Nomura Asset Management Malaysia

The successful candidate will be supporting the Fixed Income investment team, whose primary responsibility includes research and investment management to institutional and corporate clients. The incumbent will be physically positioned in the Malaysian office with a direct reporting line to the Portfolio Manager.

The candidate will be given the opportunity to build a career in investment management through exposure across different departments within the company over a period of time. At the same time, the candidate will also be supporting portfolio managers in the following tasks:

• maintaining information database relating to investment/research
• preparing presentation and reporting materials for internal and external use
• monitoring market developments
• research on investment ideas
• undertaking required responsibilities and providing the necessary support

Requirements:

1. Degree in Economics/Finance/Banking/Commerce or equivalent; Other degrees may be considered
2. Proficient in Microsoft Powerpoint, Excel, Word etc.
3. Mathematically inclined
4. Strong interpersonal skills, friendly and trustworthy, with a high level of integrity and work ethics
5. Ability to learn, retain and apply considerable amounts of information
6. Ability to complete simultaneous tasks while under significant time pressure
7. Well-organized, disciplined, impeccable attention to detail
8. A team player

Description:

• Plan and execute sales and marketing strategies
• Generate and achieve sales target from existing and new funds
• Provide on-going training and enhance skills and knowledge of company products and manage relationship with product distributors (IUTAs)
• Ensure information to IUTAs is consistently updated and relevant information is disseminated to the staffs
• Attend to distributors enquiries and requests. Where necessary, able to work closely with other internal stakeholders (e.g. investment professionals) to address and/or make recommendations to resolve clients’ queries
• Build rapport with distributors and involve in client servicing and retention management with other team members
• Conduct and provide market research feedback on unit trust investment.
• Involve in ad-hoc projects from time to time.

Requirements:

• Degree in related field
• Working experience in the area of Unit Trust or related financial products would have an added advantage.
• Self-driven, independent, results-oriented
• Possess effective organizational, presentation, spoken and written skills.

Description:

• Responsible in the preparation and finalisation of product/fund documentation including Prospectus / Information Memorandum, Product Highlight Sheet for the Company’s new / existing funds.
• Main point of contact on behalf of the Company with external parties engaged by the Company including counsels for the drafting and preparation of fund-related documentation; Securities Commission on the submission of new/supplementary fund Prospectus/ Information Memorandum, trustees and other relevant counterparties
• Assist the Business Development team in new product development including identifying potential product gaps and the Company’s unique proposition. The findings of the former will be utilised by the Business Development team in their submission to Product Development Committee (NAM Tokyo) for approval of new funds and strategies.
• Product narratives on Company’s funds and strategy capabilities for the Business Development team’s utilisation in its marketing collaterals and sales pitch books
• Perform fund analysis on Company’s funds’ against peer funds’ in their respective asset group categories using Lipper Investment Management
• Product briefing and presentations to the Company’s distribution partners, clients and prospective investors
• Preparation of Company’s funds’ reporting such as monthly fact sheets, interim and annual Manager’s reports. Where necessary, to coordinate with internal departments (Fund Administration, Business Support and Compliance and Investment departments) in the finalisation of these reports.
• Attend to ad-hoc enquiries on Company’ fund / strategies from prospective and existing investors
• Any other duties or responsibilities assign from or agreed with the head of department /management from time to time

Requirement:

• Degree in related field
• 3-5 years working experience
• Working experience in the area of fund management / Unit Trust or related financial products would have an added advantage.
• Self-driven, independent, results-oriented
• Possess effective organizational, presentation, spoken and written skills.

The candidate will be responsible for the day-to-day functions by ensuring timely preparation of reports and processing of trades and dividends/ coupons as well as corporate actions. Experience working in the operations of an asset management company would be highly desirable.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure accurate and timely processing of equity, fixed income and money market trades and follow up on issues.
• Monitor and maintain corporate action events relating to all markets and ensure timely response to custodians.
• Daily monitoring of cash movements as well as ensuring that all cash movements are captured in the system and work closely with custodians, fund administrators to research, and resolve reconciliation breaks immediately.
• Responsible for the preparation and reconciliation of the total asset value of the portfolio/ fund.
• Preparation of the necessary reports as required by the clients, portfolio managers and other relevant parties on a periodic basis.
• Ensure fund valuation and reporting are completed within stated deadlines.
• Willing to participate actively in every level of service required by the clients and any ad-hoc project as assigned.

Requirements:

• Degree holder with a minimum of 3 years of experience in back-office operations in the unit trust or asset management industry.
• Exposure and knowledge of different financial markets, instruments, settlement and reporting processes would be an added advantage.
• Possess excellent PC skills (especially Microsoft Excel and VBA), knowledge of CTM and/ or Swift would be an added advantage.
• Must be meticulous and accurate with good attention to details.
• Able to work independently, under tight deadline with minimum supervision as well as in a team environment.
• Excellent time management, organizational and prioritization skills plus good communication skills, both verbal and written.