Director, Client Portfolio Management – Public Fixed Income

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Title: Director, Client Portfolio Management – Public Fixed Income

Business Unit: Client Portfolio Management

Location: Hong Kong

Barings is a leading global financial services firm dedicated to meeting the evolving investment and capital needs of our clients and customers. Through active asset management and direct origination, we provide innovative solutions and access to differentiated opportunities across public and private capital markets. A subsidiary of MassMutual, Barings maintains a strong global presence with business and investment professionals located across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific.

Job Summary

We are looking for a Director, Client Portfolio Management to join in our Hong Kong office. Acting as subject matter expert, this person collaborates closely with investment teams, sales teams, and other internal stakeholders to advance business development, client servicing, and product development for targeted investment strategies. This position is dedicated to supporting ongoing expansion and client engagement within the APAC region, across Barings’ fixed income strategies. The successful candidate will contribute to the firm’s substantial global public fixed income offerings—including high yield, investment grade, loans, emerging market debt, structured credit, and multi-strategy credit.

Primary Responsibilities

• Become a subject matter expert on Barings’ public fixed income product offerings as well as on global fixed income markets; serve as a key business development liaison for Barings’ public fixed income offerings in the APAC region
• Undertake extensive client engagement activity communicating on financial markets and Barings specific strategies
• Develop, maintain and prepare marketing and servicing materials for the team. This will include materials to highlight competitive advantages of Barings’ offerings and key trends across fixed income markets, pitch books, marketing collateral as well as scheduled and ad-hoc updates on financial markets and specific aspects of an investment strategy
• Build and foster a network of successful working relationships across internal stakeholders, primarily within the sales, investment and product management teams
• Collaborate with the various teams internally to review and provide strategy specific responses to RFPs/DDQs and respond in a timely manner to client/prospect requests
• Stay abreast of market trends, APAC regulatory/product developments and competitor intelligence

Qualifications

• University degree; CFA qualification would be a plus
• At least 10 years of relevant work experience, ideally in either an investment management/advisory, or investment specialist/product strategist/client portfolio manager role
• A passion for financial markets, macroeconomics, and proficiency in global fixed income/credit markets specifically
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in both English and Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin), including the ability to effectively communicate complex topics in a simple manner
• Strong organizational, facilitation and collaboration skills
• Proven ability to prioritize and manage multiple time-sensitive tasks independently and with strong attention to detail
• Advanced proficiency with PowerPoint and Excel, including experience using MS Office software to produce high quality presentations
• Ability and willingness to travel as required

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Additional Skills

Barings is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer; Minority/Female/Age/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Individual with Disability/Protected Veteran. We welcome all persons to apply.