Blackstone Private Wealth - Product Specialist, Associate (Credit)
About The Position
Blackstone Private Wealth was established to answer the growing demand for Blackstone products from high-net worth investors. Partnering with many of the world’s largest private banks and wealth management firms as well as family offices, Blackstone’s Private Wealth team packages and delivers the full breadth of Blackstone’s alternative product capabilities to these firms and their clients and provides ongoing product and advisor support, as well as education and training around alternative investments. We leverage the global scale platforms across Credit, Private Equity, Secondaries, Real Estate, Infrastructure, Tactical Opportunities and Hedge Fund Solutions to structure multi-asset class and multi-asset solutions to fit into clients’ asset allocation and portfolio construction objectives. Blackstone manages $290 billion of capital from Private Wealth clients. Blackstone Private Wealth is globally positioned, with offices in New York, London, Zurich, Paris, Singapore, Hong Kong and Tokyo and works with many of the world’s largest wealth management institutions, independent wealth managers and family offices. Product Specialists in Private Wealth play an integral role in providing investment detail to client stakeholders. They cover the entire product lifecycle, from fundraising through investment and return-of-capital. They provide domain knowledge and expertise on investments, performance, market dynamics, and competitors. Product Specialists have key internal and external stakeholders, including BX investment teams, Private Wealth sales professionals, various due diligence teams, financial advisors, and end-clients. The Product Specialist will focus on Blackstone’s Credit strategies and products. This includes direct coverage of relevant strategies and providing strategic support to Private Wealth stakeholders executing sales initiatives across global channels. The role may provide opportunities to engage with clients and serve as a representative of Blackstone’s investment businesses to Wealth investors.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience within Investment Banking, Investment Sales, or Asset Management.
- Series 7 and 63 or capability to obtain within a year of employment; CFA/CAIA a plus.
- Working knowledge of the Alternatives industry/competitive landscape and desire to learn more.
- Experience with Credit markets and investing, through a wealth lens is a plus.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills to distill complex investment topics for end-users.
- Strong interpersonal skills to develop productive professional relationships with sales teams, investment teams, and other internal stakeholders.
- Proficiency with a variety of analytical tools (Microsoft office, Morningstar Direct, Bloomberg).
Nice To Haves
- CFA/CAIA a plus.
- Experience with Credit markets and investing, through a wealth lens is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Assist in answering a broad range of client and sales team inquiries about Blackstone’s products, market views, etc.
- Analyze the competitive landscape through reviewing peers’ filing documents, presentations, etc., and distill key qualitative and quantitative takeaways.
- Competence for client-facing work through Blackstone’s Legal & Compliance infrastructure.
- Work across other Private Wealth business functions in supporting product initiatives such as Marketing, Sales, Investor Services, Finance, etc.
- Enhance capital markets acumen to help contextualize Blackstone’s offerings in a diversified investment portfolio.
- Help identify areas of improvement across the team’s current processes to increase efficiency of information sharing, communication with sales, global coordination, etc.
Benefits
- comprehensive health benefits, including but not limited to medical, dental, vision, and FSA benefits
- paid time off
- life insurance
- 401(k) plan
- discretionary bonuses
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
