• Job Description

  Req#: R230900311

  About the Group
  Nuveen is a global asset manager focused on achieving the best-possible long-term risk-adjusted returns for its clients. Its investments in active, quantitative and index strategies span global fixed income, equity, and responsible investment.

  About the Position

  Nuveen’s Fixed Income Research Team is seeking to hire a senior research analyst to primarily cover emerging sovereign debt and rates markets for the NYC office location. The successful candidate will be an experienced, energetic, and contributing member of a highly successful group of investment professionals.
  
  The right individual must have a robust understanding of developed and emerging markets across sovereign credit, rates, and FX analysis, with a preference for buy side experience. Important attributes include solid critical and analytical framework, written and verbal communication excellence, and interpersonal skills. The successful candidate will work with cross functional teams, including portfolio managers, traders, and research analysts in generating total return recommendations across a wide range of portfolio mandates, including global and international bond strategies, closed end funds, separately managed accounts, emerging market local and hard currency mandates, and General Account insurance mandates. The candidate’s critical thinking, communication, and analytical skills will be essential to providing valuable insights and recommendations to support investment decisions and risk management strategies.
  
  The Global Fixed Income Research team supports numerous fixed income portfolio mandates that collectively manage approximately $533 billion in fixed income assets.

  
  
  Key Responsibilities and Duties

  • Work in close collaboration with US and London based portfolio managers, traders, and other research analysts to provide thorough macro, sovereign, and political analysis and actionable investment recommendations. Work with a total return framework that emphasizes rates, foreign currency, and curve analysis. Provide relative value analysis between non-dollar and USD credit and support cross currency basis swap investment idea generation.
  • Evaluate and monitor the credit quality characteristics of Central American and African emerging market hard currency and local market sovereign issuers, across the ratings spectrum. Conduct independent fundamental credit research and create historical and projected financial models which forecast the credit risk and potential rating changes of sovereign debt issuers. Evaluate, monitor, and communicate in a timely manner macroeconomic, fiscal, and political drivers. Assist portfolio managers with research and analysis in their process to form and implement their investment strategies and support other parts of the Nuveen organization as a subject matter expert.
  • Contribute to all formal reports and research processes (internal ratings, recommendation lists, watch lists, etc.) that enable the efficient and transparent oversight of the asset class.
  • Represent Nuveen Global Fixed Income Research in meetings with issuers and at conferences and industry events. Interface with internal business partners, assist in client interactions, and support ESG leadership and integration efforts in the sovereign space.
  • Conduct country due diligence travel to engage with policymakers and other local market contacts.
  • Collaborate closely with the EM corporate research analysts to ensure that risks are appropriately identified and communicated.

  Educational Requirements

  • University (Degree) Preferred

  Work Experience

  • 5+ Years Required; 7+ Years Preferred

  Physical Requirements

  • Physical Requirements: Sedentary Work

  
  Career Level
  8IC

  Required Qualifications

  • 5+ years’ experience of economic, financial and political analysis, preferably at buy side firms.

  Preferred Qualifications

  • 7+ years’ experience of economic, financial and political analysis, preferably at buy side firms. Special emphasis on rates, FX, and sovereign credit research as well as some experience in a total rate of return environment
  • Master’s degree or MBA degree preferred and additional qualifications such as a CFA designation a plus.
  • Experience in sovereign distressed a plus as well as foreign language skills.
  • Broad-based knowledge of rates, FX and sovereign credit analysis and investing in emerging market issuers, preferably with experience in Central America and Africa.
  • Sound quantitative, analytical, critical thinking and financial modeling abilities, evidenced by academic and professional experience. Proficient knowledge of Excel, Bloomberg and Haver is a plus.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex information in a clear and concise manner. Resourceful and entrepreneurial attitude with an ability to work independently as part of a global research team.
  • Experience working with issuers, policy makers, and industry relationships within the dedicated research coverage.

  Related Skills

  Asset Valuation, Capital Markets, Collaboration, Communication, Credit Analysis, Data Analysis, Financial Modeling, Fixed Income Investments, Investment Research/Analysis, Investments, Market/Industry Dynamics, Research Synthesization, Sector Expertise, Underwriting

  Base Pay Range: $142,500/yr. - $205,000/yr.

  Actual base salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience, time in role, base salary of internal peers, prior performance, business sector, and geographic location. In addition to base salary, the competitive compensation package may include, depending on the role, participation in an incentive program linked to performance (for example, annual discretionary incentive programs, non-annual sales incentive plans, or other non-annual incentive plans).

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  Company Overview

  Nuveen, the investment manager of TIAA, offers a comprehensive range of outcome-focused investment solutions designed to secure the long-term financial goals of institutional and individual investors. Its affiliates offer deep expertise across a comprehensive range of traditional and alternative investments through a wide array of vehicles and customized strategies. For more information about the firm please visit our website at www.Nuveen.com

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  The organization is committed to making financial well-being possible for its clients, and is equally committed to the well-being of our associates. That’s why we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package designed to make a positive difference in the lives of our associates and their loved ones. Our benefits include a superior retirement program and highly competitive health, wellness and work life offerings that can help you achieve and maintain your best possible physical, emotional and financial well-being. To learn more about your benefits, please review our Benefits Summary.

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