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The Portfolio Manager is a senior investment team contributor responsible for the management of quantitative equity portfolios at Acadian Asset Management. With over 75 billion in assets Acadian is a Boston- and Singapore-based quantitative equity manager striving to be the world's leading equity manager.
Position Overview:
The Portfolio Manager is a senior investment team contributor responsible for the management of quantitative equity portfolios at Acadian Asset Management in Acadian's Boston office. With over 75 billion in assets Acadian is a Boston- and Singapore-based quantitative equity manager striving to be the world's leading equity manager.
Over the past five years, our portfolios in a variety of global, non-US, emerging markets and small-cap strategies have achieved top-decile investment performance. Our goal is to build on and enhance our current investment team and process to provide even better results going forward. Acadian is a collegial and team-oriented meritocratic environment where new ideas are respected and have often been quickly incorporated in our investment approach.
Duties and Responsibilities:
We expect the Portfolio Manager to spend most of their time in three areas:
Research of new stock selection, sector, currency or country factors used in our process to create return forecasts
Management of equity portfolios, including improvements in the implementation of our forecasts
Marketing and client service, including presentations to Acadian's global client base
Qualifications:
The Portfolio Manager/Researcher should have either a PhD in finance or a related field, or 5 or more years of experience conducting quantitative investment research and managing equity portfolios. In addition, the position requires:
New ideas on how to add value in the context of a quantitative investment process
Expertise in some area related to equity investing, whether that be accounting, quantitative finance, optimization and portfolio construction, sector forecasting, or other areas.
Consistency with Acadian’s structured and disciplined investment philosophy
A willingness and ability to work in a collegial, result-focused environment
Knowledge of some analytical, statistics, programming or database tools; examples - Matlab, SQL, C++, SAS, ClariFI
Superior verbal communications skills, with the ability to conduct high level meetings with clients and prospects, and a willingness to travel up to 25 - 35% of time.
Interested candidates should send resume to resumes_research@acadian-asset.com
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