Equity Research Analyst - Assistant Manager

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General Description

The Research Office conducts in-depth analysis of financial markets, economic trends, and identifies investment opportunities. This involves monitoring global economic indicators, analyzing various asset classes, and producing reports that help clients make informed financial choices.

The Research Office comprises of:

• Chief Economist and Commodities and Currencies Research is responsible for the macroeconomics, foreign exchange, rates, and commodities research
• Fixed Income Research:
  • Fixed Income Strategy: drives top-down asset allocation among the various global fixed income classes
  • Fixed Income Analysis: conducts company research on bond issuers and develop financial models to determine credit quality of these bonds
• Equity Research conducts company research and develop financial models to arrive at an estimated fair value for the respective stocks and the stock rating
• Investment Strategy provides asset allocation within the context of constructing multi-asset wealth management portfolios and identifies key investment trends

Equity research analysts report to the Head of Equities Research; key duties include writing research reports, thought leadership pieces, and creating research impact across the CIO office, Discretionary Portfolio Management and Front Office. They are secondee to OCBC Investment Research (OIR) and publish reports under OIR brand.

Main Duties:

• Conduct fundamental research analysis on assigned sectors and bottom-up stock picking to derive investment recommendations and record of market outperformance and may interact with counterparties to understand market colour and trends
• Contribute meaningfully to the equity research team’s strategy formulation, investment recommendations and publications with a focus on investment outperformance and risk management
• Prepare investment communications materials and communicate with high impact with the Bank’s clients and internal stakeholders.
• Provide ongoing coverage and justifications on EQ research ideas and recommendations to clients and internal stakeholders
• Take on a thought leadership role with clear and confident communication of investment ideas in presentations with clients and prospects, including SG residents, to express their equity research view.
• The individual will cover a certain number of SGX-listed companies under the programme along with overseas stocks for sector comprehensiveness.
• Contribute to strategic initiatives in the BOS research team.
• Any other duties as designated.

Requirement:

• Degree in Finance or Economics. CFA, CAIA preferred.
• Candidates with 0-2 years direct experience or relevant internships may be considered.
• Strong leadership, interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Ability to perform in a high-impact performance driven environment and deliver results
• Experienced equity analyst with experience in fundamental sector and company level research analysis
• Familiarity with financial software such as Bloomberg