JOB SUMMARY
Reporting to the Head of Department, the Head of Fixed Income Research & Strategy will play a key role to lead and manage a team of credit analysts and fixed income strategists. The Head of Fixed Income Research & Strategy will also have primary responsibility to ensure credit quality of EPF to be within the parameters of the organization's risk appetite.
JOB DESCRIPTION
The Head of Fixed Income Research & Strategy will undertake, among others, the responsibilities for:
- Building, leading, coaching and developing credit analysts and fixed income strategists to collaborate with fund managers in both domestic and global space
- Oversee Credit Research Team on analysis/due diligence on investment proposals as well as reviewing credit valuation and other working papers for the approval of the Management Investment Committee (MIC), the EPF's Investment Panel and Finance Minister's whilst ensuring the EPF's investment policies, limits and guidelines are observed
- Create, maintain, and monitor the financial model for all approved credit names within the universe list which comprises of domestic and global bonds
- Offer investment insights on a range of general bond market topics and individual issuers through written reports, comments, calls as well as assist in portfolio management
- Ensure timely, rigorous and thorough primary credit research and credit surveillance
- Stay abreast of the credit markets, market technical or changes in regulatory/government policy that impact the relative value of investments
- Provide general financial analysis and quantitative analysis including projects or issues beyond the primary investments space
- Provide investment insights on general bond market/currency topics and segments, supporting the fund manager (e.g. interest rate outlook, forex expectation, duration, yield curve, sector & etc.)
- Analyze and provide fixed income strategies via fundamental and quantitative active management approaches to assist in portfolio management decision. This includes the development and maintenance of systematic tools for tactical and strategic asset allocation across fixed income and currency.
- Work closely with fund manager to understand market risks and technical supply factors of domestic and global fixed income securities
- Establish and maintain rapport with outside analysts, bond dealers, issuers and other personnel to assure an adequate supply of timely investment information and opportunities
- Perform any other duties as directed by Head of Department from time to time
JOB REQUIREMENTS
- Malaysian citizen
- Possess a Bachelor Degree in Economics, Finance/ Islamic Finance, Business Administration, Accounting or others. Professional qualifications such as CFA would be an added advantage
- Passed SPM examination or equivalent qualifications recognised by the Malaysian Government with credit in Bahasa Malaysia.
- At least 10 years of relevant experience in credit research and market strategy
- Sound industry knowledge, recognized leadership, together with effective decision-making skills and sound judgment
- Demonstrated networking with excellent written and oral communication skills in both Malay and English
- Proven ability to work with different stakeholders such as external analysts, corporations, institutional investors, regulators, agent banks and other intermediaries
- Effective due diligence and superior credit analysis skills
JOB STATUS
Contract/ Permanent
All applications are strictly CONFIDENTIAL and only shortlisted candidates will be called in for interview. Applications are deemed UNSUCCESSFUL if there is no feedback from the EPF 2 MONTHS after the closing date of the advertisement.
