A rare opportunity to work with and learn from an award-winning fund manager and Chief Investment Officer. A dynamic and aggressively expanding bank in the Middle East is looking to expand the strength of its Private Banking CIO's unit. <;p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2">;<;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">;1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <;/b>;<;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">;<;u>;Head MENA Research <;/u>;<;/b>;<;/p>;<;p class="MsoNormal">;Objective: The Private Bank aims to distinguish itself by the quality of its research on the MENA region.&nbsp; The candidate will have oversight of all MENA research and direct management responsibility for an equity research team.&nbsp; The candidate will report directly to the CIO.<;/p>;<;p class="MsoNormal">;<;u>;Main Deliverables:<;/u>;<;/p>;<;p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3">;&bull;&nbsp;Begin to build a team of analysts to cover the region.&nbsp; The aim of Private Banking is to give our clients insights into the investment opportunities in the equity markets of the MENA region and India.&nbsp; The candidate will recruit a team of people to provide buy side research on the main companies and provide investment ideas for client portfolios<;/p>;<;p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3">;&bull;&nbsp;Establish a high quality suite of written research to position the PB as thought leaders in the region for the regional equity markets.&nbsp; We wish to publish regular reports on our thoughts about the major stocks in MENA and India.<;/p>;<;p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3">;&bull;&nbsp;Deliver regular seminars both internally and externally on the major themes in the markets<;/p>;<;p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3">;&bull;&nbsp;To deliver a number of advisory portfolios for security selection in the MENA region.&nbsp;<;/p>;<;p class="MsoNormal">;<;u>;Performance Measures:<;/u>;<;/p>;<;p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l5 level1 lfo4; mso-add-space: auto">;&bull;&nbsp;The quality written output of research on the region and the accuracy of the investment recommendations<;/p>;<;p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l5 level1 lfo4; mso-add-space: auto">;&bull;&nbsp;Creditability with clients and RMs<;/p>;<;p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l5 level1 lfo4">;&bull;&nbsp;Arabic language skills preferable<;/p>;<;p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2">;<;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">;2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <;/b>;<;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">;<;u>;Head of Strategic and Tactical Allocation Research<;/u>;<;/b>;<;/p>;<;p class="MsoNormal">;Objectives: The Private Bank needs to have the capability of creating strategic asset allocations for client proposals.&nbsp; It will be the responsibility of this person to build the investment process and integrate a system for strategic asset allocation.&nbsp; The role will report directly to the CIO.<;/p>;<;p class="MsoNormal">;<;u>;Main Deliverables:<;/u>;<;/p>;<;p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo5">;&bull;&nbsp;Deliver an investment process for strategic asset allocation.&nbsp; Using the latest thinking in the world of strategic asset allocation for private clients, deliver a process for producing optimized client portfolios<;/p>;<;p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo5">;&bull;&nbsp;Create a suite of tactical asset allocation models.&nbsp; Develop a large number of pair wise models to provide tactical asset allocation signals for the major asset classes.&nbsp; The models must be intuitive and understandable<;/p>;<;p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo5">;&bull;&nbsp;Source and integrate a software system for SAA.&nbsp; The candidate will lead the initiative to integrate a system for strategic asset allocation into proposals for clients<;/p>;<;p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo5">;&bull;&nbsp;Inform and educate the front office and clients on SAA.&nbsp; The candidate will be expected to lead a number of asset allocation seminars to both internal and external audiences.<;/p>;<;p class="MsoNormal">;<;u>;Performance Measures:<;/u>;<;/p>;<;p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo6; mso-add-space: au