Senior Investment Writer London, England
Franklin Templeton Investments
Full Time
London, England
71084 - 141008 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
At Franklin Templeton, everything we do is focused on one thing – delivering better client outcomes. We do that by partnering closely with our clients, assessing their strategic needs, and identifying the solution or solutions that can meet the challenge. Over 9,500 employees working in 34 countries around the world are dedicated to servicing investment solutions for our clients in more than 160 countries. For more than 70 years our success has been a direct result of the talent, skills and persistence of our people, and we are looking for qualified candidates to join our team.
What is the Portfolio Management team responsible for?
We are looking for a senior investment writer to join our Franklin Templeton Fixed Income group, with a specific focus on the Emerging Market Debt asset class.
Franklin Templeton Fixed Income (FTFI) is a global fixed income investment team that manages over US$140 billion in assets (as of May 31, 2022) across a comprehensive, diverse range of sector-specific and multi-sector investment strategies. The group is made up of 140+ investment professionals based in London, New York, San Mateo, Chicago, and Singapore, along with regional fixed income teams in Australia, Brazil, Canada, India, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, the U.A.E, and Poland. With over 50 years of fixed income experience, the team takes an active approach to fixed income management integrating macroeconomic views, bottom-up fundamental research, and quantitative science. Based on the size, global presence and depth of expertise, and leveraging our comprehensive understanding of the interaction of the global economic environment and world bond markets, FTFI is strategically positioned to identify alpha opportunities across all major market sectors.
FTFI has invested in hard and local currency emerging market debt for over 25 years and has considerable experience navigating the complexities of these markets. The Emerging Market Debt Opportunities Team currently manages over US10 billion in assets (as of May 31, 2022)
What are the ongoing responsibilities of a Senior Investment Writer?
- Works with portfolio managers, research analysts, investment specialists and other portfolio management staff to write and route initial content for scheduled, recurring monthly, quarterly and other periodic investment product commentary for multiple audience type
- Works with portfolio management/investment specialist groups, data analytics teams, and senior staff to ensure accurate messaging as well as the delivery of actionable intelligence to commentary recipients. This position has a focus on the Emerging Market Debt sector.
- Responsible for creating commentaries using independent research, attribution reports and other data analytics.
- Writing and reviewing scheduled, recurring commentary deliverables, with additional focus on more complex or high-profile commentary deliverables (e.g., value-add topic/thematic pieces, newsletters, website content, and special projects)
- May provide guidance to more junior staff to ensure quality and timeliness of delivery but has no formal supervisory responsibility.
- Creates commentaries using independent research, attribution reports and other data analytics. Key core focus includes writing and reviewing scheduled, recurring commentary deliverables.
- Write and oversee production of more complex or high-profile commentary deliverables (e.g., thematic papers, market commentaries, crisis communications, media responses, RFP responses, social media, PIT inquiries, and special projects).
- Streamline portfolio commentary process and improve quality of commentaries by gaining a solid understanding of commentary cycles and the flow of deliverables between parties, as well as the preferences of various portfolio management groups. May provide guidance to more junior staff to ensure quality and timeliness of delivery but has no formal supervisory responsibility.
- Manage assigned projects/deliverables by actively communicating with team members about deadlines and informing all interested parties of deliverable timelines and status.
What qualifications, skills and experience would help someone to be successful?
- Extensive writing experience, strongly desired in the financial services industry.
- Bachelor’s degree, preferably in economics, finance, English, communications or similar discipline - preferred
- Solid, proven understanding of investment products and industry; good working knowledge of the firm’s products and the overall industry.
- Experience analysing and writing about Emerging Market economies and fixed income preferred, but not required
- Demonstrated success in adhering to schedules, multi-tasking, project management, attention to detail, organization of materials and cooperating with team members.
- Knowledge of business desktop applications (i.e.: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Windows, etc.)
- Effective interpersonal skills, proficiency at prioritization, the proven experience with simultaneously managing multiple tasks, and the ability to operate under scheduled deadlines
- Proficiency interpreting statistical information and ability to translate data to support written statements
- Excellent research and analytical skills, including ability to perform simple mathematical calculations or analyses and accurately proofreading documents
- Works autonomously, with limited general direction/supervision; work is reviewed for accuracy
- Experience working with cross-functional and multi-channel teams (e.g., Portfolio Management, Marketing, Legal, Creative Services, Principal)
- A true team player, translating prior knowledge and experience into strong and productive relationships
- Knowledge of data visualizations and infographics to compliment written work
- Ability to develop judgment to write or reword work in response to comments from portfolio management/proxy groups, senior staff, Legal, Principal, etc.
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What makes Franklin Templeton unique?
In addition to the dynamic and professional environment at Franklin Templeton, we strive to ensure that our employees have access to a competitive and valuable set of
Total Rewards
—the mix of both monetary and non-monetary rewards provided to you in recognition for your time, talents, efforts, and results.
Highlights of our benefits include:
- Contributory pension scheme
- Private healthcare plan
- PHI
- Life insurance
- Employee Stock Investment Program
- Incentive plans
- Purchase of company funds with no sales charge
- Educational reimbursement
- On-site training
We believe that being a good corporate citizen is good business. To us, corporate citizenship means being accountable, serving our clients, being an employer of choice, managing our environmental impact, and
supporting our communities
. An emphasis on corporate citizenship is embedded in our culture and values, and is an important element of how we achieve success.
We are also committed to your learning and development with resources focused around Experience, Exposure, and Education, to help you achieve your professional development goals.
Franklin Templeton values diversity in its workforce and welcomes employees from different backgrounds, generations, capabilities, cultural identification, sexual orientations, and gender expression, in addition to other attributes that contribute to a truly diverse and inclusive community. As part of this in the UK we are registered as a Disability Confident Committed Employer, this means we ask if you would consider yourself as having a disability as part of your application so that we can support and make the most of your talents.
If you have a flexible working arrangement within your current role – or are seeking a flexible working pattern - please let us know so we can consider this during the hiring process. Applications from Returners – individuals who have taken a period of time out of work - are also encouraged. This is part of our commitment to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment.
Franklin Templeton is committed to fostering a
diverse and inclusive
environment. If you believe that you need a workplace arrangement to search for, or apply for, one of our positions please send an email to . In your email, please include the arrangement you are requesting and the job title and job number you are applying for. We will review the request and make a best effort to enact the arrangement. It may take up to three business days to receive a response to your request. Please note that only requests for arrangements will receive a response.
