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Senior Investment Analyst - Credit Hedge Fund
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Mid-to-Senior Investment Analyst – Credit Strategies (London)
A well-established credit hedge fund is seeking to expand its Credit Strategies team in London with a mid-to-senior Investment Analyst. The fund employs a fundamentally driven strategy, combining rigorous bottom-up corporate credit analysis with a disciplined approach to relative value and risk across European and US markets.
The Role
- Conduct in-depth fundamental credit analysis across corporate issuers, covering leveraged loans, high yield bonds, CDS, and other credit instruments in both European and US markets (sector-agnostic).
- Generate long and short investment ideas based on rigorous analysis of creditworthiness and market inefficiencies.
- Build and maintain detailed financial models to support credit underwriting and relative value analysis.
- Monitor existing positions, tracking:
- Issuer performance
- Covenant developments
- Market catalysts and macroeconomic risks
- Present investment recommendations to senior portfolio managers, contributing directly to portfolio positioning and decision-making.
- Engage extensively with:
- Company management
- Sell-side contacts
- Other market participants to refine investment theses and stress-test assumptions.
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Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate brings:
- Proven experience as a credit analyst, preferably within a hedge fund, credit-focused institutional fund, or equivalent buy-side environment.
- Strong technical foundation in:
- Fundamental credit analysis
- Financial modelling & capital structure assessment
- Discounted cash flow (DCF), leverage ratios, and credit risk metrics
- Demonstrable experience in:
- Developing long/short credit strategies
- Identifying relative value opportunities
- Assertive ownership mindset:
- Comfortable holding full accountability for investment opinions
- Skilled at presenting and defending views to senior decision-makers
- In-depth interest in credit markets, backed by:
- A rigorous, analytical approach
- Independent judgments built on primary research and deep due diligence
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