Mercer Investment Consulting
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Just so you know, here is the actual description :
Description:
As an analyst, you will work within Mercer Investment Consulting to help pension fund trustees and other institutional investors establish investment objectives, develop investment policies, and select and monitor investment managers. In this role, you will:
Prepare quarterly performance reports, including a verification of returns as well as a comparison with the benchmarks and peers
Conduct quantitative financial market analyses
Prepare reports and support consultants in client solution development
Participate in investment management research on various topics
Collaborate with clients, fund managers and colleagues
Qualifications:
Bachelor�s degree in Actuarial Studies or a related discipline
No more than two years of experience in a related field
Demonstrated progression toward a chartered financial analyst (CFA) designation or a master�s degree in Administration or Finance an asset
Excellent oral and written skills in English and French
Sound knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word and PowerPoint)
Demonstrated autonomy and motivation
Superior analytical skills combined with a keen attention to detail
Desire to learn
Willingness to work within a team and contribute to the intellectual capital
Ability to establish solid interpersonal relations
Description:
As an analyst, you will work within Mercer Investment Consulting to help pension fund trustees and other institutional investors establish investment objectives, develop investment policies, and select and monitor investment managers. In this role, you will:
Prepare quarterly performance reports, including a verification of returns as well as a comparison with the benchmarks and peers
Conduct quantitative financial market analyses
Prepare reports and support consultants in client solution development
Participate in investment management research on various topics
Collaborate with clients, fund managers and colleagues
Qualifications:
Bachelor�s degree in Actuarial Studies or a related discipline
No more than two years of experience in a related field
Demonstrated progression toward a chartered financial analyst (CFA) designation or a master�s degree in Administration or Finance an asset
Excellent oral and written skills in English and French
Sound knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word and PowerPoint)
Demonstrated autonomy and motivation
Superior analytical skills combined with a keen attention to detail
Desire to learn
Willingness to work within a team and contribute to the intellectual capital
Ability to establish solid interpersonal relations
recentcornellgrad
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friend in NYC works there..........brutal hours for the most part........but seems happy overall. They are subsidary of Marsh.
"seems more like middle office to me ..."
I wouldn't consider institutional investment consultants to have the same front/middle/ and back office roles that people discuss on this board. This position sounds like a standard add for a entry/junior level position at a institutional investment consulting firm. The key issue is to find out how involved the position is with both the senior consultants and the client. Some of the bigger firms isolate the performance measurement/research side from the lead consultants, although I'm not sure if this is how Mercer runs their shop.
"What is the salary range for an investment analyst at an investment consulting firm?"
my guess is anywhere from 35K-55k
I wouldn't consider institutional investment consultants to have the same front/middle/ and back office roles that people discuss on this board. This position sounds like a standard add for a entry/junior level position at a institutional investment consulting firm. The key issue is to find out how involved the position is with both the senior consultants and the client. Some of the bigger firms isolate the performance measurement/research side from the lead consultants, although I'm not sure if this is how Mercer runs their shop.
"What is the salary range for an investment analyst at an investment consulting firm?"
my guess is anywhere from 35K-55k
nolabird032
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I majored in actuarial math (graduated over 4 yrs ago) and mercer recruited a lot of students in my program. I�ve heard the same thing� tons of hours, but I think that is typical for consulting companies. Consulting comp don't usually put the same emphasis on the FSA exams that insurance companies do. Since this isn't an actuarial position, I'm not sure, but it seems from the job description that they would want you to take the CFAI exams. I wonder how much time you would have to study?
Things are slightly different down here in Australia.
Nice place to work at, generally a very relax atmosphere. Hours are not that bad... most of the time is a 9 to 5 job. You need to stay back sometimes but it's not investment banking type of crazy hours. And many of the colleague works from home once a week, I see some nice work/life balance there.
Reason why they want actuary (and a lot of colleagues are either is, studying towards or will be) is because there are fair a bit of math involved. Strategic asset allocation plan can be meticulous. Especially for DC plan you need to model the long term salary growth rate, chance of someone jumping ship, health issue, and likelihood of someone run over by car the next day... However, that being said... you can also become the research team where you grilled investment managers and have them answer all kinds of questions from the investment process to which stock they pick....
I see your role lean towards researchers. Which is the fun one, you get to grill PMs
Good luck, you will have fun cruising through 14,000+ strategies...
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at Friday, July 20, 2007 at 03:32AM by takumi.
Nice place to work at, generally a very relax atmosphere. Hours are not that bad... most of the time is a 9 to 5 job. You need to stay back sometimes but it's not investment banking type of crazy hours. And many of the colleague works from home once a week, I see some nice work/life balance there.
Reason why they want actuary (and a lot of colleagues are either is, studying towards or will be) is because there are fair a bit of math involved. Strategic asset allocation plan can be meticulous. Especially for DC plan you need to model the long term salary growth rate, chance of someone jumping ship, health issue, and likelihood of someone run over by car the next day... However, that being said... you can also become the research team where you grilled investment managers and have them answer all kinds of questions from the investment process to which stock they pick....
I see your role lean towards researchers. Which is the fun one, you get to grill PMs
Good luck, you will have fun cruising through 14,000+ strategies...
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at Friday, July 20, 2007 at 03:32AM by takumi.
Rudeboi Wrote:
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> i dont get why they are asking for acuarial
> studies degree ....
> I know a few ppl that work @ mercer apparently its
> a great company to work for ..however depending on
> the role thier hours can get pretty brutal .. ..
Actuarial studies = high quant ability - and more importantly an understanding of the actuarial nature of pension fund obligations.
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> i dont get why they are asking for acuarial
> studies degree ....
> I know a few ppl that work @ mercer apparently its
> a great company to work for ..however depending on
> the role thier hours can get pretty brutal .. ..
Actuarial studies = high quant ability - and more importantly an understanding of the actuarial nature of pension fund obligations.