Role Purpose:
To assist the Program Lead in management of Income and Capital Markets Program, covering fixed income and capital market-based funds either managed internally (by ICD as General Partner (GP)) or externally (other GP).
To assist the Program Lead in partnership development (sourcing fund manager/investors), pipeline development, fund conceptualization, fund structuring, fund due-diligence, approval (as per ICD credit approval process), deployment, post-monitoring activities and any required adhoc activities.
Key Responsibilities and Activities of the role:
- Pipeline Development
- Gather market intelligence in conducting industry & company research for the purpose of setting up Fixed income or Capital Market related funds.
- Identify the key opportunities within member countries as well as the asset management universe and Regulatory framework for relevant product line.
- Prepare first desk assessment reports for deals sourced (or in response to funding requests received).
2. Concept and Due-Diligence Efforts
- Manage all phases of the project (fund/transaction) cycle, from concept to implementation.
- Prepare project deliverables by developing investment (fund/transaction) concept material.
- Help in conducting discussion of partners, conduct due diligence, financial analysis, modelling, structuring (funds/transactions) while ensuring maximized reward-risk ratio objectives and adherence to fund investment policy.
3. Investment Approvals and Disbursements
- Prepare execution documents (fund / transaction) and proposals for Investment Committee Management (ICM) approval.
- Coordinate with Legal and Risk for ensuring documentation is in place (i.e. Credit & Legal Notes) for the Committee
- Ensure that fund/deal structuring is carried out in line with the overall risk, legal and investment guidelines, and/or as per the parameters finalized from Investment Committee meetings.
- On approval, expected to manage the Fund/Transaction legal structuring process up to due effectiveness and executing on respective Fund/Transaction disbursement as necessary.
4. Monitoring and Performance
- Ensure completion and due-delivery of internal and external (Investor) Performance Reporting as requested for Funds.
- Assess portfolio performance for funds being operated out of the Income and Capital Market Platform.
- Understand key financial indicators and benchmarks for fund performance regionally, as well as globally.
- Monitor and report on portfolio risk indicators and liquidity forecast, and liquidity management performance as related to launched funds.
- Oversee performance of existing underlying investment projects via financial analysis and monitoring on a transaction basis.
5. Workaround and Recovery
- Actively monitor any NPLs or illiquid assets, report on status and identify potential workout or divestment options with management and support functions.
- Coordinate with the Legal and Risk Management teams to ensure that recovery /divestment strategies are implemented in a timely and efficient manner.
6. Investor Relations Management
- Support the Program Lead in developing new funds and strategic partnerships; knowledge management; fundraising, communications and outreach.
- Identify investors/partners/fund managers, initiate initial contacts with the potential investors/partners/fund managers.
- Preparing client (partner / investor) presentations and other related documentations / communication as and when requested by the Program Lead.
7. Adhoc Requirements
- Help in Internal departmental documentation (manuals, policies, procedures, processes, technology, business planning etc.) as requested by Program Lead
- Assist in any internal adhoc requests (memos, internal support documentation requests and others)
- Prepare drafting/delivery of documentation as related to Strategy/ RMD /Audit requests and any initiative or high-level requests as related to AMD.