunity Employer