Fund manager - Private market fund-of-funds

The world of investment is changing. Our vision at Legal & General Investment Management is to create a better, more sustainable future through responsible investing. We work in partnership with our clients around the globe to deliver positive long-term outcomes, while rising to the challenges of a rapidly changing world. Our clients include institutional pension funds, financial institutions, local authorities and sovereign wealth funds. To meet our clients’ complex and evolving investment needs, our investment strategies cover a broad array of asset classes and styles, including equities, bonds, property and alternatives, as well as multi-asset funds. We’re focused on continuously innovating our investment products, maintaining our reputation as experts across all asset classes, and striving to build a more responsible and sustainable future

We’re currently seeking a Fund Manager to join Legal and General Investment Management where you’ll be focused on fund-of-fund investments across private markets to help drive continued growth for the Multi-Asset and Asset Allocation teams. This is a fantastic opportunity for an inquisitive fast learner with an interest in multi-asset, private markets, and fund-of-fund investments

The Asset Allocation team combines LGIM’s economic and multi-asset research capabilities with portfolio management groups across a range of multi-asset product categories. The team brings experience from across investment management, investment consulting, banking and academia, and works with pension funds, insurers and retail clients. All funds within Asset Allocation benefit from the input and expertise of the team’s investment strategists, economists and fund managers

Within the Asset Allocation team, LGIM’s Multi-Asset Funds team is responsible for the management and growth of our diversified fund range. The team brings experience across investment management, investment consulting, banking and academia, working with pension funds, insurers and retail clients

We are expanding our multi-asset fund range with a private market focused strategy to support the ongoing growth of our defined contribution (DC) business and to expand the range of investment options available for DC investors

What you’ll be doing

• Day-to-day Fund Management with a focus on private market investments
• Investment Decision making and risk management using quantitative and qualitative analysis
• Performance of an agreed range of multi-asset funds, particularly where lead manager
• Ownership of a range of strategic initiatives to extend the fund range and portfolio related infrastructure
• Developing and marketing an agreed range of multi-asset funds
• Contributing to idea generation and strategy decision in particular across private markets
• Representing the team as a senior investor externally in relevant areas as well as working across the LGIM and Legal & General business

• Educated to degree standard in a science, engineering, economics, IT, business or maths based discipline
• Understanding of private market asset classes and fund structures
• Proven expertise in private markets fund management and idea generation
• High quality written and verbal communication as part of client communications (investment reports, presentations, research publications)
• Influencing clients and consultants of our proposition’s quality
• Ability to implement quantitative work, including maintaining and improving tools
• Management and development of less senior team members
• Multi-asset fund design, development, operating model specification and launch
• Knowledge of UK defined contribution market or other institutional and/or retail investors and funds would be nice to have 
• Experience or interest in ESG investing is a plus but not a pre-requisite desirable 
• Experience managing projects while maintaining quality of deliverables
• Experience with programming in Python

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