Portfolio Manager - Generalist - Fundamental Long Short Equities (HK)

The role

The candidate will construct and manage a fundamentally driven, market-neutral portfolio of equities. They will be responsible for all investment decisions, full portfolio construction, and overall risk management of every line within the trading book.

What you will do

• Construct and manage a fundamentally driven, market-neutral portfolio of equities
• Generate original ideas using deep fundamental understanding of companies
• Maintain awareness of industry and market dynamics impacting valuation
• Engage with management teams
• Form independent views from corporate, sell-side analyst, and other market sources
• Make all investment decisions
• Construct the full portfolio
• Manage overall risk for every line within the trading book

Required qualifications

• 2+ years as a Portfolio Manager, or 5+ years as an Investment Analyst / Assistant PM
• Proven track record that can be shared and verified
• A clearly defined, robust and repeatable investment process
• Strong research acumen
• Ability to construct a market-neutral portfolio and effectively manage volatility
• Deep understanding of trading Asian equity markets and the stocks they cover
• A high-level of attention-to-detail
• Perform well in high pressure situations
• Be able and willing to integrate into the broader team of Portfolio Managers

Nice to have

• preferably focus on a defined universe of stocks, or cover a specific sector

About the company

Maven is a proprietary trading organisation formed in 2011 with offices in London, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, New York and Sydney. The firm is entirely employee owned and manages its own capital.