MIMJ Credit Analyst

Position Outline
Credit Analysts at Manulife Investment Management, Japan primarily engaged in credit analysis of mainly Japanese companies, providing investment recommendations, and proactively developing platforms to generate multifaceted investment ideas.
Responsibilities:
Fundamental credit analysis: Write fully ESG integrated Credit Reports on mainly Japanese corporate bond issuers, based on Internal Rating model and qualitative/quantitative analysis. Some reports need to be written in English.
Industry analysis: Semi-macro research and industry analysis which help the analysis on individual credit
Structure analysis: Analysis on covenants, subordination, etc.
Spread valuation: Relative value analysis based on fundamental credit analysis and financial market information such as credit spread. Timely investment recommendations to Portfolio Managers are required.
Contact with external resources: Participate bond issuers’ IR meetings and maintain contact with external resources such as rating agencies and sell-side equity/credit analysts
Active stewardship activities, such as having ESG engagement
Produce daily/weekly/monthly reports for internal meetings with Bloomberg and Nikkei Quick; Produce other explanatory materials as needed for external meetings. Some materials need to be in English
Reporting:
Head of Credit Research, Japan
Qualifications:
Years of Experience: At least 5 year experience of credit/equity analysis at financial institutions and/or rating agencies; credit analysis experience at active fixed income manager is preferable; equity analysis experience helps
Preferred: CFA, CMA, or MBA
Language: Native Japanese and fluent English are required
Competencies:
Objective-oriented: Motivated to produce alpha in bond portfolios through timely credit investment recommendations
Self-starter: Proactively make timely investment recommendations based on information available and his/her own analysis
Communicator: Communicate/discuss and co-work with peer analysts including overseas offices
Innovator: Always look to investigate more efficient approach
Compensation:
Based on experience/capability
Base salary and annual incentive bonus
About Manulife and John Hancock
Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services provider, helping people make their decisions easier and lives better. To learn more about us, visit https://www.manulife.com/en/about/our-story.html.
Manulife is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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Working Arrangement
Hybrid