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Quant Strategist (Sustainability)

Job description

Our client is one the world's largest sovereign wealth funds. They are looking for an Analyst-AVP level Quant Strategist to join their Sustainability team in Singapore.

Job Overview:

As part of the Sustainability team, you will be responsible for conducting sustainability-related investment research and developing investment strategies to address sustainability issues that have a significant impact on the overall portfolio. You will also work closely with the investment teams to integrate sustainability considerations into the investment process.

Responsibilities:

  • Conduct research in one or more asset classes to understand how various sustainability themes impact their risk/return drivers in different markets. Derive insights/alpha through quantitative methods and communicate the findings to key stakeholders.
  • Develop and maintain robust quantitative models to support market monitoring, idea generation, back testing and total portfolio management. This include data sourcing internally and externally, cleaning and preparing the required underlying data in a systematic fashion.
  • Build out next generation sustainability investment analytics capability to promote efficiency in supporting senior management and for wider usage among various investment teams within GIC.
  • Conduct detailed analysis on business requirements and develop solutions to enhance or add new analytical capabilities whilst ensuring quick time-to-market and code reusability.
  • Build close partnership and actively collaborate with asset class specialist for the furtherance of sustainability investment analytics.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor or Master's degree in quantitative disciplines like Economics, Stats, Engineering, Math and/or Computer Science
  • Experience in sustainability/ESG for investing, financial modelling or quant research
  • Proficiency in R, Python and SQL

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