Head of Investments | Chief Investment Officer
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About the Role
A Singapore-incorporated multi-asset investment platform seeks a Head of Investments (CIO-equivalent) to own investment strategy, capital allocation, portfolio construction, risk governance, and team leadership.
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Responsibilities
- Define and continuously refine the overall investment framework across all strategy sleeves
- Allocate capital across strategies, manage risk budgets, and set position level parameters
- Chair or co chair the investment committee and establish rigorous governance protocols
- Oversee the full lifecycle of quant strategy development from research to live deployment and monitoring
- Lead or co lead special situations sourcing, underwriting, and IC approval
- Set the framework for private market capital allocation including stage preference and co investment criteria
- Evaluate digital asset strategies with rigour including venue risk, custody architecture, and basis arbitrage mechanics
- Serve as a senior face of the firm with LPs, family offices, and institutional counterparties
- Build, lead, and retain a high performance investment team as the platform scales
Requirements
- 12 or more years of relevant experience across asset management, hedge funds, proprietary trading, or institutional investment platforms
- Proven portfolio leadership responsibility, not just analytical contribution
- Strong and demonstrable exposure to quantitative strategies and arbitrage frameworks
- Track record in global equities and multi asset investing across different market regimes
- Experience evaluating or executing special situations and structured transactions
- Meaningful involvement in private market investments, particularly in innovation led sectors
- Operating history in institutional environments with real risk controls, investment committees, and governance protocols
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The Opportunity
- We are retained by a Singapore incorporated Variable Capital Company operating a global multi asset investment platform across quantitative trading, cross asset arbitrage, public equities, special situations, and selective private market investments.
- The firm is active across Asia, Europe, and North America, deploying proprietary AI and ML driven research infrastructure with 24/7 execution capability.
- This is a firm building mandate, not a portfolio management assignment. The Head of Investments will serve as the senior investment authority across every sleeve of the portfolio.
The Investment Platform
- Strategy Sleeve Quantitative Trading and Cross Asset Arbitrage: Core mandate, approximately 75% of AUM
- Global Public Equities and Tactical Allocation: Systematic and discretionary overlay
- Special Situations and Structured Opportunities: Opportunistic, high conviction
- Private Market Investments: AI, Defense Tech, Edtech, Healthcare
- Digital Assets (within Quant/Arbitrage): Integrated into core systematic strategies
What the Role Requires
- Defining and continuously refining the overall investment framework across all strategy sleeves
- Allocating capital across strategies, managing risk budgets, and setting position level parameters
- Chairing or co chairing the investment committee and establishing rigorous governance protocols
- Overseeing the full lifecycle of quant strategy development, from research through to live deployment and ongoing monitoring
- Leading or co leading special situations sourcing, underwriting, and IC approval
- Setting the framework for private market capital allocation, including stage preference and co investment criteria
- Evaluating digital asset strategies with the same rigour applied to traditional markets
- Serving as a senior face of the firm with LPs, family offices, and institutional counterparties
- Building, leading, and retaining a high performance investment team as the platform scales
The Candidate
- 12 or more years of relevant experience across asset management, hedge funds, proprietary trading, or institutional investment platforms
- Proven portfolio leadership responsibility, not just analytical contribution
- Strong and demonstrable exposure to quantitative strategies and arbitrage frameworks
- Track record in global equities and multi asset investing across different market regimes
- Experience evaluating or executing special situations and structured transactions
- Meaningful involvement in private market investments, particularly in innovation led sectors
- Operating history in institutional environments with real risk controls, investment committees, and governance protocols
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