Private Equity fund of funds analyst, Morgan Stanley

Job Title	Private Equity fund of funds analyst
Employer	Morgan Stanley
Job Type	Full Time
Location	London, UK
Industry	Private Equity
Experience	0-3 Years
Languages	English
Deadline	Saturday 19th September 2015

Business: Private Equity Fund of Funds, including primary fund investing, direct co-investment, and secondaries. Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners (AIP) is a leading global alternatives fund of funds manager with an extensive and strong track record, a global investment scope, and assets under management of over $35 billion. The team builds and manages portfolios consisting of primary funds, co-investments, and secondary purchases of limited partnership interests.

AIP’s investment expertise and activities cover the full spectrum of private equity, including venture capital, growth equity, buyouts, distressed and other special situations. Investment professionals at the Analyst level work closely with principals and portfolio managers on 3-4 person deal teams and are responsible for business and market analysis, asset valuation assessment, modelling and development of financial projections, a range of additional quantitative and qualitative analyses, and portfolio monitoring.

Qualifications
Qualifications - External
- High-calibre graduate with a degree (or equivalent) from a top institution.
- Relevant work experience (prior experience in management consulting, investment banking, private equity, or equity research preferred).
- Ability to communicate effectively in both written and verbal English; an additional language is an advantage.
- Working knowledge of Excel.
- High level of interest in investing and in the global macroeconomic environment.
- An individual who has strong analytical and quantitative capabilities, who is intellectually curious, insightful, adaptable, detail oriented and, a team player, with a strong work ethic and a positive attitude.
- An individual with the ability to meet challenging deadlines while maintaining a high degree of quality and accuracy of work product. - See more at: http://www.diversityjobs.co.uk/jobs/678529_Alternative-Investment-Partners-Private-Equity-Fund-Funds-Analyst-London#sthash.dplYt4Sh.dpuf

About Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. Founded in 1935, the Firm has over 60,000 employees in more than 1,300 offices in 42 countries, serving clients worldwide including corporations, governments, institutions and individuals.

EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) continues to be one of the firm’s largest and fastest-growing markets. Over the last 15 years the number of employees there has almost quadrupled and the number of countries where we operate has grown from eight to 18.

Since its foundation, Morgan Stanley has been at the forefront of innovations which helped to shape the course of modern finance. From historic underwritings for General Motors, IBM and the World Bank in the 1950s, to the Apple IPO in the 1980’s and Google in the new millennium, the firm has understood important trends and developed new markets.

Today those include premier positions working with hedge funds (as a leader in prime brokerage), leadership positions in emerging markets, such as Russia, China, and the Middle East, and their acclaimed approach to commodities investing, including their presence in the physical commodities markets through oil tanker and power plant ownership.

Features and Rankings

Features

> Global Investment Bank with a with a a powerful brand name

>Consistently leading positions in Investment Banking across all geographies

> Together with Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley is considered as one of the top “Bulge Bracket” bank.

Rankings 2010

Global M&A: #1

European M&A: #2

US M&A: #1

Asia-Pacific M&A: #1