Investment Analyst, Sustainable & Impact Investing

Firm Overview:

Cambridge Associates (“CA”) is a leading global investment firm. CA’s goal is to help endowments & foundations, pension plans, and ultra-high net worth private clients implement and manage custom investment portfolios that generate outperformance so that they can maximize their impact on the world. Cambridge Associates delivers a range of services, including outsourced CIO, non-discretionary portfolio management, and investment consulting.

Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, CA has offices in key markets in North America, the United Kingdom, Europe, Asia, and Oceania. Our worldwide teams ensure our clients benefit from decades of global presence, local expertise, and relationships with the top global investment managers across the world. For more information, please visit www.cambridgeassociates.com.

Job Description Summary:

Cambridge Associates works with clients around the world to construct high performing, diversified investment portfolios. For over 50 years, our firm has been a leading voice in building institutional-quality portfolios for clients. Working with endowments, foundations, sovereign wealth funds, pensions, healthcare systems and family offices, we pioneered the use of alternative asset classes to generate outperformance for portfolios.

Our clients’ capital is invested through external fund managers, and we help clients to identify the best-in-class fund managers for them to invest in. To achieve this, Cambridge Associates’ asset-class specific research teams meet with and perform deep due diligence on fund managers across all asset classes including listed equity, private equity and hedge funds. Our client teams then construct and manage portfolios from the very best fund managers sourced by our global research teams.

Cambridge Associates’ Sustainable and Impact Investing (SII) Research Team is dedicated to the rapidly growing area of impact investing, and the integration of environmental, social, & governance (ESG) and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) considerations across asset classes and thematic areas such as climate change and social equity. As well as completing extensive due diligence on fund managers, with a focus on private equity and venture capital, the SII Research Team also supports client teams to incorporate sustainability themes such as impact investing, ESG, DEI or net zero goals into clients’ portfolios. The team also works to support the rest of Cambridge Associate’s manager research platform by developing new systems and processes, and leading relationships with industry initiatives.

We are currently hiring a full-time Investment Analyst (IA) to join the SII Research Team in London. The IA will also work with global colleagues in the SII Research Team on shared projects. The IA will focus on two responsibilities: (1) research sustainable and impact investment strategies across asset classes (with a focus on private investments) in coordination with Investment Directors; and (2) support the development of the firm’s SII research platform through operational, analytical, and thematic projects.

The role offers a unique opportunity in this exciting and high growth area – the SII Research Team is highly involved in activities across teams and practices at the firm as client interest in integrating sustainable investment practices in their portfolios is rapidly growing. Cambridge Associates advises on over $600bn of client capital, and this role offers a real opportunity to help progress the investment industry’s efforts to address social and environmental challenges through mainstream finance.

Job Description:

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Conduct fund manager research and prepare written deliverables for use by Investment Directors and clients. Research activities include active participation in meetings with fund managers, fund research pipeline management, reference calls, due diligence project management, data analysis, and writing deliverables (e.g. manager meeting notes, memos, and detailed diligence reports).
• Provide support to Investment Directors, which includes quantitative and qualitative research projects in addition to the support and/or leading of investment due diligence processes as assigned.
• Play a key role in developing and maintaining internal content related to impact investing, ESG, and DEI, which could include business development and training materials as well as other operational or analytical tasks.
• Help respond to impact investing, ESG and DEI related questions from CA’s asset class research and client teams. In time, help train colleagues on sustainable and ESG investing analysis using internal and 3rd party software tools.
• Work on thematic projects, such as published research reports and PowerPoint presentations, which enhance colleagues’ and clients’ knowledge of relevant social and environmental topics.
• Present primarily to internal audiences to share research findings and investment ideas.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree with a record of high academic achievement
• Demonstrated intellectual curiosity and interest in investing and capital markets
• Familiarity and demonstrated keen interest in sustainable investment topics including impact investing, ESG, DEI and related areas
• Collaborative, team-player with strong communication skills and a desire for continuous improvement and growth
• Open-minded mindset that values diversity of thought and perspective
• Excellent analytical and quantitative skills
• Strong writing capabilities
• Strong project management skills: ability to work independently and assign priorities to multiple concurrent, competing requests, while ensuring their integrity, accuracy, completeness, and timeliness
• All candidates must be eligible to work in the UK

Please submit cover letter and resume for consideration

Base salary range for this role:

Pay Range Minimum:

45200

Pay Range Maximum:

54600

In addition to the listed salary range, this position is eligible for an annual performance-based bonus and a comprehensive, competitive benefits package. Actual placement within the stated salary range will be determined based on factors such as skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as internal equity.

Employees of Cambridge Associates Ltd. or an affiliated firm, are prohibited from employment or other association with any company, organization, business, or other entity that is involved in any way with the securities or financial services industry except for those entities that are directly affiliated with Cambridge Associates Ltd.

Employees are prohibited from acting as a Trustee or Director of, or accepting a similar position of responsibility with, any entity that is a client of or directly affiliated with a client of Cambridge Associates Ltd. or any of its affiliated companies without prior written consent from the Chief Compliance Officer of Cambridge Associates Ltd.

Employees are prohibited from serving on the investment or finance committee of any company or organization with investable funds, or likely to develop investable funds, without prior written consent from the Chief Compliance Officer of Cambridge Associates Ltd.

If applying for the role, you need to inform the Recruiter if there are any potential conflicts with the above.

The firm is committed to the concept and practice of equal employment opportunity and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status. It is expected that all employees will follow a similar policy toward their co-workers.