Sector Analyst, ANZ-focused Equity Research Role

Company Description

• At Third Bridge, we're a primary research business providing professional services to Private and Public Equity Investors, Investment Consultants, Investment Managers, and more.
• We help those investors understand companies and the issues they face. We build and share intelligence on key industry drivers and the latest sector trends. And we offer the kind of critical knowledge that's regularly overlooked by conventional investment research, and which investors won't find anywhere else on the planet.
• Put simply, we're creating the world's largest database of human insights — and we're the architects of an incredible ecosystem that fuels better and faster investment decisions.
• Together, we're on a mission designing, building and delivering a different kind of future. It's all about creating a space where people are empowered to make bold moves. To explore new ways of working. To go where no-one has ever gone before.

Note: The role is based in Hong Kong and visa sponsorship can be provided

Position Overview

Third Bridge's Forumdivision delivers investment research to its global institutional investor client base, including managers investing across public equities, fixed income, private equity, real assets, and other alternatives.

The Sector Analyst team within Forum is responsible for uncovering actionable insight through in-depth conversations with senior executives and industry specialists, driving sector and regional coverage strategy, and engaging with clients to showcase the value of our research.

We are looking for a motivated analyst to join our team in Hong Kong, which is responsible for driving research coverage across Asia Pacific ex-China.

In this role you will be expected to:

• Primarily produce in-depth research on publicly-traded companies in Australia & New Zealand, with additional ad-hoc private market transactions and other-region coverage
• Generate actionable investment ideas, perform initial due diligence and prepare detailed questions lists, and then go deeper into the subject matter by hosting interviews on those topics with industry experts and executives;
• Drive discussions with industry specialists, extracting value-added and actionable insight throughout your discussions;
• Engage with clients to present your research and foster relationships. Collaborate with our internal account management and sales teams to broaden your reach and build a brand for yourself;
• Build relationships with senior industry executives across your areas of coverage; do deep-dives on industries/companies, figure out where specialists have non-consensus views, and build out a pipeline of content

A successful candidate will display these personal attributes:

• Intellectual Curiosity; deeply interested in understanding financial markets and building expertise in analysing businesses, strong research/analytical skills.
• Strong Relationship Builder; ability to confidently interact with C-level executives and industry experts, proficient at working both independently and effectively with diverse teams with different perspectives and backgrounds.
• Strong Communicator; excellent written and verbal communication skills, highly logical and structured, and exceptional attention to detail.
• Results Driven; self-starter committed to digging deep into their coverage, a high degree of work ethic, and personal responsibility/ownership for the role.
• Entrepreneurial; a strong entrepreneurial drive and desire to help shape and develop the Forum product.

• 1-3yrs experience in producing research on Australian/New Zealand stocks and/or exposure to private equity deal flow through sellside, buyside, management consulting or other investment research-related roles
• Proven experience in conducting equity research and/or demonstrated ability to conduct fundamental, bottom-up research
• Excellent analytical, interpersonal and communication skills that would help build rapport when driving your research with experts
• Strong team orientation, highly collaborative with proven experience in driving outcomes through teamwork
• Excellent command of spoken and written English. While not a core focus of the role, knowledge of other Asian languages can be advantageous for the position
• Role is currently sector agnostic, with industry coverage dependent on candidate profile and experience

We know that to be truly innovative, we need to have a diverse team around us. That is why Third Bridge is committed to creating an inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. If you are not 100% sure if you are right for the role, please apply anyway and we will be happy to consider your application.