Man’s Portfolio Risk team is responsible for implementing and monitoring regulatory and contractual investment restrictions across the business. The team also advises PMs on trading decisions, negotiates investment guidelines with clients, works closely with development technology teams to ensure robust implementation of limits, and with the legal team to ensure consistency in documentation of investment restrictions.
Specific responsibilities
• Analyse real time risk/compliance alerts to ensure consistency with investment mandates, and work with traders and portfolio managers to resolve exceptions
• Manage pre-trade risk/compliance alerts, working with technology and front office to ensure there is a robust pre-trade risk framework
• Review investment restrictions for new mandates prior to finalization
• Implement mandate and regulatory limits in Man’s risk system, developing new reporting analytics where required
• Investigate potential breaches of investment restrictions and maintain the central breach log
• Work closely with Product Legal and structuring teams to specify prospectus or other document amendments as required
• Work with Technology to specify system enhancements required to implement new monitoring and analysis associated with strategy requirements
Key competencies
• Undergraduate or Master’s Degree in a subject with an analytical component
• Preferably 3-5 years’ experience in performing a similar function for another asset manager
• Ability to conceptualize and perform calculations that are part of a portfolio of investments and derivatives
• Working knowledge of investment strategies applied in portfolio management including portfolios that apply derivatives and short positions as part of their strategy
• Experience in reviewing investment guidelines, Offering Memorandums, and Investment Management Agreements
• Experience in monitoring for portfolio investment requirements associated with UCITS, 3(c) 7 funds, and US mutual funds
• Detail oriented and effective research and analytical skills
• Ability to work in a trading desk environment
• Moderate programming skills, preferably Excel/VBA, SQL, Python
Our Culture, Values and Benefits at Man
Man Group is proud to provide the best working environment possible for all of its employees, and we are committed to equal opportunities. At Man Group we believe that a diverse workforce is a critical factor in the success of our business and this is embedded in our culture and values. There are a number of external and internal initiatives, partnerships and programmes that help us to attract and develop talent from diverse backgrounds and that encourage inclusion and diversity across our firm and the industry. Man Group is a Signatory of the Women in Finance Charter and the Race at Work Charter. Man Group is also a Disability Confident Committed employer; if you require help or information on reasonable adjustments as you apply for roles with us, please contact [email protected]. https://www.man.com/diversity
Man Group supports many charities, and global initiatives. We support professional training and development, and requests for flexible or part-time working. Employees are also offered two 'Mankind' days of paid leave per year as part of the Man Charitable Trust's community volunteering programme.
We offer comprehensive, firm-wide employee benefits including competitive holiday entitlements, pension/401k, life and long-term disability coverage, group sick pay, enhanced parental leave and long-service leave. Additional benefits are tailored to local markets and may include private medical coverage, discounted gym membership and wellbeing programmes.
Man Group is a Disability Confident Committed employer; if you require help or information on reasonable adjustments as you apply for roles with us, please contact [email protected].
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What We Do
Man Group is a global active investment management firm, which runs $127 billion* of client capital in liquid and private markets, managed by investment specialists based around the world. Headquartered in London, the firm has 15 international offices and operates across multiple jurisdictions. Our business has five specialist investment engines, which represent the range of our capabilities: Man AHL, Man Numeric, Man GLG, Man FRM and Man GPM.
These engines house numerous investment teams, working collaboratively within the framework of Man Group, with a high degree of investment autonomy. Each team benefits from the strength and resources of the firm’s single operating platform, enabling their primary focus to be seeking to generate alpha for clients. The teams invest across a diverse range of strategies and asset classes with highly specialised approaches, with long only and alternative strategies run on a discretionary and quantitative basis in single and multi-manager formats. Our clients are at the heart of everything we do and we engage in close dialogue with our investors as strategic partners, to understand their particular needs and constraints. Man Group’s investment teams are empowered and supported by our institutional infrastructure and technology, which aims to facilitate the efficient exposure to markets and effective collaboration across the organisation.
