Portfolio Manager, Total Fund Management (AIA Investment Management)

AIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT PRIVATE LIMITED; Singapore; On-site; SGD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading investment management firm in Singapore seeks a Portfolio Manager to oversee multi-asset portfolios and drive tactical asset allocation decisions. The ideal candidate brings around 10 years of relevant experience and strong programming skills in Python or R. You'll engage with stakeholders across various teams, ensuring portfolio alignment with objectives while enhancing investment frameworks.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Collaborative work environment

Professional certifications support

Qualifications

• Around 10 years of relevant investment experience in multi-asset portfolio management.
• Direct experience managing multi-asset portfolios, including dynamic asset allocation.
• Experience with FX/derivatives (e.g., futures, options, swaps) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage and monitor multi-asset portfolios to ensure alignment with investment objectives.
• Develop and execute FX/derivatives strategies while monitoring risk.
• Support the development and maintenance of quantitative tools for portfolio analysis.

Skills

Quantitative analysis

Programming in Python

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, engineering, or mathematics

Advanced degree (e.g., MSc in Financial Engineering)

Professional certifications such as CFA

Tools

Bloomberg

Aladdin

Job description

Join us as Portfolio Manager, Total Fund Management at AIA Investment Management!

The Portfolio Manager will be an integral member of the multi-asset Portfolio Solutions team, responsible for the management and oversight of multi-asset portfolios. The ideal candidate will bring direct portfolio management experience, strong quantitative and programming capabilities, and the ability to contribute to tactical asset allocation decisions. The role requires effective communication and stakeholder engagement across investment, product and distribution teams and will involve support of various investment initiatives as assigned.

Responsibilities

Portfolio Management and Research

• Manage and monitor multi-asset portfolios, ensuring alignment with investment objectives, risk tolerances, and regulatory constraints
• Contribute to tactical asset allocation decisions, trade implementation, and rebalancing strategies

FX/Derivatives Strategy and Implementation

• Develop and execute FX/derivatives (e.g. futures, options, swaps) strategies
• Monitor FX/derivatives risk and ensure compliance with internal and regulatory guidelines

Research, Quantitative Analysis and Model Development

• Utilize and integrate internal and external research to enhance existing investment framework
• Support the development and maintenance of quantitative tools for portfolio construction and tactical asset allocation decision making
• Perform quantitative analysis to support idea generation, portfolio construction and risk management
• Apply programming skills (e.g., Python, R, SQL, or VBA) to automate processes, integrate datasets, and enhance investment analytics

System rollout

• Work with the project team, to coordinate and define the Team’s requirements, ensuring the platform supports investment decision making workflow efficiency and reporting needs

Stakeholder Engagement and Communication

• Collaborate with stakeholders across investment, trading, risk and performance, product, operations, and distribution teams to enhance trading processes, portfolio risk monitoring and performance attribution of multi-asset portfolios
• Communicate investment views, portfolio positioning, and performance drivers to internal and external stakeholders
• Support client meetings and marketing efforts with clear and insightful materials

Requirements

Experience:

• Ideal candidate would have around 10 years of relevant investment experience in multi-asset portfolio management at a buy-side institution
• Direct experience managing multi-asset portfolios, including dynamic asset allocation and rebalancing
• Experience with FX/derivatives (e.g. futures, options, swaps) is preferred
• Experience with semi-liquid private strategies or liquid alternatives strategies will be viewed favorably

Education & Credentials:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher. Degree in finance, economics, engineering, mathematics, or a related quantitative field will be viewed favorably
• Advanced degree (e.g. MSc in Financial Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Data Science or related disciplines) is preferred
• Professional certifications such as CFA will be viewed favorably

Technical Skills

• Strong quantitative and analytical skills
• Programming experience in one or more languages (e.g. Python, R, VBA, SQL)
• Proficiency with Bloomberg and Aladdin would be a plus
• Well versed in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint)

Others

• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Strong stakeholder management skills and ability to work cross-functionally with investment, product, and risk teams
• High attention to detail, disciplined education, and sound judgement
• Team player with demonstrated ability to thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced, and performance-driven environment

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