Pearse Partners
Investment Director - EM Credit
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About the Company
Our client is a global asset manager, backed by one of the world's largest insurers, and a pioneer in Development Finance. The team focuses on creating private credit investment strategies that enable investors to invest in Emerging Markets in support of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The team has grown in the past years and now manages more than $4bn of commitments across three blended finance vehicles as well as tailored investor mandates. As our client continues to develop and grow its Development Finance investment business, there is an opportunity to join the team in London. The new joiner will work closely with the London team in a collaborative and exciting high-performance team environment.
About the Role
The Senior Portfolio Manager will focus on the origination, analysis, negotiation, and execution of debt investments across Emerging Markets. The successful candidate will also participate in fundraising efforts across the various Emerging Markets private credit strategies. The current strategies invest in private debt instruments, mainly alongside Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) and Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs). The investments target impactful sectors such as sustainable infrastructure, renewable energy, agriculture, manufacturing, and financial institutions across Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Central, South and Southeast Asia.
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Responsibilities
- Focus on the origination, analysis, negotiation, and execution of debt investments across Emerging Markets.
- Participate in fundraising efforts across the various Emerging Markets private credit strategies.
- Current strategies invest in private debt instruments, mainly alongside Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) and Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs).
- The investments target impactful sectors such as sustainable infrastructure, renewable energy, agriculture, manufacturing, and financial institutions across Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Central, South and Southeast Asia.
Portfolio management
- Manage a smooth transition of closed transactions to the asset management team.
- Assess, jointly with the asset management team, complex waiver and amendment requests.
Credit, Emerging Markets and impact knowledge
- Keep informed of key developments in private credit in Emerging Markets, blended finance, and development finance, and ensure the dissemination of information to the wider team.
- Attend seminars and other trainings to supplement knowledge as required.
- Attend and/or present at relevant conferences.
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Required Skills
- 12-14 years of relevant professional experience in Emerging Markets across private credit, infrastructure debt or equity, corporate lending, renewable energy investing, or a related field.
- Experience across Latin America and/or South/Southeast Asia private credit/equity specifically strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated experience with Emerging Markets assets, including originating, assessing, and negotiating private credit transactions; experience engaging with MDBs and DFIs and handling restructuring scenarios strongly preferred.
- Ability to review and negotiate the full suite of legal documentation standard for private debt transactions.
- Proven ability to manage complex stakeholder environments, including institutional investors, issuers, and senior internal partners.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex information clearly and concisely.
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