Political Risk Analyst Birmingham
Job description
Political Risk Analyst - HSBC Asset Management
Location: Birmingham (Hybrid)
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HSBC Asset Management, the investment management business of the HSBC Group, serves HSBC’s worldwide customer base of retail and private clients, intermediaries, corporates and institutions invested in both segregated accounts and pooled funds. HSBC Asset Management fulfils its purpose of connecting HSBC’s clients with investment opportunities around the world through an international network of offices in approximately 30 countries, delivering global capabilities with local market insight.
We have a brand new, exciting opportunity for a Political Risk Analyst who will sit within Global Investment Strategy Team (GIS), led by the Chief Strategist. This team is responsible for top-down research to support decision-making across the global investment platform, and for creating thought leadership and actionable market insights for clients, partners, and key stakeholders. The role has significant scope for high business impact and strong career development over time.
In this role, you will:
- Conduct global political and country risk analysis/research with a focus on macroeconomic and investment market implications
- Produce and conclude global political risk scenarios and communicate them to customers and internal teams
- Support the head of the team and Macro & Investment Strategist to develop and maintain a research, analytics and risk framework for the team
- Communicate the team’s views on the potential economic and financial market implications of political developments to the multi-asset platform, fixed income, equities and credit teams
To be successful in the role, you should meet the following requirements:
We are looking for a talented, ambitious, and intellectually-curious investment writer to join HSBC Asset Management’s global investment strategy team.
- Bachelors degree with Politics/International Relations/ History as a key focus. Economics graduates with a strong interest in politics. Masters degree an advantage
- Experience working within a politics or country risk focused role, ideally in a financial institution/consultancy/think tank
- Clear understanding of global political risk and strong desire to link this to investment markets
- Advanced drafting abilities essential – able to write clearly and concisely on geopolitical developments with a focus on potential financial market and macroeconomic implications
- Able to adapt written and verbal presentation to the level of the intended audience, ranging from retail clients to experienced investment professionals
This is a Hybrid working role with the base location as Birmingham. The successful candidate may be required to travel to this location.
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At HSBC we look to enable our employees to better balance their work / life priorities and have the flexibility required to meet challenging needs as they progress through different life stages. Where possible we will consider the following flexible working options: part-time working, job sharing, term-time working, and working from home and staggered hours. If in considering a role with HSBC, you have a need for some flexibility in your working arrangements please discuss this with the recruitment team in the early stages of the application process.
HSBC is committed to being an inclusive employer and providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all. We will provide reasonable adjustments to remove any disadvantage to you being considered for this role. We are proud members of the Disability Confident Scheme, and will offer an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role. If you would like to receive any information in a different way or would like us to do anything differently to help you apply for our roles, please contact our Recruitment Helpdesk:
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Telephone: +44 2078328500
Within the workplace you will have access to various employee resource groups which aim to promote and achieve a healthy work / life balance and support our diversity ambitions. HSBC has processes in place to avoid nepotism. This means we will avoid circumstances in which the appearance or possibility of conflicts of interest may exist within the hiring process.
