We are seeking a Senior Financial Research Specialist with a strong academic–industry background to join our internal strategy research team. This role is focused on deep secondary research, literature synthesis, and theoretical framework development across hedge fund strategies, household finance, family wealth management, and cross-border asset allocation.
The ideal candidate possesses a systematic understanding of top finance journals, academic schools of thought, and reviewer expectations, and can translate complex academic insights into actionable intelligence for investment decision-making.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct systematic literature reviews across hedge funds, household finance, family wealth, and cross-border investment domains—tracking research evolution, mainstream theories, influential scholars, and key academic debates.
- Monitor top-tier journals including JF, JCF, and IFS—develop deep familiarity with editorial orientations, reviewer preferences, and common acceptance/rejection rationales for submissions in relevant fields.
- Bridge academic theory and industry practice—distill empirical findings and theoretical frameworks into practical insights for family office and hedge fund–focused internal research output.
- Build and maintain a structured literature database and research note repository; produce thematic research reports and literature summary memos for internal stakeholders.
- Stay current with frontier working papers, top conference proceedings, and emerging shifts in academic consensus across related fields.
Job Requirements
Mandatory
- PhD in Finance (overseas training strongly preferred). Candidates with formal journal refereeing or top-journal submission experience are highly desirable.
- Comprehensive command of the literature in hedge funds, household finance, family wealth, and cross-border asset research—including familiarity with major theoretical schools, core debates, and seminal works.
- Deep understanding of JF, JCF, and IFS journal scopes, editorial inclinations, and typical reviewer critique points for manuscripts in target research areas.
- Strong critical reading skills—able to identify empirical design flaws, identification challenges, and argumentative limitations in academic papers.
- Excellent English academic reading and writing skills, with the ability to independently produce high-quality literature syntheses and research memos.
Preferred
- Prior work or internship experience in hedge funds, family offices, or asset management institutions, with exposure to real-world business logic in family wealth and cross-border asset practices.
- Published or at revise-and-resubmit stage in top finance journals (JF, JCF, IFS, or equivalents).
- Active familiarity with academic conferences (e.g., AFA, EFA) and awareness of editorial board rotations at leading finance journals.
What We Offer
- Competitive compensation package aligned with Singapore’s financial-industry PhD-level research talent market.
- A pure research-focused role with significant scope for deep academic–industry integration.
- Singapore Employment Pass–eligible employment package (fixed base salary meeting MOM EP criteria).
- An open research environment with ample resources for literature access, working papers, and conference materials.