Description
Manulife Investment Management believes sustainability creates long-term value for clients. As a Sustainability/ESG Analyst based in Hong Kong, you will be closely embedded with Greater China fixed income and equities portfolio managers. You will support investment teams by identifying how sustainability-related risks and opportunities can affect companies' business models and long-term investment value, and use stewardship to deepen those insights and encourage improved issuer practices and disclosure.
You will join MIM's global sustainability team, report to the Managing Director responsible for sustainability in the APAC and EMEA regions, and have the opportunity to collaborate with sustainability colleagues in Asia, Europe, and North America.
Responsibilities:
- Conduct company, sector, and thematic sustainability research across Greater China with a focus on topics that are financially material to MIM's equity and fixed-income investors.
- Work with investment teams to support investment selection and assess alignment with applicable sustainable investment criteria, policies, and regulations, and client-specific sustainability mandates.
- Monitor controversies, regulatory developments, and structural sustainability trends affecting Greater China investment markets, and develop forward-looking assessments of companies' sustainability strategies.
- Analyse company-reported sustainability information, third-party datasets, financial statements, annual reports, regulatory filings, and other primary sources, including Chinese-language materials.
- Distil complex research into concise, decision-useful conclusions for portfolio managers, client reporting, public reporting, and use in due diligence questionnaires and sales proposals.
Stewardship and Issuer Engagement:
- Identify opportunities for issuer engagement in Greater China and Korea on financially material sustainability and governance matters.
- Participate in meetings with company management, investor relations, sustainability teams, and board representatives.
- Ensure insights gained are fed back into fundamental investment research, and maintain records of engagement objectives, discussions, company commitments, and subsequent progress and outcomes.
- Support and participate in collaborative engagements and relevant investor initiatives where these are aligned with investment and stewardship objectives.
Requirements:
- Professional fluency in English and Mandarin Chinese, including the ability to undertake research using Chinese-language corporate and regulatory materials.
- Minimum 5 years of experience within an asset manager or institutional investment organization.
- CFA, CFA Institute sustainability/climate credentials, or another relevant investment or sustainability qualification an asset.
Benefits:
- Empowerment to learn and grow in your career.
- Flexible environment with well-being and inclusion initiatives.
- Opportunity to shape the future you want to see.