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(MIO) is a global, world-class investment and advisory institution with a decades-long track record of performance for our clients through multiple market cycles. Our team of approximately 250 people provides asset management and advisory services to current and former McKinsey employees. We manage more than $20 billion in assets across public and private markets. We are headquartered in New York City, with offices in Atlanta, Georgia; West Palm Beach, Florida; Germany; Hong Kong; Singapore; Spain; and the UK.\nWe provide objective advice on long-term wealth building and create distinctive investment products that deliver value relative to market-based benchmarks. We operate two core lines of business: (i) our advisory team provides advice, wealth planning, and retirement services to approximately 2500 individual clients, and (ii) our investments business consists of alpha-seeking alternative investment strategies across public and private markets. \nA defining characteristic of our business is our perfect alignment with our clients. Our extraordinary mandate as a boutique investment and advisory firm, grounded in a core set of principles, enables us to create unique products and services while keeping our clients’ interests front and center. \nMuch of our success can be attributed to our insatiable intellectual curiosity. We seek to hire individuals who are passionate about our mission and values, and who always strive toward excellence. We care about fostering a culture of continual improvement, as individuals and as an organization, and are excited to work with individuals who have a similar growth mindset. We are proud to have a culture that promotes the highest ethical standards and investor-focused values, alongside a commitment to diversity and inclusivity and a highly collaborative work environment.\nMIO (and related entities) is an independent, indirect, and wholly owned subsidiary of McKinsey & Company. \nTeam\nMIO takes a team-based approach to everything we do. Over decades, we have created distinctive investment frameworks, systems, and processes. We seek a colleague who can use those institutional capabilities to create value for our investors and assist us in continuously improving our capabilities.\nA majority of MIO’s active assets under management are invested with external third-party managers (i.e., hedge funds and other alternative investment managers). These third-party investments span a wide range of strategy areas, including equities, global macro, quantitative, multi-strategy, credit, commodities, and fixed income.\nA minority of MIO’s active assets are deployed through MIO’s own in-house macro trading strategies, which are supported by MIO’s deep macroeconomic and cross-asset class market research. Our asset class coverage spans global rates and government bonds, commodities, foreign exchange, and global equity and corporate credit indices.\nIn both activities, the portfolio management team is leveraged by MIO’s robust proprietary analytics platforms, in-house data, and experienced support team.\nPosition\nIn an apprenticeship with a Portfolio Manager (PM) and the public markets CIO, the APM will be principally responsible for assessing and managing hedge fund investments, including equity-focused quant funds, multi-asset class quant funds, and CTAs; additionally, a portion of the APM time might be dedicated to supporting MIO internal trading activities.\n Primary responsibilities\nSupport the CIO and PMs in managing a book of external hedge fund investments, adding alpha to MIO’s portfolios net of all assessed risks and capital charges. Key activities include:Performing in-depth research to source new manager opportunities\nPreparing analyses and shortlists of potential managers and providing evidence-based hiring (or firing) recommendations\nActive, comprehensive monitoring of managers, including regular discussions to understand their market insights, alignment with investors, and business objectives\nKeeping a detailed record of corresponding documentation for existing and prospective managers\nHelp manage the relationship with new and existing managers and negotiating fund investment terms\nOperating within MIO’s proprietary investment frameworks and processes. Learning these frameworks will be an important early element of success in the role\nFurther building out MIO’s manager assessment frameworks, improving the team’s forecasts of each manager’s alpha generation potential, grounding those forecasts in concrete evaluations of each manager’s investment capabilities\n\nSupport the CIO and PMs with special projects, including:Developing and enhancing MIO’s frameworks for assessing external managers\nSynthesize learnings from ongoing dialog with external hedge funds and MIO’s in-house research\nDeveloping frameworks for forecasting long and short term expected returns for various hedge fund strategies\n\nOwn selected elements of MIO’s internal macro trading research:Collaborate with PMs and Investment Associates to analyze, refine, and optimize existing or new quantitative investment strategies\nManage a range of internal (automated) research chartpacks & analytics\n\nBeyond the primary responsibilities listed above, all successful members of the Investments team are often called upon to support the broader team by leading selected initiatives outside of their designated strategy areas.\nDesired background\n5-8 years of experience in quantitative / systematic investment management, ideally in the equity space \nDesire to work in a values-oriented environment focused on maximizing returns for our investors\nA record of outstanding academic achievement and evidence of broad intellectual interests \nDistinctive problem-solving and analytical skills; Mastery of the quant toolkit (statistical modeling, derivatives pricing. risk modeling, numerical methods)\nProficiency with AI tools, including Cursor, ChatGPT, Claude, and agentic workflows; proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint also required\nSuperior written and verbal communication skills; able to interact on an equal footing with some of the world’s top hedge fund managers\nWillingness to become a specialist focused on mastering the nuances of a single investment strategy and interest in owning responsibility for investment decisions\nDecisiveness based on thorough research and the ability to speak with conviction about an investment (or divestment) idea\nStrong work ethic and drive necessary to out-think the competition \nCertain US states require MIO Partners, Inc. to include a reasonable estimate of the salary range for this role. Actual salaries may vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors, including, but not limited to an individual’s assigned office location, experience, and expertise. Certain roles are also eligible for bonuses, subject to MIO’s discretion and based on factors such as individual and/or organizational performance. Additionally, MIO offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental and vision coverage, telemedicine services, life, accident and disability insurance, parental leave and family planning benefits, caregiving resources, a generous retirement program, financial guidance, and paid time off.\nBase salary range\n$250,000—$250,000 USD\nMIO Partners, Inc. (MIO) is an equal opportunity employer. MIO will consider all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status. \nWe are committed to protecting your privacy. 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