Research Associate- Credit

Meredith Brown Associates Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Meredith Brown Associates Ltd represents a highly regarded investment firm in London seeking a Research Associate for the Credit Investment team. You will support sourcing new managers and conduct due diligence on investment ideas to contribute to long-term risk-adjusted performance for clients.

The role spans private credit, liquid credit, structured credit, hedge funds, secondaries and co-investments, with responsibilities from identifying market niches to presenting diligence findings to the

Qualifications

• Strong due diligence skills.
• Clear communication skills with internal and external stakeholders.
• Highly analytical with proactive work ethic.

Responsibilities

• Evolve and articulate the investment strategy and identify attractive market niches.
• Work across sub-asset classes including private credit, liquid credit, structured credit, hedge funds, secondaries and co-investments.
• Support manager specifications and mandate parameters for target areas.
• Develop relationships to source opportunities and conduct screens to identify top teams.
• Perform rigorous due diligence of asset managers and opportunities with senior team.
• Participate in diligence activities and present to Investment Committee.
• Monitor ongoing diligence and advise on strategy, manager selection and portfolio construction.

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

CFA qualifications

Job description

Our client, a highly regarded Investment firm with circa $75Bil of AUM has an opening within their Credit Investment team for a Research Associate. You will primarily be responsible for supporting the team with sourcing new managers and performing due diligence on new investment ideas. You will be a key part of the asset class research team, whose primary goal is to deliver superior risk-adjusted performance over the long-term to clients.

Role & Responsibilities

• Evolve and clearly articulate the firm's investment strategy and identify and evaluate attractive market niches.
• Work across and range of sub-asset classes and opportunities including private credit (direct lending, asset backed lending, capital solutions, and other strategy types), liquid credit, structured credit, hedge funds, secondaries and co-investments
• Support the team with the articulation of ideal manager specifications, proprietary mandate parameters or direct investment approaches for target areas.
• Develop relationships with investment managers, allocators and intermediaries to source investment opportunities, and conduct robust screens to identify the best teams within target strategies.
• Help to perform rigorous due diligence of asset managers and other investment opportunities by working alongside other senior members of the asset class team.
• Participate in key diligence activities including qualitative and quantitative analysis of a manager's portfolio, performance, strategy and team. The diligence process concludes with a detailed presentation to our internal Investment Committee.
• Own ongoing diligence and monitoring of investment manager and opportunities.
• Support with advising internal client teams on the overarching strategy within asset classes, manager selection and portfolio construction.
• Ensure full compliance with all local data protection regulations and privacy controls, and any related issues are raised via the appropriate channels
• Experience working within Investment or Asset Management, preferably in an external manager selection, direct investment or research based role.
• Solid understanding of Private Debt as an asset class.
• Strong due diligence skills and a demonstrable passion for investing
• A detail orientated approach with an appetite for tackling challenging and intricate projects.
• Clear communication skills with the ability to engage with both internal and external stakeholders across all levels.
• A dynamic, collaborative and entrepreneurial approach to work and comfortable working in a fast paced and high energy environment.
• A Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, and a strong academic record.
• A highly analytical approach to tasks with a proactive and motivated work ethic.
• Completed, or the appetite to study towards, CFA qualifications.

Please note that due to the high volume of applicants responding to our adverts we are regrettably not able to feedback on all applications; only successful candidates will be contacted.