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PanAgora is an equal opportunity employer and provides equal employment opportunities to job applicants and employees without regard to race, religion, sex, marital status, color, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, pregnancy, ancestry or sexual orientation. PanAgora is committed to maintaining an environment that is free from discrimination as well as adhering to applicable federal and state laws. PanAgora believes everyone deserves an opportunity to contribute to and benefit from its business activity, and to utilize his or her skills and experience.

Relationship Development Specialist

Date Posted: November 8th, 2011

SUMMARY DESCRIPTION

Working under the direct supervision of sales management or senior sales staff, assists in identifying and cultivating prospects, clients and consultants, preparing new business presentations and closing sales.  As a member of the sales team, will focus on developing independent sales skills and will work to increase individual coverage of assigned territories, channels and consultants.  This role will have a particular focus on Alternatives channel.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • In conjunction with Sales manager or senior sales staff, will:
    • create and implement sales and asset retention strategy for assigned territory.  Directly call on designated territory/prospects
    • create and maintain territory relationships through regular meetings with prospects and clients on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis
    • service needs of clients and provide solutions by harnessing PanAgora’s existing resources (Investments, Sr. Mgmt., Client Solutions, etc.)
  • Participate in the design and delivery of finals presentations (as appropriate)
  • Develop and execute PanAgora’s Alternative Business Strategy in conjunction with senior distribution staff to generate meaningful revenue from this channel
  • Provide consultant relations coverage for a designated territory and channel.  Coverage will include alternative and traditional consultants
  • Partner closely with Sales and Client Solutions professionals to assure optimal positioning of PanAgora and its investment capabilities
  • Maintain strong generalist knowledge of PanAgora’s investment strategies with deeper emphasis on PanAgora’s Hedge Fund offerings
    • Represent all strategies to the consultant community with a particular focus on alternatives
    • Represent all  relevant strategies to the FoF community
  • Proactively call on prospects  & consultants to discuss PanAgora’s strategies and performance to make them aware of PanAgora’s full array and product offerings and ensure a deep understanding of the firm’s capabilities
  • Ensure information related to PanAgora and its product offerings is delivered to prospects, client and consultants in a timely manner and information contained in consultant databases is accurate and of high quality 
  • Contribute to product development, messaging, RFP creation, Questionnaire creation and general marketing support for all strategies with a particular focus on alternative strategies
  • Provide intelligence in support of prospecting activities as well as feedback on market trends, competitive landscape, meetings held with consultants and their clients
  • Document all territory activity into appropriate system immediately

 REQUIREMENTS

  • 2-7 years of sales, hedge fund and/or consultant experience
  • Bachelors degree required
  • Advanced degree, CFA & CAIA preferred

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Portfolio Manager – Global

Date Posted: July 7th, 2011

Education/Work Experience:

  • An advanced degree (PhD or MS) with strong background in Finance, Economics and Statistics
  • 3+ years experience in quantitative portfolio management in Global/International active strategies
  • In-depth knowledge of quantitative alpha source research and modeling, portfolio construction, and risk management
  • Relevant experience in empirical research into Global equity market strategies and working with large data sets
  • Critical understanding of international markets and macroeconomic statistics

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Working as a key member of a quantitative portfolio management team
  • Manage existing Global, International and Emerging Markets quantitative strategies
  • Ongoing portfolio monitoring and performance attribution
  • Performing statistical and economic research to develop new investment strategies in collaboration with the existing research team
  • Lead independent research projects by generating creative ideas and rigorous quantitative analysis that includes testing efficacy of factors, writing production codes, and developing macroeconomic forecasting models
  • Manipulate large sets of data and conduct econometric analysis; knowledge of parametric and nonparametric techniques is required
  • Analyze international financial markets, industry-specific, and macroeconomic data to forecast business, industry and economic conditions and trends in order to make investment decisions

Essential Skills:

  • Strong analytical and problem solving skills
  • Passion for research and creativity
  • Working experience in alpha modeling, portfolio construction, and risk modeling
  • Critical knowledge of the relevant theoretical and empirical research, forecasting methodologies and portfolio construction techniques
  • Strong programming and database skills including Bloomberg and statistical packages like SAS with SQL, R, etc.
  • Knowledge of financial and macroeconomic databases like Compustat, Worldscope, IBES, Datastream, CRSP, IFS
  • Understanding of international accounting guidelines and pronouncements as well as macroeconomic statistics and political developments
  • Superior written and verbal communications skills

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