Senior Investment Director-Real Assets

Cambridge Associates; London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global investment firm is seeking a Senior Investment Director for its Real Assets Investment Group in London. This role involves sourcing and managing infrastructure investments, conducting thorough market research, and collaborating with clients to build tailored investment portfolios. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in infrastructure investment and a strong educational background, preferably with an MBA or CFA.

Qualifications

• Minimum ten years' infrastructure-related investment experience.
• Transactional experience a plus.
• Strong collaborator and work ethic.

Responsibilities

• Lead efforts to source, underwrite and recommend infrastructure investment opportunities.
• Develop house view and thought leadership on Infrastructure.
• Work directly with clients building Infrastructure portfolios.

Skills

Collaboration

Work ethic

Education

BA/BS

MBA

CFA

Job description

Firm Overview:

Cambridge Associates (CA) is a leading global investment firm. We work with non-profit institutions, pension plans, and private clients to build investment portfolios that help them meet their philanthropic goals, plan obligations, or personal objectives. We offer a variety of services to complement those needs, from acting as an outsourced investment office to providing access to our world-class digital research platform. Committed to independence since our founding more than 50 years ago, we are motivated only by what is best for our clients.

Our clients trust the experience, leadership, and integrity of our investment professionals. We have a global team of outstanding investment advisors and an extensive research platform to support them. With more than 1,400 employees in nine locations around the globe, we are constantly looking to discover new ideas for our clients’ portfolios. This extensive network helps us to identify and access the best global investment opportunities all over the world.

Position and Group Summary:

The Real Assets Investment Group provides clients with investment management services across the full spectrum of public and private real assets investments, including real estate, infrastructure, and natural resources on both a discretionary and non-discretionary basis. Led by senior professionals with significant financial industry and real assets market experience, this global 15+ person team is responsible for evaluating real assets markets, identifying investment opportunities, and managing client portfolios. We advise our clients on making debt and equity investments into real assets via public and private investment vehicles, co-investments, and separate accounts. We also support the firm on broader research and developing firm-wide views on the sector.

The Senior Investment Director is an integral position within the Real Assets Investment Group. As part of a highly collaborative global investment team, this position will focus on five primary responsibilities: 1) identifying, evaluating, and monitoring high-quality private and public infrastructure investment managers, 2) researching and opining on infrastructure trends, 3) serving as a resource to portfolio management teams; 4) sourcing and executing co-investment and secondary transactions; and 5) supporting colleagues and clients on sector-related matters and opportunities. The role will have a primary orientation on Infrastructure, globally. This position is based in London.

Principal Duties

• Lead efforts to source, underwrite and recommend infrastructure investment opportunities, as well as infrastructure co-investments, suitable for our clients’ investment objectives. This entails leveraging existing industry relationships, building new relationships, and conducting thorough due diligence on infrastructure investment managers around the world as well as managing multiple projects with near-term deadlines simultaneously.
• Develop house view and thought leadership on Infrastructure as well as identify and articulate relevant industry trends. Senior Investment Directors are responsible for staying abreast of market trends and authoring research on topics relevant to infrastructure markets and our clients’ interests.
• Serve as a resource to colleagues seeking current information on infrastructure investment opportunities, including data and analysis, comparison to other fund managers, co-investments or secondaries, and the opinion of the investment team.
• Work directly with clients that are actively building Infrastructure portfolios, including direct client implementation, supporting a variety of client needs across the firm, participating in business building activities, and attending and speaking at industry events.

Qualifications

• A BA/BS required, MBA or CFA strongly preferred
• Minimum ten years' infrastructure-related investment experience; transactional experience a plus.
• Strong collaborator and work ethic.