About the Role
Partner with portfolio managers and analysts in the External Managers Department, applying quantitative and data-driven techniques, including AI/ML, to enhance the underwriting, sizing, and monitoring of external managers. Your work will involve quantitative research, idea generation, due diligence, portfolio construction, monitoring, and performance attribution to improve risk-adjusted returns.
Responsibilities
- Deliver deep research on portfolio topics, typically as short white papers, and cross-pollinate applications, analysis and insights across investment teams.
- Work directly with PMs to analyze markets, strategies, and allocations to create conviction in allocations, support underwriting, and landscape new investment areas.
- Support the investment team in portfolio construction, risk budgeting, and factor analysis.
- Conduct data-driven research to identify dislocations and their drivers, and to understand how market regimes and macro drivers bear on managers' alpha cycles.
- Apply AI/ML to structured and unstructured manager information and contribute to building agents to enhance the department’s investment process.
- Develop analytics and applications that begin as research and productionize recurring work, ensuring it is documented and version controlled.
- Contribute to the department's shared libraries, documentation, and analytical standards.
Requirements
- Advanced degree (master’s or PhD preferred) in a quantitative discipline such as Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Computer Science, Engineering, Financial Engineering or Economics.
- Relevant experience in quantitative research and analysis, ideally applied to equities and/or manager/fund analysis.
- Experience with the assessment of external managers is an advantage.
- Strong expertise in data integration for investment analysis and in quantitative portfolio construction, risk modelling and performance attribution.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to understand and cater to the needs of portfolio managers and analysts, and to translate quantitative results into actionable investment insight.
Skills
- Python
- SQL
- Data visualization
- Databricks or similar
- Cloud/lakehouse workflows
- Git-based development
- Modern AI/ML and LLM tooling
Location
- Global
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Advanced
Education Level
- Master's degree
- PhD
Salary/Compensations
- $200,000 - $280,000
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package
- Bonus potential based on performance
- Professional growth opportunities
- Empowerment to pursue innovative ideas
About the Company
- GIC is one of the world’s largest investors and sovereign wealth funds.
- Invests in more than 40 countries globally across asset classes and businesses.
- Offers exposure to an extraordinary network of the world’s industry leaders.
- A leading global long-term investor working for Singapore’s financial future and communities worldwide.
- PRIME Values: Prudence, Respect, Integrity, Merit and Excellence.
Equal Opportunity
- GIC is an equal opportunity employer.
- Believes every individual brings unique diversity of thought and perspectives.
- An inclusive environment yields exceptional contribution.
