Junior Multi Manager Hedge Funds Analyst
Pictet Alternative Advisors is a leading alternative investment specialist with expertise in hedge funds, private equity, global real estate and private debt. The Geneva-and London-based team constructs, manages and advises on portfolios of alternative investment solutions for institutional and private clients.
Pictet has high growth ambitions for Pictet Alternative Advisors for the coming years, notably to expand its product offering to include additional asset classes and to further develop its institutional client base. In view of these developments, PAA is looking to grow its multi-manager hedge funds team and is looking for highly motivated and talented individuals to join.
PAA’s Multi Manager Hedge Funds franchise is composed of 11 senior professionals split across fund analysis and client solutions. The franchise counts USD 6.1bn AUMs and covers the following strategies: CTA, Event Driven, Long Short equities, Global Macro, Relative Value and UCITs, across all geographies, including Asia. Within the multi-manager Hedge Funds team also sits a recently developed private debt offering, which started in 2020 as pure opportunistic credit dislocation led investments and currently span from performing growth direct lending to specialty finance, to special situations and stressed and distressed.
Based in our Geneva office, you will join an existing investment team focusing on various hedge funds strategies while getting exposure to private debt strategies. More precisely, your role will be to :
- Have an active involvement in research, due diligence and monitoring of fund investments, as well as other aspects such as marketing, operations, monitoring of existing investments;
- Conduct screening and research about various Hedge Funds strategies and, overtime, develop your own sourcing network;
- Conduct screening and research on public and private debt strategies including but not limited to private debt direct lending, distressed and special sits, specialty finance and multi strategy opportunistic players.
- Support portfolio management, investment monitoring and client reporting;
- Help to develop investment due diligence reports, monitoring reports and other memorandums in conjunction with and for the senior members of the team and for clients;
- Contribute to the decision-making process as part of a small and flat team;
- Build peer group reports and expand the list of monitored underlying potential candidates across strategies;
- Help maintaining systems up to date with new relevant information;
- Have an active involvement in ESG scoring of underlying managers.
- University degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering or equivalent from a top-tier university, ideally completed with the CFA or another quantitative certification.
- Two to three years of previous experience acquired within an Asset Manager in a field where strong quantitative and numerical skills are required. Prior exposure to hedge funds will be an asset but is not a must for this opportunity.
- Very strong analytical and logical thinking skills while owning outstanding interpersonal, communication and presentation skills;
- Genuine interest for the financial markets;
- Entrepreneurially minded and creative with an ability to work both independently and with a team;
- Solid knowledge of Microsoft office package. While programming skills are not a requirement, these would be considered a good plus.
- Excellent command of English is needed, any additional European language is an asset.
- The candidate must be residing in Switzerland or willing to relocate.
As the chosen candidate you will have a unique opportunity to join a long-standing team of Hedge Funds professionals, being exposed to the best fund managers on the planet, as well as the portfolios of Ultra High Net Worth individuals, within one of the world’s leading private financial institutions. Hence, in addition to professional skills, you should demonstrate enthusiasm, dynamism and be results-oriented with a keen sense of ethics and collaboration. As part of a team with flat hierarchy, teamwork, information sharing and healthy debates will be key to success.
Pictet is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating a diverse environment. We respect all individuals and seek their inclusion in the workplace.
