Investment Analyst Fixed Income

Company: Manulife Financial
Location: Boston
Posted on: February 25, 2021

Job Description:

Are you looking for unlimited opportunities to develop and succeed? With work that challenges and makes a difference, within a flexible and supportive environment, we can help our customers achieve their dreams and aspirations. Job Description The Investment Analyst, Fixed Income is accountable for making recommendations in the investment decision making process through thorough and timely independent analysis. The successful incumbent is responsible for determining and compiling sources of information to conduct their own analysis as well as to support senior investment staff. The information is utilized for both the detailed investment analysis and portfolio construction phases of the investment process and contribute to building focused, high-performing and well-structured portfolios. The Investment Analyst works in partnership with Research Lead, Senior Analysts and Portfolio Managers. Functions must be performed in the context of the unique client-defined investment strategy and the work contributes to the strategy's successful performance and the Company's ability to raise assets. The investment analyses performed include fundamental analysis of individual companies and interpreting market data, trends and economic forecasts; based on the analyses incumbent makes recommendations on individual securities. Responsibilities: Analyze individual companies, interpret market and industry trends and examine specified market sector activity to provide information and analysis required in the investment decision-making process. May cover an industry sector. Complete fundamental analysis on specific companies and create/update investment models with specific issuer information, income statements/ balance-sheet numbers and market trend data. Based on analysis make recommendations and articulate those buy, sell, hold recommendations with senior investment staff. Research and recommends new sources of information to more senior investment staff. Contribute to credit analyses and/or analyses of classes of securities, market trends, yield and duration relationships, and pricing trends between different fixed-income sectors. Assist in various functions that support the whole credit research team such as compiling research folders on holdings, gathering printouts of various public filings and updating spreadsheet data. May support more than one investment strategy team; foster relationships with various portfolio management teams to effectively do so. Qualifications: Bachelors degree required; May hold advanced degree and/or CFA designation Typically has 2+ years of experience in asset management, i.e. operations, product, with 0-3+ years of dedicated investment analysis experience. Sense of judgment and self-discipline in order to evaluate multiple opportunities and make appropriate investment decisions Ability to work well with multiple levels of internal and external contacts; strong communications skills to effectively convey recommendations & rationale. Strong organizational and analytical skills to complete detailed fundamental analysis Good understanding of business and economics in order to research target companies and recommend potentially profitable investments #LI-JH
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About Manulife
Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services group that helps people make their decisions easier and lives better. With our global headquarters in Toronto, Canada, we operate as Manulife across our offices in Canada, Asia, and Europe, and primarily as John Hancock in the United States. We provide financial advice, insurance, and wealth and asset management solutions for individuals, groups and institutions. At the end of 2019, we had more than 35,000 employees, over 98,000 agents, and thousands of distribution partners, serving almost 30 million customers. As of March 31, 2020, we had $1.2 trillion (US$0.8 trillion) in assets under management and administration, and in the previous 12 months we made $30.4 billion in payments to our customers. Our principal operations are in Asia, Canada and the United States where we have served customers for more than 155 years. We trade as 'MFC' on the Toronto, New York, and the Philippine stock exchanges and under '945' in Hong Kong. Manulife is an equal opportunity employer. We strive to attract, develop and retain a workforce that is as diverse as the customers we serve and to foster an inclusive work environment that embraces the strength of cultures and individuals. We are committed to fair recruitment, retention and advancement and we administer all of our practices and programs based on qualification and performance and without discrimination on any protected ground.It is our priority to remove barriers to provide equal access to employment. A Human Resources representative will consult with applicants contacted to participate at any stage of the recruitment process who request any accommodation. Information received regarding the accommodation needs of applicants will be addressed confidentially. Stay connected. Learn about upcoming opportunities with Manulife / John Hancock. Any personal information you provide through this site will be privy only to Manulife for the purpose of evaluating your qualifications and experience. At all times, your personal information will be protected by the application of our Privacy Policy .

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