Manager Research Analyst

About the Role

Forteus is an asset management firm focused on digital assets, active since 2022 and backed by Schroders plc, one of Europe’s largest asset managers. Our team brings decades of experience across finance, blockchain, and technology. We operate with institutional discipline and an entrepreneurial mindset, combining deep capital markets expertise with a conviction in the long-term significance of blockchain technology and digital assets.

We are looking for a Manager Research Analyst to join our research team. In this role, you will be responsible for conducting deep-dive due diligence across a range of crypto and digital asset strategies, with a strong focus on quantitative and systematic approaches. Coverage is centered on crypto-native strategies, including cross-asset arbitrage and relative value strategies that have legs in traditional markets.

The analyst will own the day-to-day research process (due diligence, data maintenance, manager tracking, and reporting) and work directly with the Head of Research to build and refine investment theses on strategies and managers. He/she will also support the setting of risk limits and monitoring of our growing portfolio of managed accounts.  

This is an excellent opportunity for a quantitatively-minded analyst with genuine interest in digital assets to work at the intersection of quantitative finance and the crypto/digital asset space.

Key Responsibilities

Due Diligence & Manager Research

• Support and help lead in-depth due diligence on quantitative and systematic crypto strategies (e.g. market making, statistical arbitrage, trend-following, relative value, cross-asset/basis arbitrage, options/volatility strategies, etc.)
• Critically assess strategy construction, signal generation, risk management frameworks, capacity, and historical performance
• Evaluate managers' quantitative research process, infrastructure, and team capability
• Conduct on-site research visits and calls with managers, and produce clear, structured write-ups and reports
• Work with the Head of Research to develop and refine investment theses on strategies and managers

Research Process & Monitoring

• Own the day-to-day research maintenance process: keeping a clean, structured, and up-to-date database of strategies, managers, and performance data
• Track ongoing strategy evolution, AUM changes, personnel changes, and risk events through regular manager contact
• Help define and calibrate manager- and strategy-specific risk limits and monitor our live managed account strategies to identify deviations from expected behaviour, style drift and emerging risks