Firm Overview:
Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager. We seek to deliver compelling returns for institutional and individual investors by strengthening the companies in which we invest. Our more than $1 trillion in assets under management include global investment strategies focused on real estate, private equity, infrastructure, life sciences, growth equity, credit, real assets, secondaries and hedge funds. Further information is available at www.blackstone.com. Follow @blackstone on LinkedIn, X (Twitter), and Instagram.
Business Unit:
BXMA, Singapore
Business Description:
Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA®) manages approximately $82 billion across a diversified set of businesses, including a customized portfolio solutions business, a special situations platform, a business that purchases GP stakes in alternative asset managers, an open-ended mutual fund platform, and an emerging manager seeding business. BXMA invests across a variety of asset classes and strategies to create solutions for its investors. Through its sharp focus on clients’ goals, a rigorous due-diligence process and access to Blackstone’s global insights, BXMA strives to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns across market cycles while mitigating downside risk during stressed market environments.
Job Title: BXMA, Asia Strategy – Analyst/ Associate
Job Description:
The Analyst will support the Asia Strategy team in its mission to deliver high quality investments across all asset classes (Equity, Credit, Quant, Global Macro), primarily through allocations to third-party hedge funds. Specific job responsibilities include:
- Working with the investment team to source and perform due diligence on prospective hedge fund investments in Asia. This will include meetings with the hedge fund managers and their teams, reference checks, strategy research and quantitative track record analysis.
- Monitoring of existing hedge fund relationships, which include regular conversations with different levels of contacts at the firm, tracking key positions, themes and exposures in the portfolio, and assessing the impact of any organizational changes.
- Liasing closely with BXMA’s New York and global investment and operations teams.
- Working with the team to source, diligence and underwrite opportunistic co-investments and direct investments, leveraging Blackstone’s various groups where appropriate.
- Writing IC memos and client reports for new managers and investments.
- Preparing talking points for senior members of the Asia team for IC and client meetings.
- Thinking strategically about quantitative tools to improve the efficacy of the team’s overall investment process.
- Managing the day-to-day business of the Asia team, including responding to client requests, reporting on the group's activities, and providing Asia market updates.
Qualifications:
Blackstone seeks to hire individuals who work well in a team-driven working group, are highly motivated, intelligent, have sound judgment and have demonstrated excellence in prior endeavors.
The successful candidate must have:
- 1-4 years of relevant work experience ideally in investment research, asset management or at an investment bank
- Superior communication skills, including a demonstrated ability to write effectively
- Ability to communicate well across global teams and a desire to work in a team environment.
- Quantitative skills, including conducting analyses, organizing and cleansing data sets, and developing insights.
- A passion for the markets and an understanding of different asset classes
- An ability to manage ad hoc projects independently and to completion.
- Fluent Chinese language skills (written and verbal Mandarin) would be highly advantageous.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, national origin or any other category protected by law.
