Total 6 job vacancies by Aia Investment Management Private Limited

Join us as Deputy Manager, Middle Office - Business Solutioning at AIA Investment Management!

This is a permanent role within our Middle Office team, primarily focusing on database maintenance, preparation of periodic client reports, regulatory reporting and addressing ad-hoc queries.

Responsibilities

As a team member of the Middle Office team, his/her key responsibilities include, but not limited to the following

• Prepare periodic reports for various stakeholders (including regulatory surveys)
• Maintain accounts and mandate database
• Communicate changes in reporting requirements to vendor
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to understand reporting needs and ensure alignment with business objectives
• Identify opportunities for process improvement in current work processes
• Handle adhoc requests

Requirements

• Bachelor Degree with minimum o3 years working experience, of which some time had preferably been invested in the investment management reporting and/or client reporting space. Additional investment performance experience will be an advantage.
• Proficient in data analysis and visualisation tools (eg. Excel, Power BI and Python)
• Able to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities
• Strong critical thinking and analytical skills, with attention to details
• Independent self-starter who takes initiative to improve existing process
• Highly self-motivated and positive

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Join us as Head of Private Assets at AIA Investment Management!

The main objectives of this position are to oversee the investment strategy, management, and performance of private assets in IM which includes:

1. Private Equity & Venture Capital
2. Real Estate
3. Private Debt
5. Other Alternative Investments

Our private asset investments have matured and developed over the last 3 years. We now have a large successful program covering circa US$35bn in committed assets across 3 private sub strategies: - Private Equity-VC, Private Credit and Real Estate which have been run separately until now. The program is large, but also increasingly complex, with 88 different GPs and 253 underlying funds. This complexity will only increase as the program matures, particularly considering increasing levels of co-investments as well as the move towards more segregated accounts for new commitments.

This new position will oversee and coordinate the overall program. Reporting to AIAIM CIO, this role will deliver an overall clear strategy and focus on robust implementation across the entire private program to ensure ongoing strong delivery of performance. The role will ensure we have the right strategy in place, the most efficient operating model & implementation and finally, the right systems setup across Aladdin and E- Front to ensure we can provide all stakeholders with the reporting transparency on the program that they require.

The role is expected to drive people management and leadership development for these teams and also work seamlessly with Group Investment, Business Units and AIAIM to achieve its objectives and manage communications with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• The role will focus on coordinating across the 3 sub strategies with both the existing IM asset class heads (PE/VC/PC/RE) as well as the Regional Asset class heads and HK teams.
• Manage and construct outsourced private portfolios, from idea generation/fund selection to investment due diligence and portfolio construction, to meet the portfolio’s overall risk and return targets.
• Provide regular analysis and assessment of the portfolios, including regular manager review, including where needed to develop tools and reports to manage risk and performance.
• Build research expertise and in conjunction with AIAIM Head of MO to develop analytical tools to support decision making.
• Actively contribute to the Group’s investment process to aid formulation of an outlook on global markets.
• Report portfolio performance and attribution to LBU CIO and stakeholders.
• Be both a team player and a coach/mentor for the other members in the investment teams.

Requirements

• At least 20 years of investment experience with large complex multi asset funds such as pension and insurance funds at both the top-down mandate construction and setting level as well as the bottom-up portfolio implementation.
• Strong expertise in all aspect of private markets
• Outstanding technical proficiency, understanding of investment strategies and their implications, as well as implementation and value enhancement strategies.
• Strong system and operational understanding across all aspects of private asset investments with experience in transition management
• Strong knowledge of Aladdin/E Front is an advantage.
• Experience working with or in an Insurance AMC.
• Excellent interpersonal and engagement skills
• Exceptional reputation as a team player.

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Join us as General Counsel at AIA Investment Management!

The General Counsel will be responsible for the legal and company secretarial support and associated risk management for AIA Investment Management and related fund platforms as well as leading the legal and company secretarial support for AIA’s Group Unit-linked and Pension business (“GULPB”). The incumbent will also be providing centralized, specialist support and legal risk management for legal documentation relating to investment vendors, intercompany contract architecture, counterparties, and transactions across AIA.

This is a regional position and part of the interconnected legal and company secretarial infrastructure across AIA’s markets and jurisdictions.

Responsibilities

Legal

Continuously improving the legal infrastructure required to support the legal and contractual needs of AIA Investment Management, related fund platforms, GULPB and aspects of AIA more widely, including:

• Mitigating legal risk by ensuring that contracts reflect standards and building and maintaining an appropriate mechanism for legal risk management processes under the Investment Governance Framework and corresponding AIA-wide risk frameworks
• Leading the provision and procurement of legal advice with respect to compliance with law and regulatory policy in jurisdictions relevant to the relevant entities
• Providing legal support to GULPB across markets and jurisdictions;
• Designing and handling the specialized, technical legal infrastructure and resource required
• Negotiating contracts and providing internal and external legal advice;
• Selecting and working with external counsel, ensuring quality of support and associated costs;
• Overseeing legal advice and support for investment transactions and managing client, intercompany, vendor and counterparty relationships;
• Providing leadership and business judgment and serving as trusted counsel and adviser to AIA Investment senior management;
• Leading the continuous improvement of the efficiency of legal support through the use of technology, including generative artificial intelligence and refinement of internal roles and responsibilities; and
• Continuously developing both self and legal team members

Company Secretary and Corporate Governance

• Designing and managing the corporate governance and associated company secretary infrastructure for the Boards of Directors of AIA Investment Management and related fund platforms so as to assist them to fulfil their fiduciary duties efficiently and demonstrably, in accordance with the Investment Governance Framework, corresponding AIA-wide risk frameworks, applicable law and regulatory policy
• Direct leadership and support to the Chair and the Boards of Directors through prior quality control review of Board submissions, training and guidance to presenters, so as to ensure materials are consistent, coherent and any issues arising from such materials are appropriately addressed in advance.
• Advising the Boards of Directors as to all applicable legal requirements.
• Overseeing all Board and Board committee as well as AIA IM Exco and Senior Leadership Team formation and maintenance, including associated secretariat responsibilities such as meeting logistics, recording minutes and managing the preparation of documentation and reporting on Board/management actions.
• Setting standards for all other formal management committees of AIA IM, such that they form a coherent whole, and provide guidance to the secretariats of such other formal management committees of AIA IM.
• Coordination with Group Legal Company Secretary with respect to AIA-wide company secretarial requirements.

Others

• Coordinate with the Regional Director of Governance and Legal in highlighting material developments, issues, and challenges so as to facilitate the Regional Director of Governance and Legal’s oversight of associated activities.
• Providing support to the legal and governance aspects of the AIA Investment Operating Model

Requirements

• Qualified solicitor in common law jurisdiction;
• 15 years post-qualification working experience as in-house legal;
• Regional asset management and funds business experience required;
• Compliance and company secretarial experience will be a plus;
• Strong leadership and supervision skills;
• Excellent organizational, presentation and interpersonal skills;
• Strong influencing skills;
• Ability to deal with and handle multiple and changing priorities;
• Good work attitude and ability to work as a larger team;
• Independent with strong self-initiative;

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Join us as Associate Director, Governance at AIA Investment Management!

This position is a dedicated SME to support the Director of Investment Governance in Singapore to

(1) drive the governance efforts for AIA Investment Management Private Limited (“Group AMC”), collective investment schemes by Group AMC (“CISs”) and oversight of the other AIA AMCs located in Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines (collectively, the “In-scope Entities”)

(2) work closely with Group Investment Governance team on the design, administration, communication and continuous improvement and efficiency of the AIA Investment Governance Framework (“IGF”), being the formal articulation as to the governance relationship among Group Investment, AIA’s AMCs, CISs and special purpose vehicles (“SPVs”) and as among the Three Lines of Defense related to AIA’s investment activities.

It is important for this position to provide recommendations to comprehensive solutions, showing sound professional judgement balancing considerations from an AIA-wide perspective, Hong Kong Insurance Authority group-wide supervision perspective as well as, critically, specific local regulatory requirements, including those of the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

This position will also support Group AMC and CIS to embed the IGF standards within these entities, and translate them into local policies and procedures.

This role requires solid understanding of asset ownership and asset management, the legal construct and structure of AIA, AMCs, CISs, SPVs and insurance companies working in multiple jurisdictions and proficiency in related regulatory and compliance requirements.

This position is responsible for:

• Building trust and relationships to ensure a strong governance culture and demonstrably accountability within the In-Scope Entities. With the growing complexity of scope and activities within AIA, this is a role for a dedicated SME with the ability to provide guidance and influence others.
• Manage the IGF implementation for the Group AMC and CISs and provide assistance to other AMCs and CISs in their respective implementation of the same;
• Facilitating individual accountability of Investment Policy Functional Owners and Referees in case of queries and disputes;
• Acting as an advocate for the Investment Governance Framework with respect to Risk, Compliance and Internal Audit functions in support of monitoring, assurance and audit within the 3LOD approach to risk management;
• Supporting Group AMC First Line of Defense in the consolidation and execution of non financial risk activities (coordination, collation, data quality), providing guidance/training and acting as a conduit for general first line controls/governance matters
• Supporting management committee governance for Group AMC
• Analysing regulatory direction and risk trends for In-scope Entities on a forward-looking basis

Requirements

• Minimum 10 years in risk, investment governance or investment compliance and/or related legal functions as applied to asset management and asset ownership.
• Strong understanding and experience handling governance frameworks and oversight functions in a multi-jurisdiction and multi-operations for a large financial services organization.
• Excellent presentation and strong influencing skills.
• Ability to work and balance multiple and changing priorities;
• High level understanding of operating conditions and regulations in Singapore and relevant jurisdictions for the In Scope Entities preferred.
• Independent, strong self-initiative and willing to challenge status quo
• Chartered Financial Analyst, Chartered Public Accountant or similar qualifications would be viewed favorably;

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Join us as Senior Manager, Business Delivery!

The Delivery Manager provides ground leadership and direction in the planning and delivery of key changes to the investment portfolios, to ensure the business unit meets its targets.

Responsibilities:

- Overall coordination and management of the Book Of Work

• Solutioning - Partner with Front Office, Client services team & relevant teams to engage the clients effectively on their BOW
• e.g handling their expectations, provide comprehensive value & solution proposition for their change requests.
• Planning - To plan and deliver the changes across all asset classes in accordance with the existing operating models whilst taking a client centric approach. This involves effective management (i.e prioritisation, tracking, monitoring, reporting) of the pipeline & book of work.
• Leading – Chair the change management working group, drive and support the change agenda in relevant forum to review the BOW with senior management.
• Engagements
• Maintaining frequent and open communication with relevant teams across functions to assess the overall change delivery capacity and timelines.
• Strong Engagement/relationship management to manage expectations on the acceptance criteria to achieve mutual win.
• Reporting - Enhance reporting to provide better visibility, facilitate improved management of changes and broader partner appreciation of the need for early engagement and consultation.

- Responsible for the delivery of work assignments on time and to expectations in terms of quality, deliverables and outcomes.

• Engagement - To consult appropriate front to back functions to gather feedback to identify solution, impact of changes and effort to implement.
• Delivery - Managing the end-to-end implementation and coordinating across functions once target timelines are agreed. This also includes coordinating operational readiness sign-off from an end-to-end perspective across defined control boxes.
• Monitoring – to ensure the delivery is in agreed timescale, to agreed deadline and to a consistently high standard.
• Reporting all risks and key issues identified during the deliveries
• Drive resolution of roadblocks - Think, analyse and consider the broader context to develop practical solutions
• Work through issues, weigh up alternatives and identify the most effective solutions in collaboration with others.
• Take account of the wider business context when considering options to resolve issues.
• Explore a range of possibilities and creative alternatives to contribute to system, process and business improvements.

- Influence others with a fair and considered approach to work towards mutually beneficial favourable outcomes

• Show sensitivity and understanding in resolving conflicts and differences.
• Identify key partners and gain their support in advance.
• Establish a clear negotiation position based on research, a firm grasp of key issues, likely arguments, points of difference and areas for compromise.

Job Requirements:

• Degree in business or a related field and/or a professional designation such as CFA, would be a distinct advantage.
• Circa 5-8 years of relevant experience across the end to end investment control lifecycle with direct involvement in the management of investment portfolio changes.
• Solid understanding of end-to-end investment processes across front and back-office functions.
• Project and/or change management experience
• Demonstrable experience (circa 5 years) in the management of investment portfolio changes, design and monitoring of change controls and managing senior parties to deliver and meet client requirements.
• Strong project management skills with attention to detail to plan, organize, and coordinate resources, timelines, and deliverables.
• Strong influencing skills - Proactive approach and a bias towards collaboration and reaching mutual wins
• Influencing and change management skills are over and above technical matters.
• Strong problem-solving skills - Adept at analyzing complex situations, identifying problems, and proposing effective solutions.
• Excellent presentation and effective communication skills
• Independent and strong self-starter, with ability to navigate in a dynamic and VUCA environment, adept at dealing with and handle multiple and changing priorities independently.
• Highly structured and methodical in execution

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Join our Derivatives team!

In this role, you will be responsible for managing cross-asset derivatives portfolios outsourced by AIA Insurance Business Units to AIA IM, blending a proper perspective on financial and derivatives markets and an effective and disciplined risk management approach. You will also be designing, modelling, structuring and advising on derivatives-based strategies and solutions for Group functions and AIA BUs.

Derivatives Portfolio Management:

• Handle linear and non-linear derivatives portfolios, across asset classes, in line with portfolio mandates benchmarks and key risk metrics, following a rigorous investment process based on solid understanding of macro and markets environments, and a disciplined risk management approach.
• Lead efficiently scarce resources (cash, collateral, risk limits) ancillary to derivatives portfolios.

Derivatives Solutions:

• Drive the implementation of the platform to structure and handle derivatives-centric investment-linked insurance products.
• Provide expert advice to AIA BUs and Group functions to design and optimize their derivatives strategies, based on a deep understanding of relative economic value, liquidity, and geographical nuances between different derivatives instruments.
• Help to define, model and quantify the objectives of such derivative strategies and suggest and similarly quantify alternatives for decision makers on such trades.

Derivatives Infrastructure:

• Support the rollout of new Investment and Derivatives Management systems.
• Support the development of the Derivatives and collateral infrastructure, in particular front-office analytics and portfolio management tools

What you will need:

• Minimum of 10 years’ experience of designing and handling linear and non-linear Derivatives portfolios (cross-asset preferred), preferably in an asset management company.
• Excellent expertise and technical expertise in all aspects of derivatives.
• Experience in structuring investment-linked insurance products, and handling associated portfolios.
• Experience of working with LDI strategies and ALM/Actuarial sciences knowledge preferred.
• Experience in collateral management and optimization, and funding markets (repo, securities lending) a plus.
• Experience in developing Derivatives analytics and experience with Blackrock Aladdin system preferred.
• Good interpersonal skills: credible communicator with good verbal and written communication skills.
• Good Teammate and able to communicate in a diverse culture environment.
• Intellectually curious, details oriented, analytical problem solver, proactive and delivery focused. Trustworthy and reliable.
• CFMAS (Modules 3, 5, 6, 6A) preferred.

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