Associate Portfolio Strategist

Associate Portfolio Strategist

Bridgewater (China) Investment Management Co Ltd., Shanghai

About Bridgewater

Bridgewater China Investment Management (BCIM) Co. is a private fund manager ("PFM") in China, and currently one of the largest wholly-foreign owned fund manager onshore with a growing presence in the local market. BCIM is a 100%-owned subsidiary of Bridgewater Associates, a premier global asset management firm founded in 1975. Bridgewater focuses on delivering unique insight and partnership to the world’s most sophisticated investors. Our investment process is driven by a tireless pursuit to understand how the world’s markets and economies work — using cutting edge technology to validate and execute on timeless and universal investment principles.

Our Culture

Bridgewater is a community of independent thinkers who share a commitment to excellence. Our competitive edge is our unique culture that relies on truthful and transparent communication to ensure the best ideas win out. Through this culture, we sharpen our understanding of the economy and asset markets, improve our management decisions, and push our employees to fulfill their potential. By assembling high-performing teams and pushing them to engage in rigorous and thoughtful inquiry we believe that we will produce great results for our clients and meaningful work and meaningful relationships for our employees.

Role Overview

The Strategist serves as the key bridge between the investment team and BCIM’s prospects and clients. They will be responsible for partnering closely with the commercial team to achieve business goals via delivering high quality investment and economic insights. Such partnership requires deep understanding and thoughtful communication of Bridgewater’s macroeconomic research insights, investment thinking, and a strong sense of ownership over clients’ investment goals.

Ideal candidates are hands-on operators who thrive in an entrepreneurial and fast paced environment, with a strong focus on excellence and high standards. They will be expected to provide strategic partnership, visualize and shape complex investment insights, and execute on day-to-day tasks. Candidates must have a track record of excellent judgment and integrity. Candidates should be aligned with BCIM’s open and idea meritocratic culture, willing to seek improvement through identifying problems and openly give and receive feedback.

Responsibilities

• Maintain an in-depth understanding and knowledge of Bridgewater’s economic and market outlook, investment approach, and performance by working closely with Bridgewater’s investment team onshore and overseas. Analysis, forecasting and assessment of key factors impacting global economies, particularly China.
• Lead the creation of all written and visual client communications and analytical work – developing of global and China economic and market outlook, new perspectives for client reports and presentations, writing investor education pieces, leading client related research projects, etc. 
• Represent Bridgewater’s investment team externally in client and prospect meetings by presenting and answering questions on Bridgewater’s market outlook, investment approach, and performance. 

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years experience in an investment research or investment strategist role, with strong expertise in global and China macro.
• Bachelor’s degree with a strong academic record, advance degree highly desirable. 
• Strong knowledge of and passion for markets and economics.  
• Intellectually curious with excellent analytical capabilities and a high degree of common sense and problem-solving skills. 
• Outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal. 
• Thrives in an entrepreneurial, fast paced, high growth environment with an open and idea meritocratic culture. 
• Fluent in Chinese and English.