Portfolio Manager – Legacy Private Market Investments
Leeds (hybrid working)
Competitive Salary & Benefits
An opportunity to make a difference
At Border to Coast our purpose is to make a difference. As a customer-owned and customer-focused organisation, integrity is one of our values, as is our collaborative and sustainable approach. Our focus is to secure the pensions of over a million people who have provided valuable service to their communities and society. We’re the largest UK asset manager outside London or Edinburgh, and we provide innovative investments that deliver sustainable returns over the long term.
As part of the development of Border to Coast Pensions Partnership, and in light of the Government’s “LGPS: Fit for the Future” report, we will be responsible for the management of our Partner Funds’ extensive legacy private market investments. This includes investments across real estate, private equity, infrastructure, private credit, and diversified alternatives on a global basis. Legacy management will involve a regular review of manager reporting, interaction with underlying managers, identification and resolution of material issues, and reporting back to our Partner Funds.
Portfolio Manager – Legacy Private Market Investments
We are looking for two Portfolio Managers to join our Alternatives function, each leading the oversight and management of a portfolio of legacy private market investments, each with a separate focus:
* Legacy Real Estate
* Legacy Private Equity, Private Credit, Infrastructure & Diversified Alternatives
One Portfolio Manager will cover legacy private market investments that have been made across real estate and the other Portfolio Manager will be responsible for legacy private market investments across private equity, private credit, infrastructure and a range of diversified alternatives. Collectively, the Legacy private markets portfolio stands at c.£10bn AUM.
This is a new function Border to Coast is establishing as it becomes responsible for these legacy assets in accordance with the Border to Coast Investment Policy, investment process, procedures and relevant legal or regulatory documentation. The role will encompass the routine evaluation of manager reports, proactive engagement with underlying managers, timely identification and resolution of material issues and ongoing communication and updates to our Partner Funds.
We are interested in hearing from Portfolio Managers with either experience of monitoring and managing indirect real estate portfolios or from Portfolio Managers with more generalist experience across a range of alternative asset classes and products which may include private equity, private credit and/or infrastructure. In addition you will have a keen interest in the oversight and management of a broad range of open and closed-ended investments.
In this role your responsibilities will include:
* Oversight and management of legacy private markets investment portfolios and existing Border to Coast investments in line with internal procedures and customer requirements.
* Regular review of the performance, attribution, exposure and risk metrics of the sub-fund/portfolio
* Oversight and production of quarterly and ad hoc reporting
* Preparation and maintenance of extensive due diligence reports to support investment decision making and portfolio construction using internal and external sources of data and research
* You will also develop strong relationships with external managers and other industry participants.
* In addition, you will participate in investment team meetings, liaise with the research and risk team to ensure an integrated investment approach and provide feedback on the quality, depth and focus of research.
Educated to Degree level and with a suitable investment management qualification, you will have relevant experience of portfolio oversight across real estate or a diverse range of Alternative investments, leading due diligence, including reviewing investment, operational and ESG factors. You will also demonstrate clear investment decision making and portfolio and risk management experience.
With a keen interest in and understanding of investment markets, long-term investment, and a commitment to responsible investment and sustainability, you will have experience of using investment management software, problem solving and decision-making capability and strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
Border to Coast
Border to Coast is the largest LGPS (Local Government Pension Scheme) pool in the UK. It is owned by 11 Local Government Pension Schemes (‘Partner Funds’). The Partner Funds represent 3,100 employers and over a million members.
The Partner Funds are Bedfordshire, Cumbria, Durham, East Riding, Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Surrey, Teesside, Tyne and Wear and Warwickshire.
The Partner Funds have c.£64bn in investments, of which Border to Coast is responsible for managing £47.9bn (as of 31 March 2024). Border to Coast also provides support and advice on a further £8.2bn, primarily invested in index funds, which sit outside of the pool.
Border to Coast offers its 11 Partner Funds investment opportunities across equities, fixed income, private markets, and global and UK real estate.
Our purpose is to make a difference for the LGPS. We seek to do this by providing cost-effective and innovative investment opportunities delivering returns over the long term for our Partner Funds, their employers and over 1.1 million LGPS members.
Since launch, Border to Coast has been awarded many accolades: ‘Best Pool of the Year’ at the LAPF Investment Awards three years out of four, most recently winning ‘Pool Innovation of the Year’, named at the Professional Pensions UK Pensions Awards as ‘Equity’ and ‘Alternatives Manager of the Year’, and our Climate Change report has won Pensions for Purpose awards two years in a row.
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We have an open and supportive culture with a commitment to learning and valuing everyone’s skills and contribution.