Emerging Country Debt - Corporate Credit Analyst

Company Profile   Founded in 1977, GMO is a global investment manager committed to delivering superior long-term investment performance and advice to our clients. We offer investment strategies and solutions where we believe we are positioned to add the greatest value for our investors. These include multi-asset class, equity, fixed income and alternative offerings.   We manage approximately $80bn for a client base that includes many of the world’s most sophisticated institutions, financial intermediaries, and private clients. Industry-wide, we are well known for our focus on valuation-based investing, willingness to take bold positions when conditions warrant, and candid and academically rigorous thought leadership. Jeremy Grantham, GMO’s Co-Founder and Long-Term Investment Strategist, is renowned as an expert in identifying speculative investment bubbles and also as a leading climate investor and advocate.   GMO is privately owned and employs over 430 people worldwide. We are headquartered in Boston, with additional offices in Europe, Asia and Australia. Our company-wide culture emphasizes commitment to clients, intellectual curiosity, and open debate. We celebrate and respect our differences, while embracing and valuing what each of us brings to work, as we know that diverse teams in an inclusive, caring environment achieve higher engagement and better client results.   Please follow the prompts included in this job posting to apply. The application window for this role is anticipated to remain open until the job is filled, or as otherwise determined by GMO.

Position Description: GMO’s Emerging Debt Team is a focused team that manages $9.5 billion in dedicated EMD AUM for a variety of clients (pension funds, endowments, sub advisory, etc).  It has a first-decile, 30-plus-year track record in managing hard currency strategies (EMBIG-D benchmark), and a first-decile 17-year track record in managing local currency strategy (GBI-EMGD benchmark).  It also manages a select set of bespoke mandates.   The Emerging Debt Team is seeking to add a Corporate Credit Analyst to partner with and support a six-member team of portfolio managers and analysts. The team’s corporate credit research platform covers constituents of J.P. Morgan’s EMBI and CEMBI index suites, as well as select off-benchmark opportunities, with a particular focus on companies that benefit from varying degrees of government support, with a resulting coverage universe of 300+ names. This position is based in Boston.