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About the Role
This role involves conducting credit manager research and implementing portfolios for a diverse global client base, contributing to investment research, manager selection, and portfolio decisions to help clients navigate credit markets and make informed asset allocation decisions.
Responsibilities
- Conduct solution-focused manager due diligence across credit, potentially including LDI, IG credit, emerging market debt and alternative credit such as high yield, loans and securitised credit
- Shape and deliver broader research agenda in the context of the end solutions being serviced across a global client base
- Play an active role as a member of the global credit research team and asset class investment committee
- Participate in regular reviews of the credit model portfolios / multi-manager solutions including proactively recommending asset allocation and/or implementation adjustments
- Integrate portfolio construction with consideration of strategic goals and risk management requirements
- Contribute to thought leadership and messaging to internal and external client audiences
- Coordinate and liaise with Global Portfolio Management Group and client teams to ensure best ideas are being considered across the organization as appropriate
- Communicate WTW’s investment philosophy, process, portfolio views and recommendations clearly and professionally – both internally and externally with clients
- Encourage a focus on excellence and efficiency across team outputs
- Proactively suggest potential improvements to process and delivery
- Build trusted relationships across global functions, working collaboratively with colleagues in Asset and Manager Research, Portfolio Management, Operations and client teams
- Manage and mentor junior members of the research team, and actively participate in the knowledge and skills development of others
- Support an inclusive team environment where different perspectives are welcomed, colleagues are encouraged to contribute, and knowledge is shared openly
- Encourage adherence to WTW values
- Source and rate strategies which deliver significant value add for our portfolios and clients
- Contribute to development of scalable processes to deliver value add manager research efficiently to multiple clients
- Contribute to client growth and retention as a subject matter expert for existing client relationships as well as prospects
- Develop and maintain a presence in the marketplace to help maintain WTW’s reputation for high-quality institutional credit research and solutions
Requirements
- High degree of understanding of investment principles across credit and multiple investment management approaches, with a corresponding knowledge of the current manager universe
- Experience in researching and/or allocating to credit strategies is required
- Institutional client facing experience is favourable
- Understanding of client objectives and practical implementation aspects for institutional asset pools, including at least one of DB, DC, and Wealth
- Previous experience with people management and team development is desirable
- Attention to detail
- Willingness to delegate effectively, own outcomes, challenge and be challenged
- Ability to prioritise and make judgements in a timely manner in the knowledge that perfect information is not available
- Strong communication – be able to justify views and recommendations internally and externally
- Focus on efficient and scalable delivery, using AI as an appropriate tool within processes wherever possible
Skills
- Credit research
- Portfolio implementation
- Investment research
- Manager selection
- Asset allocation
- LDI
- IG credit
- Emerging market debt
- Alternative credit
- High yield
- Loans
- Securitised credit
- People management
- Team development
- Communication
- AI tools
Location
- Global
Work Type
- Hybrid working
Experience Level
- Experienced Credit Research professional or Investor
Benefits
- 25 days of annual leave plus an extra WTW day
- Private healthcare
- Life insurance
- Group income protection
- Regular health assessments
- Defined contribution pension scheme with matched contributions up to 10%
- Employee assistance programme
- Fully paid volunteer day
- Electric vehicle car scheme
- Share scheme
- Cycle-to-work programme
- Dental cover
- Optical cover
- Critical illness protection
About the Company
- WTW is a global investment team committed to providing solutions and research for a diverse client base.
Equal Opportunity
- We’re committed to equal employment opportunity and provide application, interview and workplace adjustments and accommodations to all applicants. If you foresee any barriers, from the application process through to joining WTW, please email candidatehelpdesk@wtwco.com