Associate, Infrastructure Secondaries

Associate, Infrastructure Secondaries

22 Bishopsgate, London – Hybrid 

Permanent

At AXA IM our purpose, to act for human progress by investing for what matters, is central to every action we take as a business. As a responsible asset manager, we actively invest for the long-term to help our clients, our people and the world to prosper. 

As a future Associate, Infrastructure Secondaries, you will report to AXA IM Prime Head of Infrastructure, and you will be part of AXA IM Prime.  

DISCOVER your opportunity

The Analyst or Associate for Infrastructure is able to support all AXA IM Prime activities focusing on deal execution and reporting under the responsibility of a VP / Director.

Your role and responsibilities will include:

Deal execution / Data collection

• Leading due diligence (following AXA and AXA IM  framework) of asset managers alongside a VP/D or more senior individual with a view to drafting committee papers and making a recommendation to AXA IM Prime and AXA GIE investment committees
• Supporting a VP/D in closing of the investment working closely with AXA IM Prime legal/tax and structuring team to efficiently wrap investment opportunities. This will include subscription documentation including side letters
• Reviewing co-investment opportunities proposed by third-party asset managers and make recommendations as relevant and lead the co-investment process until close. This could include reviewing financial models, overlooking due diligence reports (incl. technical, legal, financial, market, insurance…) and possibly contribute to selection of our own advisors incl. contribute to scope of work definition, offers comparison…
• Involvement in secondary trades (LP and GP led) as we grow the franchise and depending on secondary team set-up. This could involve contributing to analysis of underlying portfolio companies of GPs, data collection for the benefit of comp analysis, performing sensitivities of those portfolios, setting up a dedicated secondaries model…
• Understanding regulatory, tax, legal components of the investments applicable to the structure chosen liaising with the relevant departments

Client relationship, reporting and fund raising

• Contribute to the fund-raising effort alongside AXA IM Prime sales team through pitches preparation, performing research, gather comparable data and statistics…
• Perform control over reporting tool to ensure accuracy of data reported and monitor portfolio and asset performance
• Closely monitoring of investments made including performance and portfolio construction monitoring. Regular meeting with GPs, at least on a quarterly basis, shall be organized with sharing of the outcome/minutes to the broader team/CRM tools
• Contribute to producing regular reporting documents (at least on quarterly basis) using AXA IM Prime reporting tool and asset managers reporting tool. Such reports will be shared with AXA IM Prime clients
• Feed AXA IM Prime CRM tool to ensure real time information flow

Transversal Activities

• Contribution to the fundamental analysis of the infrastructure market segments and drivers
• Sharing outcome of findings with rest of the team 
• Understanding ESG impact of investments and fit with AXA IM Prime targets in relation thereto will form part of the analysis
• May be involved in screening and reviewing infra debt asset managers in coordination with the AXA IM Prime team in charge of private debt

SHARE your unique expertise 

We welcome different combinations of skills & experiences. 

Your qualifications and experience: 

• Master’s degree in Engineering (with applied finance) or Economics degree
• Fluency in written and spoken English; French a plus
• Experience in structuring and/or investing in infrastructure assets and/or infrastructure assets financing 
• Successful experience ideally acquired from either private practice or in-house
• Good knowledge of asset management environment is a plus
• Good knowledge of insurance companies’ investment constraints is a plus

Your knowledges and skills:

• Strong team orientation with capacity for intensive independent work
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong writing and presentation capabilities
• Emphasis on quality of analysis for clients
• Excellent Relationship management

We would love to know more about you. Let’s connect! Send us your resume.  

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