Credit Analyst II - Leveraged Credit

Credit Analyst II (Leveraged Credit)

The Credit Analyst II (Leveraged Credit) is responsible for the ongoing analysis of assigned sectors within the Fort Washington corporate bond and loan portfolios. Analysis will focus on both industry and company-specific fundamentals as well as relative value, risk positioning and security-specific trade ideas that support the overall client mandate.

Responsibilities

What you will do :

• Researches assigned credit sectors and evaluates fundamental characteristics, trends, opportunities and risks therein. Research activities include frequent collaboration with peers across the firm's investment research teams.
• Presents timely purchase, sell, and position-sizing recommendations with regard to both security selection and sector allocation to the portfolio manager(s), trader(s), and credit research team(s) with a focus on relative value, strategy objectives, risk, liquidity and ability to execute.
• Stays current on industry news, trends and controversies within assigned coverage areas. Provides relevant, frequent and timely updates to the credit research team(s), portfolio manager(s), head of credit and CIO(s). This includes, but is not limited to, new issue commentary / recommendations and regular sector and positioning reviews for credit investment strategies.
• Functions as the "sector PM" for assigned sectors; works directly with portfolio manager(s) to determine positioning (credit, curve and / or CUSIP-level) within assigned sectors of various fixed income strategies.
• Cultivates and maintains relationships with external research, sales, trading and industry management teams where possible.
• Understands third-party total return and internal insurance asset-liability management (ALM) fixed income portfolio strategies, objectives, risk-tolerances and constraints.
• Actively contributes to team discussions of corporate credit valuation and strategy. Collaborates with the portfolio manager(s) and peers to assist in top-down risk allocations to credit sectors.
• Works with portfolio manager(s), account administrators, operations and marketing staff within Fort Washington as well as a variety of other Western & Southern departments.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.

Qualifications

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