At AIA we’ve started an exciting movement to create a healthier, more sustainable future for everyone.

It’s about finding new ways to not only better people's lives, but to better the communities and environments we live in. And we build on this every day with our ambition to engage one billion people to live Healthier, Longer, Better Lives by 2030.

And to get there, we need leaders with the courage, clarity and humanity to inspire, guide and support their teams to thrive every day - in the work they do and the life they live. Our leaders always have and will play a vital part in our journey to help more people live Healthier, Longer, Better Lives, build healthier societies and cultivate healthier environments that better everyone.

If you sound like that leader, read on.  

About the Role

We are looking for an incubment to focus:

• Drive superior risk-adjusted returns and top-tier total return performance of Fixed Income across BUs in:
- Asia and EM hard currency bonds
- Local currency Fixed Income managed by BUs
• Troubleshoot/pre-empt underperformance or emerging credit/portfolio risks
• Lead the Primary Market COE to maintain unrivaled sourcing of bonds
• Build new FI asset classes/strategies

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Key personnel in Governance and Oversight on fixed income portfolios across the Group, both internally managed and externally mandated,
  • Work closely with attribution and analytic teams to quantitively analyze performance drivers
  • Ensure fixed income portfolios across the Group are managed within portfolio risk guidelines
  • Be familiar with fixed income portfolios within the group, and suggest changes to portfolio mandate, performance measurement and risk target where applicable
  • Ensure outputs from credit research team is utilized in security selection, especially on high conviction calls
• Drive superior risk-adjusted returns across BUs while sustaining portfolio quality:
  • Total Return Portfolios – outperform benchmarks
  • Buy and Maintain Portfolios – outperform OPAT target
  • Pinpoint source of underperformance, and recommend practical remedial actions to Heads of Fixed Income and PMs across BUs
  • Ensure that actions are taken to address Quarterly Portfolio Review follow-up items, and performance improvement plans are implemented
  • Share experience from other platforms in solving underperformance
• Assist in preparing regular updates to senior management on portfolio performances across the group.
• Collaborate with different teams across the Group, such as Group ICU, Group TAA, Group Risk, Group Legal & Governance
• Provide investment views of the relevant fixed income markets in group TAA process and other internal forums.
• Lead the Primary Market COE to centralize regional deal sourcing; act as principal interface between AIA and sell-side to maximize allocation in new bond issuances.
• Support Regional Director of Fixed Income to speed up expansion of the Fixed Income asset class universe e.g. long-term infrastructure, Private IG, securitized products, etc. and strategies e.g. Short-dated Credit, Cash Enhanced, etc.
• Provide Administrative & Strategic Support to the BU Fixed Income Platform

Minimum Job Requirements:

• A subject matter expert in FI portfolio management:
  • At least 10 years of proven track record in managing fixed income portfolios
  • Hands-on portfolio management experience should include:
    • fixed income asset classes across the spectrum of investment grade and high yield, across regions, and across Asian local currencies
    • portfolios of different focuses: insurance mandates, total return, absolute return, income focus, buy and hold, unconstrained, multi-sector credit
    • experience gained from different types of investment platforms (insurer, global asset manager etc.) preferred
• Strong aptitude in portfolio risk management, portfolio construction and performance analysis
• Additionally, previous position in actuarial / insurance / DCM / credit rating is a plus
• A team player with strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently and handle multiple demands.
• Bachelor’s degree in actuarial science, Finance, Economics, or related fields preferred
• Professional qualification such as CFA, FIA / FSA is a plus.
• Fluent in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese

Build a career with us as we help our customers and the community live Healthier, Longer, Better Lives.

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