Quantitative Analyst

About

Description

The Portfolio Risk team is a global team with presence in Cape Town, London and Luxembourg. Our team supports all Ninety One offices by identifying, measuring, managing, and monitoring all relevant investment performance and risk. This covers single assets, portfolios/funds, benchmarks, strategies, capabilities, and the firm as a whole.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the transparency of the investment philosophy and process while maintaining solidity of the investment decision-making process
• Engage intelligently with stakeholders across the business, including Portfolio Managers, Client Group and Senior Management, providing advice on investment risk and performance issues
• Provide insights into sustainability related risk alongside traditional investment risk to Investment Teams
• Support Investment teams with ESG related thematic insights
• Support the Investment Technology team in developments around data and tools to support ESG Analysis
• Identify thematic sustainability related risks related to geographic, industry and idiosyncratic factors that may pose financial and reputational risks to our clients’ investments and Ninety One
• Interpret and implement new regulatory and business-driven sustainability related data/quantitative requirements

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years’ direct experience in Investment Risk and/or Performance, and or experience in a related area within Asset Management, Banking or Finance is advantageous
• Degree in a quantitative subject or with a high mathematical content (Mathematics / Statistics, Finance, Econometrics or related disciplines) is desirable
• FRM, CFA Certificate in ESG Investing, or CFA (advantageous)
• Genuine interest in financial markets, instruments, analytical concepts, sustainability in the context of financial markets
• Working experience of VBA, SQL, R, and Python (advantageous)
• Experience with StatPro/Revolution, MSCI BarraOne, Factset (advantageous)

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