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Research Analyst Opportunity
This is a unique chance to excel in a research role, where you will be responsible for leading research on private debt investment opportunities.
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* Support the management and strategic positioning of Pallas' suite of wholesale fund and other investment type products.
* Provide analytical and operational support across market and competitor data sets and research, and internal and external facing content, including responses to due diligence and research rating agency requests.
The successful candidate will lead ongoing APAC quantitative and qualitative research on industry and market trends, investment activity, and macroeconomic indicators and positioning and credit/origination policies.
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Key Responsibilities:
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1. Maintain a competitor analysis database, tracking product positioning, pricing, and relative performance metrics relative to each Pallas fund or product.
2. Develop research methodologies and strategies to address specific project requirements. Present findings and recommendations to senior management.
3. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate research insights into business strategies.
4. Stay abreast of industry developments and emerging trends to provide forward-thinking recommendations and insights for internal use and external publication, contributing to investment communications and content strategy.
5. Assist in the monitoring and analysis of portfolio performance across wholesale investment funds.
6. Oversee market outlook (lending and origination) commentary for monthly and quarterly reporting on fund performance, and other ad hoc applications.
7. Support internal reporting for senior stakeholders, ensuring accuracy and consistency across fund data.
8. Analyse different fund structures and propose solutions to enhance portfolio performance and/or other features to optimise product offering and benefit Pallas Capital's strategic objectives.
9. Participate as required in meetings and calls (including webinars) with internal and external stakeholders, providing expert insights into product positioning relative to competitor landscape and investment strategy.
10. Project manage the coordination and submission of responses for annual research rating firm agency reviews and periodic product assessments.
11. Assist as required in the preparation and/or procurement of Single Asset / Fund Investment Memoranda, ensuring materials are compelling and accurate and reflect the asset class, and structural market and macroeconomic landscape.
12. Monitor customer complaints data to identify relevant insights and opportunities for improvement, including identification of root causes and solutions (as it relates to product design or client services) for best in class positioning in market.
13. Draft and maintain high-quality market/ competitor landscape and product responses to investor due diligence questionnaires (DDQs) and fund platform queries.
14. Oversee timely reporting/ communication with platforms/ WRAPs and research rating firms, as required.
15. Support updates to a variety of content applications through investment pitch decks, fund summaries, and other product collateral covering market/ competitor landscape with liaison with other teams.
16. Distil research findings to senior leadership and stakeholders through reports and presentations.
17. Assist in process improvements to enhance the efficiency and quality of reporting and fund communication workflows.
18. Contribute to the development and maintenance of tools and outputs that support performance analytics and benchmarking across a range of business management metrics.
19. Leading and overseeing research projects from inception to completion, ensuring methodological rigor and relevance to business goals.
20. Work collaboratively in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.
21. As required travel for presentations, briefings, meetings and conferences between business and third-party premises (including interstate).
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