Job Description
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Purpose of the job
- To be an integral team member of the equity strategy team within Global Research:
- Work closely with senior analysts in the equity strategy team
- Has a good understanding of local equity indices/benchmarks and GICS/ICB sectors. Knowledge on EM stock markets would be added advantage
- Able to generate a theme based on the current macro-economic scenarios and its investment implications.
- Perform detailed analysis and should be able to give recommendation on the countries/sectors. Should be able to articulate thoughts in a report. Writes research reports which are clear, consistent, and non-consensual and supported
- Maintain and update various databases
- Monitor models and summarize market conditions and opportunities
- Contributing to research publications
- Work on requests in a timely and accurate manner
Skill Set
- Strong domain knowledge on equity markets and understanding of GICS/ICB sectors
- Strong technical skills are required in the following areas: a) analysing countries/sector by doing cross sectional and time series analysis, b) advanced financial modelling, c) writing research reports
- Capable of analysing current macroeconomic and market scenarios to identify trends, develop thematic insights and produce comprehensive reports
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Ability to work independently; comfortable in dealing with huge data sets
- Good working understanding of financials databases
- Hands on experience in MS excel, and VBA would be plus
- Flexible approach to workload and demands of the role
