Sector Analyst, Pan-Asia Equity Research (Financials)

Position Overview

Third Bridge's Library division delivers investment research to its global institutional investor client base, including managers investing across public equities, fixed income, private equity, real assets, and other alternatives. 

The Sector Analyst team within the Library division is responsible for uncovering actionable insight through in-depth conversations with senior executives and industry specialists, driving sector and regional coverage strategy, and engaging with clients to showcase the value of our research.

We are looking for a motivated analyst to join our team in Hong Kong, which is responsible for driving research coverage across Asia Pacific ex-China.

In this role you will be expected to:

• Produce in-depth research coverage on the financials sector across Asia ex-China, including banks, insurance firms, REITs, fintech companies, with additional ad-hoc coverage on relevant private market transactions;

• Generate actionable investment ideas, perform initial due diligence and prepare detailed questions lists, and then go deeper into the subject matter by hosting interviews on those topics with industry experts and executives;

• Drive discussions with industry specialists, extracting value-added and actionable insight throughout your discussions;

• Engage with clients to present your research and foster relationships. Collaborate with our internal account management and sales teams to broaden your reach and build a brand for yourself;

• Build relationships with senior industry executives across your areas of coverage; do deep-dives on industries/companies, figure out where specialists have non-consensus views, and build out a pipeline of content

A successful candidate will display these personal attributes:

• Intellectual Curiosity; deeply interested in understanding financial markets and building expertise in analysing businesses, strong research/analytical skills.

• Exceptional Communicator; excellent presentation, written and verbal communication skills, highly logical and structured, and high attention to detail. A people person.

• Results Driven; self-starter committed to digging deep into their coverage, a high degree of work ethic, and personal responsibility/ownership for the role.

• Client-centric; a strong drive and desire to add value to Third Bridge’s institutional investor client base, as time spent with clients is a core KPI for the role.

• 1-3yrs experience in equity or credit research, management consulting, or other investment research-related roles, having covered markets such as Australia/New Zealand, Southeast Asia, India, and/or Korea

• Native-level English, with knowledge of other Asian languages (e.g. Korean, Indonesian) advantageous. 

• As the role will focus on generating research on the Financials sector, previous experience in this field is advantageous

• Demonstrable experience in conducting fundamental research, valuation / financial modelling, and articulating actionable investment theses/non-consensus views when pitching stocks

• Strong team orientation, highly collaborative with proven experience in driving outcomes through teamwork.

• Visa sponsorship can be provided for qualified candidates

We know that to be truly innovative, we need to have a diverse team around us. That is why Third Bridge is committed to creating an inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. If you are not 100% sure if you are right for the role, please apply anyway and we will be happy to consider your application.