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The Ownership group in Manila is comprised of multiple teams – (1) Financial Sponsors, (2) Holdings and (3) Stakes. Collectively, the group aims to provide accurate, reliable quantitative financial market data while simultaneously pushing for continuous improvement on production, coverage, and timeliness to our internal and external client.
The Financial Sponsor Team in Manila collects and maintains Institutional and Contact data for buy-side and sell-side firms. The team is responsible for keeping track of research analysts and investment personnel at these firms. They also provide research and concordance support for various datasets and collection processes owned by other groups. The Financial Sponsor group is spread across several offices, and the dynamic interaction between various teams is essential to the group's workflow and success.
Holdings The Holdings Team in Manila collects and maintains Mutual Fund holdings and static data. The team is responsible for keeping track of mutual fund portfolios, which are publicly available or available via direct contact at the asset management firms managing the portfolios as well as the reference data associated with these funds. They also provide research and concordance support for various datasets and collection processes owned by other groups. The Holdings group is spread across several offices, and the dynamic interaction between various teams is essential to the group's workflow and success.
Stakes The Stakes Team in Manila collects and maintains Stakes and Insider Ownership information in public companies in markets. The team is responsible for following and documenting the evolution of relevant sources and regulations in the different markets. They also provide research and concordance support for various datasets and collection processes owned by other groups. The Stakes group is spread across several offices, and the dynamic interaction between various teams is essential to the group's workflow and success.
As a Research Analyst, you will be responsible for collating, maintaining, and updating relevant fields in the database with accurate information in accordance with the defined work process. You will be analyzing these content sets by reviewing official updates from our trusted sources that can be in the form of feeds, corporate action mails, press releases, and other reports; thereby making it available to FactSet clients in real-time and in top quality. You will report to the Team Lead and assist in meeting the team's business goals by meeting your individual targets. As an individual contributor, you shall be responsible for your own performance in all assigned tasks.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES Manage the institutional/fund/contact coverage already in the database following the procedures already established for each countryIdentify new sources of information in order to increase the institutions/funds/contacts coverage in country/countries followedFollow the financial press in the country/countries assigned. Keep up with regulation relating to institutions/funds/contactsInterpret and then integrate data quickly and qualitatively in strict accordance with the established rulesHoldings Manage the Mutual Funds coverage already in the database following the procedures already established for each countryIdentify new sources of information in order to increase the Funds/Contacts coverage in country/countries followedFollow the financial press in the country/countries assigned. Keep up with regulation relating to Funds/ContactsInterpret and then integrate data quickly and qualitatively in strict accordance with the established rulesStakes Maintain full coverage of stakes ownership, so that no company within the assigned universe of companies remains un-researched more than 30 daysProcess all disclosures of ownership changes within the assigned universe dailyKeep the coverage up to date; daily updates mainly based on shareholder's ownership disclosures and between 1,000 and 3,000 periodic updates of ownership profiles per year, based on company reports or other public sourcesFind all public data relevant for analyzing the ownership information and describing it to the clientAnalyze the ownership data and describe the ownership to the client respecting the methodologyUnderstand and explain in some cases why ownership has been described in a specific way or why it hasn't been taken into accountJOB REQUIREMENTS Undergraduate degree in Commerce / Business Management / Finance / Accounting / Economics or equivalentComputer Literacy Effectively use the database and software for collection and processing of content/dataExcellent research and analytical skillsVery good written and oral communication skills in EnglishStrong organizational skillsAbility to adapt to changes in country coverage based on the needs of the departmentEnthusiastic, a strong sense of initiativeGood knowledge of Excel. Must be able to manipulate large spreadsheetsStrong command and understanding of modules and rules
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