Specialist, Equity Research (Technology)

DBS Bank; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

DBS Bank in Hong Kong, One Island East, is seeking a senior Research professional to drive equity research across sectors, focusing on Upstream Tech/Semiconductor, and leveraging AI/GenAI to enhance insights and productivity.

You will engage with institutional investors, manage relationships with management teams, and publish actionable investment opinions, while maintaining strong financial analysis fundamentals and market awareness.

Qualifications

• Degree holder in finance-related subjects.
• 6–10 years of relevant experience in equity or financial research, or upstream tech industry.
• Experience in Upstream Tech/Semiconductor industry with strong background and awareness of tech trends.
• Naturally curious with commercial mindset and willingness to challenge assumptions.
• Strong listening and communication skills, able to engage senior investors and executives and translate analysis into narratives.
• Solid grounding in financial statements, valuation methods, and equity/capital markets.

Responsibilities

• Develop sector expertise through engagement with institutional investors, management teams, and industry experts.
• Conduct fundamental equity analysis with financial modeling, valuation, and scenario analysis.
• Translate market intelligence into actionable investment insights.
• Partner with institutional sales to support client engagement.
• Contribute to thought leadership, sector notes, and client discussions.
• Leverage AI/GenAI tools to enhance research efficiency and content creation.
• Respond to data requests from internal and external clients.
• Develop and maintain relationships with investor relations and company management.
• Launch coverage on a company or business, publishing a report and initiating sales calls.
• Stay abreast of industry news and interpret events affecting markets.

Skills

Equity research

Financial modeling

Valuation

AI/GenAI usage

English & Mandarin

Communication

Investor relations

Education

Finance degree

CFA/CPA advantageous

Tools

AI tools familiarity

Job description

Job Responsibilities

• Develop sector expertise through continuous engagement with institutional investors, corporate management teams, industry experts, consultants, and ecosystem participants
• Conduct fundamental equity analysis, including financial modeling, valuation, and scenario analysis, with a clear commercial lens, leveraging skills in accounting, finance, and economics
• Translate market, client, and industry intelligence into actionable investment insights
• Partner closely with institutional sales to support client engagement
• Contribute to thought leadership, sector notes, and client discussions, demonstrating insight rather than just data
• Leverage AI and GenAI tools to enhance research efficiency, pattern recognition, idea generation, client personalization, and content creation
• Respond to requests for data, information, and calls from internal and external clients
• Develop and maintain relationships with investor relations personnel and management of companies under coverage
• Launch coverage on a company or business, which entails publishing a report, initiating a sales call, and marketing investment opinions
• Keep abreast of industry-related news flow and interpret data and analysis on market, economic, and political events

Job Requirements

• Degree holder in finance-related or relevant industrial subjects
• At least 6-10 years of relevant working experience in equity or financial research, or upstream tech industry
• Experience in Upstream Tech/Semiconductor industry, with a strong semiconductor research or industry background and deep understanding of industry technology trends
• Naturally curious with a strong desire to learn, enjoys asking good questions, challenging assumptions, exploring second-order effects, and commercially minded
• Strong listening skills, ability to synthesize diverse viewpoints, comfortable engaging senior institutional investors and corporate executives, builds trust quickly, communicates with clarity and confidence, and able to translate complex analysis into clear, relevant narratives
• Solid grounding in financial statement analysis, valuation methodologies, equity markets, capital markets dynamics, equity research, and industry research
• Demonstrated interest in using AI/GenAI tools for research, analysis, and productivity, open to experimenting with new tools, and tech-curious and adaptable
• Good command of English and Chinese (Mandarin)
• CFA and CPA are an added advantage

Location

One Island East

Job

Research

Schedule

Regular

Employee Status

Full time