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About Blackstone
Blackstone is the worlds largest alternative asset manager. Blackstone seeks to deliver compelling returns for institutional and individual investors by strengthening the companies in which the firm invests. Blackstones $1.2 trillion in assets under management include global investment strategies focused on real estate private equity credit infrastructure life sciences growth equity secondaries and hedge funds.
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About Blackstone Private Wealth
Blackstone Private Wealth was established to meet the growing demand for Blackstone products from high-net-worth investors. We partner with the worlds leading private banks wealth management firms and family offices to deliver Blackstones full suite of alternative investment products. Our team provides ongoing product and advisor support as well as education and training on alternative investments ensuring that wealth managers and their clients have access to world-class solutions.
Role Overview
We are seeking a Product Specialist to join our Private Wealth team in London. This role is critical in supporting Blackstones fundraising and client engagement efforts ensuring wealth management professionals and their clients have a seamless experience and a deep understanding of Blackstones investment capabilities.
The ideal candidate is passionate about alternative investments thrives in a collaborative environment and demonstrates strong analytical and communication skills. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to Blackstones mission of delivering innovative investment solutions to wealth management professionals and their clients.
Key Responsibilities
Serve as a resource for the sales team and clients by addressing a wide range of questions related to Blackstones products market views and investment strategies.
Represent Blackstones investment businesses to wealth investors.
Analyze the competitive landscape by reviewing peer filings presentations and other materials.
Distill key qualitative and quantitative insights to inform product positioning and strategy.
Manage client-facing materials and processes through Blackstones Legal & Compliance infrastructure.
Collaborate with internal teams (Marketing Sales Investor Services Finance etc.) to support product initiatives and ensure alignment across functions.
Leverage and enhance knowledge of capital markets to contextualize Blackstones offerings within diversified investment portfolios.
Identify opportunities to improve team processes including information sharing communication with sales teams and global coordination.
Qualifications
5 years of experience in Investment Banking Investment Sales or Asset Management.
Familiarity with the alternatives industry and competitive landscape with a strong desire to deepen expertise.
Experience with investing particularly through a wealth management lens is a plus.
Strong verbal and written communication skills to effectively distill complex investment topics for diverse audiences.
Excellent interpersonal skills to build relationships with sales teams investment teams and other internal stakeholders.
Proficiency with analytical tools such as Microsoft Office Morningstar Direct and Bloomberg.
Language skills in French German Dutch or Italian are highly desirable.
Why Blackstone
At Blackstone we are committed to fostering a culture of excellence collaboration and innovation. Joining our Private Wealth team means being part of a dynamic and fast-growing business that is at the forefront of delivering alternative investment solutions to wealth management professionals and their clients.
The duties and responsibilities described here are not exhaustive and additional assignments duties or responsibilities may be required of this position. Assignments duties and responsibilities may be changed at any time with or without notice by Blackstone in its sole discretion.
Blackstone is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race color creed religion sex pregnancy national origin ancestry citizenship status age marital or partnership status sexual orientation gender identity or expression disability genetic predisposition veteran or military status status as a victim of domestic violence a sex offense or stalking or any other class or status in accordance with applicable federal state and local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including but not limited to hiring placement promotion termination transfer leave of absence compensation and training. All Blackstone employees including but not limited to recruiting personnel and hiring managers are required to abide by this policy.
If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete your application please contact Human Resources at (US) 44 (0)(EMEA) or(APAC).
Depending on the position you may be required to obtain certain securities licenses if you are in a client facing role and/or if you are engaged in the following:
Attending client meetings where you are discussing Blackstone products and/or and client questions;
Marketing Blackstone funds to new or existing clients;
Supervising or training securities licensed employees;
Structuring or creating Blackstone funds/products; and
Advising on marketing plans prepared by a sales team or developing and/or contributing information for marketing materials.
Note: The above list is not the exhaustive list of activities requiring securities licenses and there may be roles that require review on a case-by-case basis. Please speak with your Blackstone Recruiting contact with any questions.
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