Fixed Income - Institutional Portfolio Manager - Asia

MFS International Australia Pty Ltd; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Equal Opportunity Employer

Job summary

MFS Singapore is seeking a seasoned Fixed Income Institutional Portfolio Manager to join our Singapore office. You will contribute to global fixed income strategies, representing portfolio teams to clients, prospects, consultants and gatekeepers across Asia and Australia/New Zealand, aligning investment philosophy with client objectives.

You will engage internal teams, provide market insights, and support strategic initiatives while traveling extensively to support external engagements and

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience with institutional asset owners, consultants and gatekeepers.
• Ability to translate investment strategy into client-facing explanations.
• Strong written, verbal and client-facing communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Integrate into portfolio management teams with credibility and respect.
• Serve as the voice of the client within investment teams and across the Fixed Income org.
• Deliver marketplace insights, trends, and competitive positioning for fixed income.
• Lead investment team preparation for client engagements and deliverables.
• Develop investment value propositions and coordinate with Product/RFP teams.

Skills

Client communication

Credibility with institutions

Global macro analysis

Fixed income knowledge

Travel readiness

Verbal communication

Job description

At MFS, you will find a culture that supports you in doing what you do best. Our employees work together to reach better outcomes, favoring the strongest idea over the strongest individual. We put people first and demonstrate care and compassion for our community and each other. Because what we do matters – to us as valued professionals and to the millions of people and institutions who rely on us to help them build more secure and prosperous futures.

THE ROLE

The Fixed Income Institutional Portfolio Manager (IPM) is an integral member of the MFS Fixed Income Investment organization. The role is a member of and represents portfolio teams in direct engagements with clients, prospects, consultants & gatekeepers, and other marketplace stakeholders across Asia and Australia/New Zealand, providing transparency of investment philosophy, process and portfolio strategy. This role will be principally focused on Global fixed income strategies. The IPM also serves as an investment leader for internal MFS stakeholders to shape investment narratives, share market insights, communicate portfolio strategy, and serve as a subject matter expert in assisting the execution of strategic initiatives. The IPM delivers marketplace insights to investment teams and contributes to ongoing enhancement of investment process and overall alignment to client objectives and expectations. This position is located in MFS’ Singapore investment office and will report to the MFS Head of Institutional Fixed Income.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Integrate into portfolio management teams with a strong level of credibility and respect
• Serve as the voice of the client within investment teams and across the Fixed Income Investment organization, ensuring team awareness of client objectives, sharing client feedback, and promoting alignment to highest quality investment standards
• Deliver broad marketplace insights into the Fixed Income Investment organization, including relevant trends, important developments, and competitive insights and positioning
• Serve as the primary external and internal cross-organization representative of respective investment teams, providing depth and clarity on investment philosophy, process, portfolio strategy, and overall asset class insights
• Contribute investment insights and viewpoints as part of investment team strategy discussions
• Lead investment team preparation for optimizing client engagements
• Develop and support clear investment value proposition for respective strategies and partner across organization to ensure consistent understanding and marketplace delivery
• Partner with Product and RFP teams to develop and support oversight of investment collateral and to contribute to facilitating client deliverables
• Collaborate across distribution teams to catalyze and promote strategic initiatives, contribute to business planning and support overall organization-wide priorities
• Partner with investment and distribution teams to guide development of new investment strategies and capabilities
• Contribute to the development of thought leadership on important market and strategy-level topics
• Support a unified, team-oriented IPM organization focused on the development, execution, and sharing of best practices

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Ideally 7+ years of experience communicating, collaborating, and developing credibility with sophisticated institutional asset owners, consultants and gatekeepers
• Robust capability to deliver in-depth transparency for investment process, strategy viewpoints & portfolio positioning, with a refined ability to contextualize strategy-level perspectives within a global macroeconomic framework
• Broad knowledge of global and regional fixed income markets, global macroeconomic environments, and important institutional investment management trends
• Strong written, verbal, and client-facing investment communication skills, with the capability to effectively tailor engagements to constituencies spanning a range of investment knowledge and experience
• Demonstrated history of proactively and effectively engaging with organizational stakeholders to develop collaborative partnerships and contribute to successfully executing strategic priorities
• Desire and capability to travel extensively throughout Asia and Australia/New Zealand as well as to other MFS investment offices in London and Boston
• Local Asia region language skills positively viewed

What we offer:

At MFS, we view our employees as family — and like you, we want our family happy and healthy. That's why we provide competitive benefits programs and family-friendly policies which support the work-life balance needs of our employees.

MFS is a hybrid work environment (remote/onsite) unless otherwise stated in the job posting.

If any applicant is unable to complete an application or respond to a job opening because of a disability, please contact MFS at 617-954-5000 or email [e-mail] for assistance.

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For almost a century, investors around the world have trusted MFS to achieve their investment goals. Since 1924, when our founders invented the mutual fund, collaboration, a long‑term focus and skilled active research have fueled our success. As a leading global investment manager, we hire employees who share our values, align with investors who share our long‑term philosophy, and always act in the best interest of our clients.