Position: Investor Relations & Business Development Associate / Senior Associate

Location: Hong Kong

Client: Greater China Long-Only Equity Fund

Compensation: USD 120K–150K Total Compensation (flexibility for tenured profiles)

Language Requirement: Fluent in Mandarin and English

Overview

Our client is a respected, independently owned long-only equity fund focused on Greater China markets, with a strong institutional investor base and a consistent track record of performance. With AUM nearing USD 600 million and a core investment team that has remained stable since inception, the firm has weathered challenging market conditions while maintaining long-term client relationships across the U.S., Europe, and Australia.

The team is now seeking a hands-on, entrepreneurial Investor Relations & Business Development Associate or Senior Associate to join their Hong Kong office. This is a lean and impactful role working directly with the firm’s Portfolio Manager and Head of Investor Relations, with exposure across IR strategy, client communication, fundraising preparation, and firm-level initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Support all aspects of investor relations and reporting, including quarterly reports, investor letters, RFPs/DDQs, presentation materials, and ad hoc analysis.

• Help manage communication and relationship-building with a high-quality LP base including U.S. endowments, EU family offices, and Australian superannuation funds.

• Coordinate and participate in regular investor calls globally.

• Assist with business development initiatives, including market mapping, materials preparation, and prospective investor outreach.

• Collaborate with the Portfolio Manager and Head of IR on firm-wide initiatives, including investor communication strategy, internal operations, and fundraising readiness.

• Contribute to a small and highly collaborative team, with flexibility to take on wider responsibilities as needed.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• 5–8 years of total professional experience, with 2–5 years specifically in investor relations, capital raising, or client-facing roles within asset management, hedge funds, or private equity.

• Fluent in Mandarin for internal discussions and investor communications.

• Strong writing, presentation, and analytical skills, with the ability to communicate clearly and credibly with institutional investors.

• Entrepreneurial mindset with a hands-on attitude – comfortable working in a lean, fast-moving environment.

• Maturity and reliability to independently manage investor communications, calls, and deadlines.

• Preference for candidates with stable career progression and clear motivation for an IR-focused role.

What This Role Offers

• Join a top-tier Greater China long-only fund with a differentiated track record and stable investor base.

• Work alongside senior leadership with real responsibility and visibility across both IR and business development.

• Exposure to U.S. and European institutional investors, with a manageable but impactful schedule (2–4 night calls per week to be expected).

• Enjoy better work-life balance than traditional banking roles, while maintaining a high-performance, investment-centric culture.

• Competitive compensation with flexibility for stronger candidates.

Interview Process

• Initial interview with Director of IR

• Case study (completed over a weekend or a few days) focusing on fund terms, structure, and IR judgment

• Final interview with the Portfolio Manager

If you are a driven and thoughtful professional with investor-facing experience and a passion for public markets, we welcome your application.

Position: Investment Analyst Coach – Asia Talent Development (Ex Portfolio Manager / Senior Analyst background)

Location: Hong Kong

Client: Global Multi-Strategy Hedge Fund

Compensation: Total Comp: US$200K–300K 

Language Requirement: Fluent in Mandarin or Japanese

Overview

Our client is a globally renowned multi-strategy hedge fund with a deep commitment to talent development and long-term investing excellence. As part of its continued focus on building best-in-class investment teams, the firm is seeking to hire an Investment Analyst Coach to join its APAC HQ in Hong Kong.

This is a unique opportunity to play a critical role in shaping the current and next generation of analysts across the Asia region. The role is ideal for a seasoned investor who is passionate about mentorship, training, and building scalable analyst development frameworks – outside of a direct risk-taking capacity.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a dedicated coach and mentor to a growing pool of analysts (over 50+ in the region), with a focus on idea generation, research process development, and investment modelling refinement.

• Conduct 1-on-1 coaching sessions to support individual analyst growth and performance.

• Collaborate closely with the head of the Asia training program and other senior leadership on initiatives across onboarding, training rotations, and post-placement development.

• Provide input into hiring decisions through participation in investment analyst interviews.

• Help build and refine evaluation tools, analyst benchmarks, and feedback frameworks.

• Act as a bridge between analysts, portfolio managers (PMs), and firm leadership to ensure talent development initiatives are aligned with investment excellence.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Investment background is essential – ideally a current or former PM with experience in market neutral strategies or a senior analyst/head of research with team leadership experience.

• Prior experience mentoring or managing 1–2 junior team members is strongly preferred.

• Fluent in Mandarin or Japanese.

• Based in Hong Kong or willing to relocate. (While Japan-based candidates may be considered, preference is for HK due to team concentration.)

• Strong interpersonal and soft skills – high emotional intelligence, patience, and communication ability to support diverse analyst needs.

• A self-starter who thrives in a structured but non-risk role, with an ability to collaborate across geographies and with multiple stakeholders.

• Ideal for candidates looking to transition from a high-intensity risk-taking role into a high-impact 9-to-6 position that still maintains close proximity to investment teams and firm leadership.

Why This Role

• Join one of the most respected hedge funds globally, with a strong institutional culture of mentorship and training.

• Work closely with high-performing analysts and PMs across the Asia region.

• Contribute directly to the firm’s long-term edge through talent cultivation.

• High visibility role with interaction across leadership, investment teams, and training program heads.

• Attractive compensation for a non-risk role, with excellent work-life balance.

If you are a seasoned investment professional with a passion for mentoring and developing junior and senior analyst talent, we encourage you to apply.

Event-Driven Strategy Leader – Hong Kong / Tokyo

A global multi-strategy hedge fund is seeking an experienced investment professional to lead its event-driven efforts in Tokyo. The role focuses on identifying and analyzing complex corporate events and strategic transactions across Japan and broader Asia. This is a high-impact, individual contributor role designed for someone with a strong advisory background and sharp market instincts.

About the Role

Working closely with a senior investment professional, the hire will play a key role in sourcing, evaluating and executing investment ideas linked to corporate events such as M&A, spin-offs, restructurings and other special situations. The role will involve close collaboration with the firm’s global event-driven team, headquartered in London, which brings deep experience in Japan and the broader region.

This opportunity sits within a fundamentally driven long/short investment team, which includes two Japan-focused investment professionals. The firm is now actively looking to add a dedicated lead for event-driven strategies in Japan. Analysts are expected to bring their own insights and take ownership of the research process from idea generation through to execution. This is not a management position, but one suited for an independent, high-conviction thinker with strong transactional instincts.

Key Responsibilities

• Generate and evaluate investment ideas across event-driven and special situations in Japan
• Interpret corporate actions, advisory trends and strategic shifts to anticipate upcoming opportunities
• Analyze transaction dynamics, capital structures and shareholder motivations
• Collaborate directly with the global event-driven team and local long/short investors to refine investment theses and execute trades
• Monitor developments across M&A, restructurings, activism and cross-border transactions
• Provide forward-looking perspectives on how markets and deal-making landscapes are evolving

Ideal Candidate Profile

• VP/MD-level investment banker or private equity professional with deep experience in M&A, special situations or event-driven transactions
• Proven ability to advise corporates on strategic decisions such as M&A, spin-offs or activism response
• Strong understanding of both corporate and advisory dynamics – able to interpret how banks are advising corporates and how those trends translate into market opportunities
• Commercial mindset and the ability to “speak the same language” as senior decision-makers in corporate or private equity environments
• Humble, intellectually curious and self-directed – with the drive to dig into complex situations independently
• Experience in Japan is required; fluency in Japanese language is required (JLPT/N1) or native Japanese

This role offers a rare opportunity to apply private-side strategic thinking in a public markets investing context—combining the depth of PE/M&A work with the speed and flexibility of a hedge fund environment.

If this opportunity isn’t an exact fit but you are interested in exploring career options on the buy side, I would be happy to have an informal and confidential conversation. I specialize in executive search for front-office investment roles across hedge funds, single manager funds, activist strategies, and private equity platforms, covering Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, the UK, and the US.

Japan/Global Industrials Analyst, Global Multi-Strategy HF – Singapore

A leading global hedge fund is seeking an experienced Industrials Analyst to join its expanding investment team in Singapore. The role will focus on deep fundamental research across global industrial sectors, with a particular emphasis on Japan. Sectors include Mining, Automotive, Factory Automation, Energy and Defense (excluding Technology, Consumer and Financials).

About the Role

The fund follows a market-neutral approach and offers significant resources, structured support and mentorship for long-term career development – from Analyst to sub-PM/PM. The team places a strong emphasis on deep fundamental research, favoring analysts who focus on nuanced business drivers, conduct independent diligence including expert interviews and management engagement and develop differentiated investment theses grounded in original research.

While the immediate priority is to strengthen coverage of Japan Industrials – where white space remains significant – the team is also open to candidates with global industrials experience who are willing to focus on Japan, or expand into broader Asia and ex-Asia industrial names over time.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct deep fundamental research across assigned industrial sectors
• Build and maintain financial models, valuations, and investment theses
• Identify actionable catalysts through expert interviews, management meetings and channel checks
• Develop deep coverage across sub-sectors such as Factory Automation, Mining, Machinery, Autos and Energy, driving differentiated views based on proprietary analysis
• Collaborate closely with the Portfolio Manager and other team members to support portfolio construction
  
  

Ideal Candidate Profile

• 8–15 years of total professional experience, including at least 3 years of public markets investing experience at a hedge fund, long-only fund, long-biased strategy or private equity firm
• Strong domain knowledge in Industrials (e.g. mining, machinery, autos, energy), ideally with Japan or global coverage preferred, though generalists with deep fundamental research capabilities will also be considered
• Demonstrated ability to produce deep, company-specific insights beyond macro-level narratives
• Comfortable operating in a high-conviction, low-name-count research environment
• Highly motivated, intellectually curious and capable of working independently within a team-based culture
• Language skills in Japanese or another Asian language are a plus, but not required
  
  

This is a high-impact opportunity for an experienced investor to join a well-resourced platform with strong senior leadership support and a long-term pathway for growth.

If this opportunity isn’t an exact fit but you are interested in exploring career options on the buy side, I would be happy to have an informal and confidential conversation. I specialize in executive search for front-office investment roles across hedge funds, single manager funds, activist strategies and private equity platforms, covering Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, the UK and the US.

Japan Equities Portfolio Manager / Senior Investment Analyst 

Location: Singapore

A leading global investment firm is seeking a Japan Equities Analyst or Portfolio Manager to join its dedicated Japan team, based in Singapore. This role offers the opportunity to join a small, high-performing group of investors focused on fundamental equity research and long-term value creation in the Japanese market.

About the Role

The successful candidate will contribute to a concentrated and fundamentally driven investment strategy, conducting deep diligence and valuation work on Japanese corporates across a broad range of sectors. The role involves active participation in team discussions, portfolio construction, and idea generation. It is well-suited for an experienced investor who enjoys operating in a collaborative, intellectually rigorous environment.

Key Responsibilities

•Conduct deep fundamental research and valuation analysis on Japanese equities

•Build detailed financial models and assess business quality and valuation drivers

•Present company and industry insights to the team and engage in investment debates

•Participate in portfolio construction discussions and position sizing

•Collaborate with other sector teams to leverage broader equity platform expertise

•Support marketing or client-facing initiatives as required

Ideal Candidate Profile

•8–10+ years of investment experience as a public equities analyst (including buy side)

•Strong academic background; postgraduate degree preferred

•CFA designation is an advantage

•Proven experience in valuation-driven investment processes

•Strong communication and interpersonal skills; collaborative mindset

•Genuine interest in behavioral finance and long-term investing

•Track record of contributing to investment performance

•High integrity, strong work ethic, and a willingness to take on additional responsibilities

This is a rare opportunity to join a focused and collegiate Japan equity team with clear investment values, strong process orientation, and long-term alignment.

Japan Equities Research and Project Manager, APAC Fundamental Hedge Fund

Location - Tokyo, Japan

A leading global investment firm is seeking a highly analytical and independent Research Project Manager to join its investment team in Japan. This role will focus on driving in-depth, on-the-ground research into key sectors of the Japanese market, supporting long-term investment strategies through rigorous analysis and original insight development.

About the Role

As part of a global investment platform, this role serves as a key contributor to the firm’s investment decision-making process. Working closely with the investment team, the Research Project Manager will lead research initiatives that frame complex business challenges, identify investment opportunities, and shape actionable insights. The position offers significant intellectual freedom and impact, as research outcomes directly influence portfolio construction and capital allocation.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage research projects on Japanese industries, uncovering long-term investment opportunities

• Frame business problems and develop investment hypotheses in collaboration with the investment team

• Conduct in-depth company and industry analysis, including trend monitoring and risk assessment

• Engage in primary research, including management interviews and on-the-ground diligence across Japan

• Translate complex findings into clear, actionable insights for investment consideration

• Collaborate with local and global team members to develop research methodologies and improve processes

• Contribute to continuous refinement of the firm’s understanding of current and potential portfolio companies

Ideal Candidate Profile

• 5–10 years of experience in management consulting, investment research, or strategic industry roles

• Strong experience leading research initiatives and solving complex business challenges

• Native-level fluency in Japanese and high proficiency in English

• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills with a creative, hypothesis-driven mindset

• Comfort working independently while collaborating across teams

• Prior experience with market analysis tools (e.g. data mining, survey design, in-depth interviews) preferred

• Financial analysis or valuation modeling skills are a plus, but not required

This is a unique opportunity for a research-oriented professional to contribute meaningfully to long-term investment strategies and play a central role in shaping how a global fund invests in Japan.

APAC Industrials Equities Analyst, Global Multi Strategy HF

Location - Singapore

A leading global multi-strategy hedge fund is seeking an Associate-level Industrials Analyst to join its investment team in Singapore. The role will support the Asia regional Industrials strategy, working directly with a senior Portfolio Manager on deep fundamental coverage of sectors such as Autos, Machinery, and broader Industrials across the region.

About the Role

The successful candidate will be involved in all aspects of the investment process, from idea generation to execution. The role focuses on conducting deep-dive research, developing differentiated insights, and supporting portfolio construction within a concentrated, fundamentally driven investment framework. The position offers structured mentorship, exposure to high-conviction investing, and strong upward mobility for candidates eager to grow into a risk-taking role.

Key Responsibilities

•Conduct deep fundamental research and valuation analysis on industrials companies across Asia

•Build and maintain financial models, investment theses, and industry frameworks

•Monitor earnings, industry trends, and company-specific developments across coverage

•Support the Portfolio Manager in identifying actionable investment ideas and refining portfolio positioning

•Engage in expert calls, management meetings, and independent channel checks to build local insights

•Contribute to coverage expansion into whitespace opportunities across broader Industrials

Ideal Candidate Profile

•3–5 years of experience in equity research or public markets investing (sell-side or buy-side)

•Strong domain knowledge or interest in industrials

• past coverage areas could include: regional industrials including Mining, Automotive, Energy, Commodities, Defense, and Factory Automation

•Solid technical foundation in financial modeling, accounting, and business analysis

•Demonstrated passion for investing and a long-term ambition to take on risk

•High energy, strong work ethic, and a self-starter mentality

•Coachable, intellectually flexible, and eager to learn from a senior PM

•Fluent English required; proficiency in a second Asian language (e.g. Japanese, Korean, Chinese) is preferred

This is a rare opportunity to work under a highly experienced Portfolio Manager with a proven track record in building successful investment teams. The role offers top-tier training and career development within a platform known for its deep resources and meritocratic culture.

Global Infrastructure Private Equity Investment firm

Investment Associate, Japan

A leading global investor focused on sustainable infrastructure is seeking an Investment Associate for their Tokyo office. The firm delivers strong returns alongside measurable social and environmental impacts, leveraging extensive operational expertise and a significant global presence.

Purpose of the Role

Based in Tokyo, the Associate will support senior team members in deal execution, financial modelling, and detailed commercial due diligence within the Energy Infrastructure sector across Japan and North Asia. This role provides extensive exposure to diverse transactions and opportunities for professional growth in infrastructure investment.

Main Responsibilities

Deal Execution and Origination

• Lead financial modelling to evaluate investment opportunities
• Conduct detailed financial and commercial due diligence, identifying risks and proposing mitigation strategies
• Support the full deal lifecycle including transaction structuring, negotiations, and closure
• Prepare investment memos and presentations for internal committees
• Identify and research market opportunities to expand the deal pipeline

Portfolio Management

• Assist in portfolio management activities, including financing, operational improvements, and exit strategies
• Prepare detailed valuation analyses and investment performance reports

Collaboration and Sector Expertise

• Coordinate effectively with global teams, industry specialists, and senior leadership
• Participate in broader strategic initiatives and investor communications

Knowledge and Skills Required

• Relevant experience as an Analyst or Associate within private equity, investment banking, or top-tier transaction advisory
• Strong skills in M&A transactions, financial modelling, valuation methodologies, and financial due diligence
• Understanding of private equity investment principles and value-creation strategies
• Interest or experience in Energy/Infrastructure investments strongly preferred
• MBA, Chartered Accountant, or CFA qualification beneficial
• Proactive, analytical, detail-focused, and highly organised
• Excellent research, communication, and interpersonal abilities
• Fluent in English and Japanese