ING Investment Management heeft een vacature voor Senior Investment Manager, Emerging Markets Debt in Atlanta
Introduction
ING Investment Management (ING IM) is a global asset manager with approximately EUR 333 bn* of Assets under Management in 38 countries in the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Europe. ING IM is the principle asset manager of ING Group, a global financial services company operating in 50 countries.
ING IM provides investment strategies across all major asset classes for the ING Group network, insurance companies and for institutional clients. ING IM combines this with ING Group’s international distribution capabilities to offer integrated financial services solutions globally to all its clients. The vacancy is within the highly competitive Emerging Markets Debt team with a primary focus on managing local currency (rates and FX) mandates. Visit www.ingim.com for more information.
Your team and challenge
The ING EMD team is a prominent and long standing manager of fixed income assets in emerging markets, and is responsible for a multitude of global and regional funds and mandates for ING proprietary insurance accounts, third party institutional investors and retail clients. The team, which operates on a global multi-site platform with personnel located in The Hague, Hong Kong and Atlanta, manages portfolios in local currency and local bond strategies, as well as in external hard currency sovereign and corporate credit debt, with total dedicated assets under management in excess of USD 14bn.
Emerging Markets Debt (EMD) team is the primary responsible for investing in Latin American local currency markets (FX and rates) and positioning Latin America in the context of global Local Currency portfolios managed.
The team is looking for a Senior Investment Manager who will have the core task of researching, analyzing and recommending positions across Latin American local markets, and will collaborate and work directly with the Lead investment manager for local markets and the regional senior investors covering countries in Asia and CEEMEA. The Senior Investment Manager will also have a role in maintaining and updating the investment process tools applied in local markets strategies. He/she will be involved in trading local market securities, and oversee operational aspects related to trading, as well as monitoring adherence to mandate guidelines. He/she will also a role client and commercial related activities when needed.
Your main responsibilities
- Research: Primary responsibility for research and idea generation for local Latin American markets
- Model Portfolio Construction: Responsible for constructing the Latin America portion of global model portfolios; make country allocation and security specific relative value recommendations
- Investment Process: Takes initiative to streamline and improve existing investment processes
- Implementation of Investment Decisions: Point person for the execution of trades in Latin American markets, and will be the liaison with the trading desk in The Hague
- Find efficient ways to implement trade ideas and translate insights of the investment process into portfolios
- Portfolio Risk Management & Performance analysis: Interpret and monitor risk reports, assist lead PM in portfolio performance attribution and related reporting
Your experience and skills
- Advanced university degree in Finance or Economics; CFA desirable
- Meaningful and relevant experience of 5+ years managing assets in emerging markets fixed income and currency instruments. Proven track record preferable. Direct experience or focus on Latin America region highly desirable
- Strong knowledge and understanding of cash and derivative instruments in fixed income and currency markets
Your competencies
- Team player with the ability to identify, assess and present and discuss investment opportunities to team members
- Independent thinker and decision maker
We offer you
There is more than an average degree of creativity and entrepreneurship needed to build success in your area of expertise, using skills from within as well as the outside. ING challenges her employees, but also gives something in return. We offer:
- Work with some of the most talented people in your field with the ambition to become a top tier asset manager
- A stimulating, open and informal work environment
- Competitive salary and benefits
The organisation you will be part of
The Investment business line consists of 180+ investment professionals divided over 13 investment teams and 4 centralized functions: analytics, trading desk, business support, and portfolio implementation.
The experienced and passionate investment professionals are committed to producing exceptional long-term performance and innovative investment solutions for our clients.