Associate, China Equities

Location: Shanghai

Job Function: Public Equities 

Job Type: Contract

Req ID: 17564 

GIC is one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds. With over 2,000 employees across 11 offices around the world, we invest in more than 40 countries globally across asset classes and businesses. Working at GIC gives you exposure to an extraordinary network of the world’s industry leaders. As a leading global long-term investor, we Work at the Point of Impact for Singapore’s financial future, and the communities we invest in worldwide.

Public Equity (EQ)

The Public Equity (EQ) department pursues active management strategies in equity investing. We invest globally and are organised along product groups specialising in different total return, relative return and quantitative strategies.

China Equities

The Asia Pacific Equities (APEQ) team manages multiple long-only public equity portfolios focused on the Asia Pacific region, and aims to significantly outperform our respective benchmarks through a deep understanding of both country and bottoms-up stock fundamentals.

We are looking for an individual with 1-2 year terms to join the team, based in Shanghai, focusing on the Chinese Equities market.


Responsibilities

• Be a key contributor to the management of our Chinese Equities exposure. This includes building cross-sector investment expertise and relationships, analyzing companies and making alpha-generating recommendations.
• Look across sectors to generate stock ideas independently, especially in the A-share market, while working together with the team to develop them
• Conduct due diligence on portfolio companies or candidates, through corporate engagement, site visits, value-chain analysis, consultation with experts and other investors, meetings with suppliers, customers, competitors and on-the-ground data collection
• Be the key point person for coordinating requests and managing the gathering of market intelligence

Requirements

• 2-5 years’ experience as a sell- or buy-side equities analyst. Candidates with Private Equity experience and an interest in value investing and long-only fund management will also be considered.
• Native fluency in Mandarin and Native or Near-Native fluency in English (both spoken and written) is required
• A strong work ethic and willingness to do on-the-ground work – this role will require extensive travel around China
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong financial modelling and analytical skills
• Possesses a generalist mindset and has the ability to look across sectors for ideas
• Have the intellectual curiosity and drive to conduct deep-dive due diligence on portfolio stocks and candidates
• Possesses a good network of industry relationships in China

Work at the Point of Impact

We need to be forward-looking to attract the right people to help us become the Leading Global Long-term Investor. Join our ambitious, agile, and diverse teams - be empowered to push boundaries and pursue innovative ideas, share your views, and be heard. Be anchored on our PRIME Values: Prudence, Respect, Integrity, Merit and Excellence, which guides us in how we make our day-to-day decisions. We strive to inspire. To make an impact. 

Flexibility at GIC

At GIC, our offices are vibrant hubs for ideation, professional growth, and interpersonal connection.  At the same time, we believe that flexibility allows us to do our best work and be our best selves. Thus, our teams come into the office four days per week to harness the benefits of in-person collaboration, but have the flexibility to choose which days they work from home and adjust this arrangement as situational needs arise.

GIC is an equal opportunity employer 

As an employer, we passionately believe every individual brings with them unique diversity of thought and perspectives to meaningfully enrich perspectives of GIC teams to drive competitive performance. An inclusive environment yields exceptional contribution.

Learn more about our Public Equities Department here:

https://gic.careers/departments/public-equities/