Overview:
The Insights product is an offering for Guidepoint's Institutional investment and corporate clients, that offers teleconferences, surveys, and in-person events. The teleconferences live in a transcript library portal, which covers a wide of industries/topics that enables our clients to make informed decisions. All content features experts from Guidepoint’s proprietary global network and is conceptualized and hosted by former investment professionals (i.e. private equity/hedge fund), sell-side equity research analysts, and industry professionals.
All applicants must have the right to work in the UK.
What You'll Do:
- Monitor single name corporate credit situations in European markets including new issues, distressed, restructuring/re-orgs, and price dislocations in both leveraged loan and high yield markets. Create original, sell-side type content on these topics
- Conduct bottoms-up company research including reviewing earnings releases, reading investor presentations and analyzing regulatory filings
- Moderate teleconferences on timely topics featuring an expert from Guidepoint’s network with the goal of producing actionable insights for buy-side clients
- Generate ideas and follow key investor views among relevant strategies within European credit
- Can be an in-person position or a fully remote work-from-home position
What You Have:
- Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree
- 7 years or more of sell-side or buy-side analyst experience
- Follow a bottoms-up, fundamental approach to investment research focusing on individual companies
- Has prior experience covering single name corporate credit across both bank loan and high yield markets with a European focus; must be proficient in corporate credit analysis, with an emphasis on either loan / High Yield or Distressed strategies
- Ability to work in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment
- Outgoing personality with the ability to speak with people at all professional levels
- Intellectual curiosity and desire to learn
- Effective time management and organizational skills
- Demonstrated ability to work both individually and as part of a team
What We Offer:
- Competitive salary, bonus and benefits
- Excellent medical coverage through BUPA
- Excellent professional development opportunities
- Supportive culture that celebrates and rewards success
- Monthly Happy Hour, Social Events, Summer Fridays
- Year-round company sponsored sports and team building events
- Informal work environment
- Employee Assistance Programs
- Volunteer days
About Guidepoint:
Guidepoint powers end-to-end research workflows for the world’s best research teams.
Backed by a global network of more than 2 million experts and over 1,600 employees, Guidepoint delivers real-time access to expertise, primary research, and actionable knowledge that help organizations make informed decisions. Through consultations, surveys, events, proprietary content, and AI-enabled tools, we support every stage of the decision-making process—from developing hypotheses and gathering insights to validating assumptions and building conviction for critical decisions.
At Guidepoint, our success relies on the diversity of our employees, experts, and clients, which enables us to foster meaningful connections and a broad range of perspectives. We are committed to creating an inclusive and welcoming environment where individuals of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences can contribute and succeed.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's or master's degree
- 7 or more years of sell-side or buy-side analyst experience
- Bottoms-up, fundamental investment research experience focused on individual companies
- Experience covering single-name European corporate credit across bank loans and high-yield markets
- Proficiency in corporate credit analysis, with emphasis on loan, high-yield, or distressed strategies
- Ability to work in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment
- Strong communication skills and ability to speak with professionals at all levels
- Intellectual curiosity and willingness to learn
- Effective time management and organizational skills
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively
- Right to work in the UK
Guidepoint Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Guidepoint and has not been reviewed or approved by Guidepoint.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off and sick days are considered competitive for early‑career roles, with separate allocations for PTO and sick time. This breadth supports baseline work-life needs beyond just holidays.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) plan with company matching is highlighted and aligned with mid‑market expectations. Employer verification of the match underscores a tangible long‑term benefit.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — A casual hybrid work environment, wellness activities, team events, commuter support, and office perks are emphasized. These culture‑oriented offerings add non‑cash value to the overall package.
Guidepoint Insights
What We Do
Guidepoint connects clients with vetted subject matter experts—Advisors—from our global professional network. Our clients leverage the insights and perspectives shared by our Advisors to stay informed and make better business decisions. Our multinational client list includes nine of the top 10 global consulting firms, hundreds of hedge funds (including five of the largest firms), and many of the largest private equity firms and Fortune-ranked companies. Guidepoint’s fourteen offices on three continents provide 24/7, quick and agile service.
