Research Associate, Hedge Funds

Overview:
**Job Overview**

The Research team (Research) is responsible for the maintenance of Preqin’s online databases and products, in addition to contributing towards the production of financial publications and analysis for ad hoc requests from clients and press when required. Senior members of the team are expected to contribute to the firm’s “house view” as thought leaders within the alternative investment space.

The Research Associate is responsible for contacting fund managers and institutional investors, building relationships with them, and gathering information regarding their investment preferences, funds managed, deals and performance data. Preqin’s clients expect and depend on its data to be of the highest quality, something Research Associates are expected to contribute towards. They may also contribute towards the production of bespoke data analysis for Preqin users and the financial press, as well as Preqin’s reports and publications. In the data management scheme, a Research Associate serves as a Data Custodian, reporting to the domain’s designated Data Steward.

**Responsibilities**:
**In this role you will**:
Functional:

- Establish and maintain strong personal working relationships with key industry experts both locally and globally
- Understand and effectively communicate Preqin’s value propositions
- Locate, track, and make use of a variety of online and public sources to gather relevant information on industry entities and events
- Occasionally contribute to research reports, blogs, and publications, and bespoke data reports for clients and press outlets
- Support team members with ad-hoc research projects

Data Management:

- Implement changes Resolve data quality incidents as triaged by a Data Steward (AVP or VP)
- Custodial responsibilities may span across entities and domains, depending on remit and access
- Produce, update, delete, retire and/or archive data (with Data Steward steer)
- Update our**fund** **manager/investor** database with detailed company profiles containing key information such as investment preferences and targeted returns
- Perform quality assurance for existing data and output from offshore teams

Qualifications:
**You are a good fit if**:

- Bachelor’s degree or 1+ years professional experience, which may be in the form of an internship
- Fluent in Italian
- Communication skills, both verbal and in written materials, targeting an audience up to and including senior executives
- Comfort in making calls daily to senior level contacts from investment companies within the EMEA region
- Excellent research abilities; exhibiting persistence, patience, and a keen eye for detail
- Strong team player with the ability and enthusiasm to work independently
- Proactive approach to dealing with issues, investigating anomalies and a desire to get to the bottom of a problem.

Other:
**Company Benefits**:

- The opportunity to work within a well-regarded organisation in a fast-growing sector.
- Develop your career in a high growth company with an international presence.
- Subsidised Private Medical Insurance via BUPA, after successful completion of 3 months should you wish to.
- Interest-free season ticket loans on completion of probation.
- A pension plan under auto-enrolment which currently requires a minimum employee contribution of 5% of annual salary. This is matched by an employer contribution of 4%. You can opt to contribute more should you wish to. After your 1-year service with the company the employer contribution will be enhanced to match your contribution up to a maximum of 10% of your pensionable earnings. This means that if you are contributing the minimum contribution of 5%, after your 1-year service, Preqin will automatically uplift the company contribution to 5% of annual salary.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Study support of up to £900 per annum for relevant business qualifications and enhanced support of up to $2,500 for CAIA.
- Excellent Offices in London close to Victoria station and the proximity to many shops and restaurants and London’s West End.
- Company-sponsored sports teams.
- Winter and summer office parties and a company-funded team social budget.

**Our culture and values are**:
**Be Customer obsessed**

We exist for our customers. We listen to them and understand their challenges. We design best-in-class data solutions for their success.

**Act with integrity**

We build trust through honesty and transparency. We’re committed to doing the right thing for our customers, our company, and each other.

**Own your success**

We’re a high-performance team. We challenge and champion each other in our pursuit of excellence. We never stop learning and strive to become experts in our fields

**Think forward**

We lead the industry through innovation. We foster collaboration and creativity to solve our clients’ next challenge and give them a competitive advantage.

**Make an impact**

We drive positive change as individuals, an