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About Company :
Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research. In our mission to empower investor success, we offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, retirement plan providers and sponsors, and institutional investors in the debt and private capital markets. We provide data and research insights on a wide range of investment offerings, including managed investment products, publicly listed companies, private companies, fixed-income securities, private credit, and bank loans.
Job Description :
As a part of the Indexes New Product Development Team, you will participate in the full development cycle including ideation, design, development, presentations to global research team and clients, leading up to implementation. The ideal candidate will have a good grasp of investment concepts, possess strong analytical skills, good communication skills. Technical proficiency with at least one programming language (Python, R or MATLAB) in addition to SQL is desirable. This position is based in our Navi Mumbai office.
Product analysts perform market research and analyze market data, identifying consumer behaviors and trends. They make recommendations and provide launch strategies based on their analyses to increase firm profitability. Product analysts monitor product performance and recommend alterations to meet sales forecasts.
Your Role and Responsibilities
- Collaborate effectively with Morningstar research organization including equity, quantitative, manager or sustainability research teams, and product management to develop novel thematic and smart beta indexes that leverage Morningstar IP.
- Work on the entire product development lifecycle from ideation, design, development, and validation, leading up to launch.
- Work closely with other index teams to operationalize index methodologies.
- Develop new tools and capabilities to perform portfolio construction or analytics independently, including the use of statistical and machine learning techniques.
- Publish white papers, factsheets, client presentations, and other collateral to support go-to-market plans.
Required Qualifications
- Up to 2 years of experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative, financial discipline, or engineering.
- MBA from a premier institute is preferred.
- CFA charter or candidature (at least passed Level II) is preferred.
- Hands on experience with creating Strategic Beta (Factor), ESG Indexes or similar rules-based quantitative investment strategies is preferred.
- Knowledge of institutional investing, modern portfolio theory, and portfolio construction processes.
- Excellent documentation habits, oral and written communication and presentation skills including ability to distil complex ideas into simple explanations.
