Portfolio Manager – Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt
Virtus Investment Partners · New York, NY · 1 wk ago
Finance$200k–$250k/yrFull-time
Key Responsibilities
- Manage EM sovereign hard currency portfolios with accountability for performance
- Implement investment strategies across EM fixed income markets
- Contribute to firm-wide asset allocation decisions
- Conduct sovereign credit analysis across macroeconomic and political factors
- Maintain high-conviction investment views
- Generate investment ideas across allocation, duration, and spreads
- Identify relative value opportunities across markets
- Apply fundamental, technical, and valuation frameworks
- Construct portfolios focused on risk-adjusted returns
- Manage duration, spread, concentration, and liquidity risks
- Conduct attribution and stress testing
- Partner with analysts, traders, and risk teams
- Contribute to investment committee discussions
- Prepare investment presentations and communications
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred
- CFA preferred
- 10+ years in emerging markets fixed income
- Track record in portfolio management, ideally sovereign hard currency
- Technical expertise with sovereign credit analysis and macro frameworks
- Relative value and portfolio construction expertise