Key Responsibilities:

📍Primary Market Access & Syndication: 📍Lead the sourcing and execution of new debt issuances in Emerging Markets Investment Grade (EM IG) across sovereigns, quasi-sovereigns, and corporates. 📍Maintain and enhance relationships with syndicate desks at investment banks to ensure priority access to primary market issuances, managing the order book process, and negotiating allocations. 📍Identify and assess new issuance opportunities in EM IG, focusing on relative value, new issue premiums, and market positioning. 📍Transaction Structuring & Execution: 📍Work closely with internal teams (portfolio managers, analysts, traders) to evaluate and execute investment opportunities in EM IG bonds. 📍Participate in the bookbuilding process for new debt offerings, ensuring the fund receives favorable allocations in oversubscribed issuances. 📍Lead pricing and term negotiations for EM debt deals, ensuring the fund achieves competitive pricing and positioning within the capital structure. 📍Market Intelligence & Relationship Building: 📍Maintain strong relationships with investment banks, sovereign issuers, and corporate clients to stay ahead of upcoming EM IG debt deals and market trends. 📍Act as the key point of contact for capital markets transactions within the EM IG space, liaising with external parties and building relationships across syndicate desks. 📍Stay updated on market developments, including macroeconomic and geopolitical factors impacting EM IG debt markets, providing insights and recommendations to the investment team. 📍Risk & Portfolio Management: 📍Monitor risk exposures related to EM IG positions, including credit risk, liquidity risk, and country-specific risks, and collaborate with the risk management team to mitigate these risks. 📍Work with portfolio managers to adjust strategies based on market conditions and new issuance flows, ensuring alignment with overall fund objectives. 📍Perform credit analysis and valuation of new issuances, assessing yield spreads, risk premiums, and comparative bonds in secondary markets. 📍Strategy Development: 📍Contribute to the development and execution of the capital markets strategy for the Emerging Markets IG space, identifying market dislocations and alpha-generating opportunities in both primary and secondary markets. 📍Support broader investment and portfolio strategy discussions by providing expert insights on EM IG issuance trends, yield curves, and investor sentiment.

Key Qualifications:

📍Syndication Desk Experience: Minimum 12-18 years of experience on a syndication desk at a major investment bank, with deep knowledge of EM debt markets and the primary issuance process. 📍Emerging Markets Expertise: Strong understanding of the macroeconomic, political, and market-specific factors that impact Emerging Markets Investment Grade debt. 📍Primary Market Relationships: Demonstrated ability to leverage a network of syndicate banks, issuers, and institutional investors to access new issuance opportunities. 📍Analytical Skills: Strong financial analysis skills, particularly in credit analysis, relative value analysis, and debt pricing. Familiarity with EM debt covenants and legal structures. 📍Execution and Negotiation Skills: Proven track record of leading the execution of EM IG bond issuances, including managing the order book and securing favorable allocations.