Tokyo-based, foreign-affiliated general trading company

Management and operation for financial assets

① Asset allocation recommendations
②Investment Manager will be based in HK with travelling to Japan
③Report directly to CFO in HK
④Selection of third-party managed fund products or other lower-risk liquid securities (e.g. interest rate products) or liquid structured investment products for the portfolio
⑤ Majority of the portfolio will be allocated to third-party managed funds within the Japanese market
⑥Direct trading of fixed income, foreign currency deposits and/or a small number of plain vanilla equities (conservative low-risk bonds and stocks), mainly within the Japanese market
⑦ Maintain relationships with brokers and banks in Japan
⑧ Trade and invest within the financial restrictions set between the Japanese financiers
⑨ Agree on an investment mandate with CFO in HK and CFO in Japan
⑩ Work closely with the Finance team in Japan and HK for trade support, settlement and reporting
⑪Compile weekly investment portfolio updates, monthly reports and quarterly reports in English for the CEO and CFO. Reporting will be supported from the HK operations team also.

①５+years experience in tradings of fixed income, other liquid securities and treasuries such as foreign currencies with asset allocation and products screening experience for the Japanese capital markets.
② Ideally trained from a major financial institution (e.g. insurance company/ pension asset company/ wealth management advisers/ bank) or investment trading at larger non-financial corporations.
③Solid fundamental analytical skills with proven track record through at least one economic cycle (good and bad markets)
④ Conservative investment style, comfortable with plain vanilla "not high risk" investment strategy and products
⑤ Good interpersonal skills - frequent interactions with Cornes Japan staff, brokers, banks in Japan and head office in HK
⑥ Fluent in both English and Japanese
⑦ Willing to be based in HK most of the time and travels to Japan when COVID-19 subsides