Multi-Asset Analyst (12 month Maternity cover)

About this role

We're currently looking to hire a Multi Asset Analyst to join L&G Asset Management Rates and Inflation team on a 12 month Maternity Cover The Rates and Inflation Team manage the government bond and swap exposure across a multi-billion dollar range of portfolios: benchmarked credit and aggregate mandates as well as absolute return pooled funds They work closely with the Multi-Asset Research and Strategy Team who are responsible for proposing tactical asset-allocation strategies, alongside researching, developing and maintaining alternative risk premia (i.e.

factor-based) models for L&G’s multi-asset fund range Both teams use scalable and robust tools and source the data required to run them. We are looking for a multi-asset analyst who will focus on maintaining and enhancing tools used for devising and monitoring dynamic investment strategy across both capabilities What you’ll be doing: Modelling investment strategies across a wide range of asset classes including derivatives Maintaining and updating databases that support investment processes Supporting the analytics function, including performing ad‑hoc analysis of datasets and risk metrics and producing summary analytics tools Researching and documenting new asset classes and investment ideas Enhancing existing analytical tools that underpin asset allocation decisions Supporting team‑wide activities and cross‑team collaboration Ensuring analytical outputs are robust, accurate and well documented Contributing to continuous improvement of quantitative analysis within the investment process Who we’re looking for: Ability to undertake complex coding projects to enhance and improve the asset allocation toolkit Strong knowledge of complex asset classes and derivatives with confidence in forming and expressing original views Expertise in statistics and/or econometrics Coding aptitude using VBA, Python, MATLAB or similar applications Advanced diagnostic and problem‑solving skills Ability to manage multiple deliverables balancing pragmatism with a need for robustness Clear verbal and written communication skills suited to quantitative‑minded team members Experience delivering clear, auditable work to a high standard and to tight deadlines Whatever your role, we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you.