Overview

A leading and highly respected institutional hedge fund investor is seeking to hire for its London-based Equity Manager Selection team. The successful candidate will be responsible for identifying, evaluating, and monitoring external equity hedge fund managers globally. The role sits within a dedicated investment team that allocates capital across a broad spectrum of equity-oriented hedge fund strategies, including Fundamental Long/Short Equity, TMT, Healthcare, Consumer, Industrials, Equity Market Neutral, Quantitative Equity, and Sector-Specialist strategies. This is a highly research-driven role involving extensive interaction with portfolio managers, deep fundamental manager due diligence, idea generation, and ongoing portfolio monitoring.

Key Responsibilities

• Source, research, and evaluate equity hedge fund managers globally.
• Conduct detailed investment due diligence on prospective and existing managers.
• Assess investment processes, portfolio construction methodologies, research frameworks, and risk management disciplines.
• Meet regularly with portfolio managers, analysts, and senior investment professionals to evaluate investment capability and team quality.
• Analyse portfolio holdings, exposures, concentration, factor risks, alpha generation, and performance attribution.
• Develop investment recommendations and present findings to internal investment committees.
• Monitor existing hedge fund investments and identify changes in team structure, investment process, or risk profile.
• Build and maintain deep relationships across the global equity hedge fund community.
• Track emerging managers, team spin-outs, and new fund launches.
• Contribute to portfolio construction and capital allocation decisions across the equity hedge fund portfolio.