MSIM - Broad Markets Fixed Income, Portfolio Management - Vice President

Overview

Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM), together with its investment advisory affiliates, has more than 1,100 investment professionals around the world and $1.51 trillion in assets under management or supervision as of March 31, 2024. MSIM strives to provide strong long-term investment performance, outstanding service and a comprehensive suite of investment management solutions to a diverse client base, which includes governments, institutions, corporations and individuals worldwide.

Global multi-sector fixed income team within Broad Markets Fixed Income manages over $20B in assets across various global multi-sector fixed income strategies. Given the growth of the business, the team seeks to add a portfolio management analyst based out of NY. This individual will be a key member of the global multi-sector portfolio management team and will directly report to the lead portfolio manager and support senior portfolio managers, while contributing broadly to the team 0s overall fixed income investment process.

Role Description

The role will involve working closely with fixed income portfolio managers to ensure global multi-sector portfolios are positioned in line with the views of the investment team while generating strong risk-adjusted returns in compliance with client objectives and investment guidelines. The role will also involve an understanding of the views of different fixed income sector teams spanning macro, credit and securitized, providing recommendations for investment decisions based on those views and to ensure those views are appropriately implemented in global multi-sector portfolios. Implementation of investment decisions will require thoughtful construction of multi-sector portfolios in line with client objectives and constraints. The role will involve day-to-day management of global multi-sector portfolios from managing daily flows, periodic rebalancing, trade implementations, model construction for potential mandates and in-depth portfolio reviews to generate strong risk-adjusted returns.

A successful candidate should be able to collaborate with colleagues across the fixed income business, work collegiately with portfolio managers, research analysts and traders to ensure efficient execution of investment ideas across multiple portfolios, and monitor the consistency of portfolio risk positioning across different investment strategies.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with fixed income portfolio managers to implement investment ideas across multiple portfolios.
• Manage daily portfolio flows, periodic rebalancing, and trade execution.
• Construct models for potential mandates and conduct in-depth portfolio reviews to generate strong risk-adjusted returns.
• Ensure portfolios align with client objectives, constraints and investment guidelines.
• Monitor portfolio risk positioning across strategies for consistency and effectiveness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher with excellent academic credentials.
• 4-8 years of related buy-side fixed income experience with demonstrated success in the area of focus.
• Fixed Income portfolio management experience is preferred.
• Portfolio analytics systems (Aladdin) experience is important.
• In-depth knowledge of fixed income as an asset class across a broad range of sectors including Developed and Emerging Markets, Investment Grade and High Yield Credit, Securitized products and derivatives.
• Strong analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work with attention to detail and under time pressure.
• Ability to effectively communicate complex investment ideas and strategies to internal peers and external clients.
• Good collaboration skills and the ability to contribute within a collegial team while embracing overlapping lines of idea generation.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.

What You Can Expect From Morgan Stanley

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Compensation and Benefits

Expected base pay ranges between $125,000 and $250,000 per year at start of employment. Base pay is determined on an individualized basis and is part of the total compensation package, which may include commission earnings, incentive compensation, discretionary bonuses, other short- and long-term incentive packages, and other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs.

Equal Opportunity

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