Research Associate (Financial Services)

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ISS STOXX is looking for an Associate to join our Market Intelligence Research Solutions team in Mumbai. This presents an exciting opportunity to shape and make a significant contribution to the global Product / Wealth Management/ Distribution / Thought Leadership research teams of ISS MI.

Overview:

ISS Market Intelligence Research Development forms part of the Market Intelligence (MI) division of ISS.

ISS MI provides critical data and insights to global asset managers insurance companies and distributors to help make informed strategic decisions to manage and grow their business. Through its combination of proprietary and integrated datasets indepth global research and trusted executive engagement MI delivers solutions for market sizing competitor benchmarking product strategy and opportunity identification across a wide range of financial products including funds annuities insurance mortgages and other instruments. The MI suite of solutions encompasses the industryleading data platforms: Simfund BrightScope Local Market Share Financial Clarity as well as a full collection of global research and analytics services including Investor Economics Market Metrics and Plan for Life.

MI Research clients span a broad spectrum from major financial companies including asset managers banks wealth managers mutual fund companies life insurers and brokerage firms to regulators government agencies and industry associations. Our research teams engage with multiple levels within our client organisations ranging from analysts to Csuite business leaders both as part of our research processes and through numerous individual and group client interactions.

The position of an Associate on the Research Development team represents an exciting opportunity to shape and make a significant contribution to the global research teams of ISS MI opening the door to different career pathways within MI Global Research organisation.

Responsibilities:

The ongoing research responsibilities of the position feed into quarterly semiannual and annual subscriptionbased research publications as well as being a key support for onetime engagements and research projects. The role involves ongoing tracking of product and distribution channel metrics engaging with many research participants for both knowledgebuilding and client service perspectives.

Specifically on a daytoday basis the Associates responsibilities could encompass the following:

• Financial literacy Should have a basic level of understanding of financial products across the financial spectrum (Banking Insurance Asset wealth management and Capital markets)

• Develop necessary skillsets via training Undergo training on data sources to collect information and produce content.

• Information gathering: Review information gathered by the analyst and if required conduct secondary research on emerging trends in the financial services industry (esp. Asset/wealth management Insurance and alternative private markets space.

• Synthesise and summarise findings from the above pieces of intelligence gathered on global trends/topics

• Deliverables: Contribute to periodical research productions and other outputs as required by the global research team. Based on need conduct competitive intelligence and prepare factsheets of players. Support for onetime engagements at ISS MI by conducting the requisite secondary research to produce the output

• Team player Proactively share knowledge and understanding of industry developments with the global ISS MI Research team on a formal and informal basis.

Individuals who join the ISS MI team will enjoy:

• Competitive compensation and benefits.

• A highly interactive collegial and supportive culture.

• Unparalleled engagement with senior and Csuite executives at firms across the wealth management banking retirement and insurance fields.

Qualifications:

The ISS MI Research environment is best suited to selfstarting highly motivated individuals who can deal with the pressures of learning/researching developing analyses and delivering research outputs within specific timelines.

Candidates should have:

• A masters degree from a wellrecognised university in economics finance commerce or business administration. Other disciplines such as mathematics statistics or social sciences will be considered in combination with experience.

• 46 years experience in the financial services or wealth management industries would be preferred (though not necessary)

• Must be proficient in standard office software (MS Office Excel Word PowerPoint Access).

• Strong command and understanding of MS Excel and working knowledge of databases an assets.

• High attention to detail and data integrity.

• Welldeveloped verbal and written communication skills.

• Strong interpersonal and people management skills.

• Sense of responsibility for deadlines and deliverables.

• The flexibility to adapt to changing priorities.

• Excellent problemsolving skills.

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What You Can Expect from Us

At ISS STOXX our people are our driving force. We are committed to building a culture that values diverse skills perspectives and experiences. We hire the best talent in our industry and empower them with the resources support and opportunities to growprofessionally and personally.

Together we foster an environment that fuels creativity drives innovation and shapes our future success.

Lets empower collaborate and inspire.

Lets be #BrilliantTogether.

About ISS STOXX

ISS STOXX GmbH is a leading provider of research and technology solutions for the financial market. Established in 1985 we offer topnotch benchmark and custom indices globally helping clients identify investment opportunities and manage portfolio risks. Our services cover corporate governance sustainability cyber risk and fund intelligence. Majorityowned by Deutsche Brse Group ISS STOXX has over 3400 professionals in 33 locations worldwide serving around 6400 clients including institutional investors and companies focused on ESG cyber and governance risk. Clients trust our expertise to make informed decisions for their stakeholders benefit.

ISS Market Intelligence (ISS MI) is a leading provider of data insights and market engagement solutions to the global financial services industry. ISS MI empowers asset and wealth management firms insurance companies distributors service providers and technology firms to assess their target markets identify and analyze the best opportunities within those markets and execute on comprehensive gotomarket initiatives to grow their business. Clients benefit from our increasingly connected global platform that leverages a combination of proprietary data powerful analytics timely and relevant insights indepth research as well as an extensive suite of industryleading media brands that deliver unmatched market connectivity through news and editorial content events training ratings and awards.

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