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BLACKROCK (SINGAPORE) LIMITED
Investment Stewardship Associate
Singapore
FULL TIME
October 14, 2024
The Role
The work of Black Rock Investment Stewardship team (BIS) is an investment function. The team operates in seven offices across three regions – the Americas (New York and San Francisco); Europe, Middle East and Africa (London); and Asia-Pacific (Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore and Sydney) – and undertakes engagement with and proxy voting at portfolio companies on behalf of clients globally.
Black Rock aims to take a unified approach to our engagement and voting policies. The BIS group coordinates, communicates, and implements these policies at approximately 18,000 shareholder meetings each year.
The role is based in Singapore and reports to the Head of Black Rock Investment Stewardship Ax J. You will specialize in corporate governance, environmental, and social issues as investment themes or risks. The successful candidate will cover several sectors across Ax J markets for voting and engagement purposes and facilitate the overall development of team capabilities.
Key Responsibilities:
The work of Black Rock Investment Stewardship team (BIS) is an investment function. The team operates in seven offices across three regions – the Americas (New York and San Francisco); Europe, Middle East and Africa (London); and Asia-Pacific (Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore and Sydney) – and undertakes engagement with and proxy voting at portfolio companies on behalf of clients globally.
Black Rock aims to take a unified approach to our engagement and voting policies. The BIS group coordinates, communicates, and implements these policies at approximately 18,000 shareholder meetings each year.
The role is based in Singapore and reports to the Head of Black Rock Investment Stewardship Ax J. You will specialize in corporate governance, environmental, and social issues as investment themes or risks. The successful candidate will cover several sectors across Ax J markets for voting and engagement purposes and facilitate the overall development of team capabilities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Implement approved corporate governance policies through engagement with investee companies, including voting at shareholder meetings.
- Monitor corporate governance standards and best practices, contributing to internal guidelines refreshment.
- Conduct research and analysis of governance, environmental, and social issues from an investment perspective and collaborate with the investment teams and other key stakeholders to share views.
- Engage, in conjunction with portfolio managers, with Chairmen, CEOs, and other senior representatives of the companies in which Black Rock invests to address a range of issues including industry trends, strategy, and performance in addition to corporate governance.
- Contribute to updates of publicly available documents, including voting guidelines and engagement priorities.
- Work closely with the Head of BIS Ax J on assessing key regulatory and market developments in the BIS field to ensure that Black Rock's approach continues to be at the leading edge of best practice.
- When required, take responsibility for communication with the regional advisory committee and, in conjunction with the Committee's chairman, ensure its members remain informed of regional developments and are equipped to fulfill their function to guide the team's work.
- Undergraduate degree in finance, economics, accounting, or a related discipline.
- Postgraduate qualifications such as CFA or a master's degree are preferred.
- An understanding of and interest in corporate governance, sustainability-related risks, and opportunities as long-term investment considerations.
- Working knowledge of the securities market regulatory environment in Korea and other key Asia ex-Japan capital markets.
- Experience in investment management, investment banking, corporate finance, and/or legal fields is an advantage.
- Proven track record of producing ESG research and analysis.
- Ability to build and maintain successful relationships with colleagues across the firm and with external parties.
- Strong analytical skills to resolve complex problems under time pressure.
- Detail-oriented and persistent in seeing tasks through to completion while managing multiple tasks and changing priorities.
- Organized, self-reliant, and self-motivated.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, including the ability to communicate clearly and persuasively with senior colleagues, investee company representatives, and the public.
- Fluency in Korean is essential as the role involves covering the Korean markets.
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