About the OpportunityJob Type: Permanent
Application Deadline: 30 June 2025
Job Description
Title: Research Analyst
Department: Research
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Reports To: Director of Research
We’re proud to have been helping our clients build better financial futures for over 50 years. How have we achieved this? By working together - and supporting each other - all over the world. So, join our Research and feel like you’re part of something bigger.
Department Description
Fidelity International has an Asia Pacific regional research team based in Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, Korea, Japan and India. The team provides investment recommendations to fund managers both locally and worldwide.
Equity Research Associates/Analysts are organised into seven broad industry groupings and cover the regions on a sector-by-sector basis. Their role is to carry out detailed research on each company (within their designated sector) from reviewing assets and cash flow to evaluating the management and assessing the environment in which the company is trading. We call this the “bottom-up” approach to stock picking.
The outcome of their research will allow the Associate/Analyst to make a buy or sell recommendation to the Portfolio Manager, who will ultimately make the Investment decision, based on a combination of the following; Associate/Analyst’s research, their own research, third party research and discussions with colleagues.
Purpose of the Role
Our Research Analyst works as part of our regional research team in Asia Pacific, assuming analytical responsibility for sector coverage and providing investment recommendations to our Portfolio Managers both locally and worldwide. Although the position will be based in Tokyo, the role will be required to work closely with analysts/associates in other locations.
Key Responsibilities
- Take responsibility for the analysis of a list of stocks allocated by the Director of Research or add on by searching new stocks to buy; typically such a list will comprise 25 - 30 names
- Ramp coverage on those names within a time period agreed with the Director of Research; typically within 24 months
- Use all sources available to formulate a view on the stocks under your assigned coverage. This would include sources within the company as well as other industry sources such as competitors and customers, and external sources such as sell-side brokers and third-party research providers.
- Maintain a current rating on each stock on the assigned coverage list. Ratings go from 1 (strong buy) to 5 (strong sell).
- Provide ESG rating on rated coverage stocks
- Publish regular reports on assigned stocks and continue to search new stocks to buy;
- Communicate your views to PMs via written reports, voice mails, emails, and face to face meetings.
- Host company meetings on companies on your list for PMs when appropriate.
- Write a note after Company visits in timely manner.
- Maintain a notional paper portfolio comprised of the stocks on your assigned coverage list.
- Assist with mentoring colleagues and maintaining general corporate morale and direction as required by Director of Research.
Experience and Qualifications Required
- Undergraduate degree. MBA qualification is highly desirable. CFA charter qualification is a nice to have.
- Sufficient number of experience in the financial industries
- Excellent financial analytical skills
- Strong written and verbal communication capabilities
- Fluent spoken and written Japanese and English
- Highly motivated, able to think logically, critically & quickly
- Able to work both independently and as part of a Research/Investment team
- Avidly interested and have a passion for the stock market and has demonstrated this interest through either previous work or personal investment.
Feel rewarded
For starters, we’ll offer you a comprehensive benefits package. We’ll value your wellbeing and support your development. And we’ll be as flexible as we can about where and when you work – finding a balance that works for all of us. It’s all part of our commitment to making you feel motivated by the work you do and happy to be part of our team. For more about our work, our approach to dynamic working and how you could build your future here, visit careers.fidelityinternational.com.
For more about our work, our approach to dynamic working and how you could build your future here, visit careers.fidelityinternational.com.
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What We Do
Fidelity International offers investment solutions and services and retirement expertise to more than 2.5 million customers globally. As a privately held, purpose-driven company with a 50-year heritage, we think generationally and invest for the long term. Operating in more than 25 countries and with $739.9 billion* in total assets, our clients range from central banks, sovereign wealth funds, large corporates, financial institutions, insurers and wealth managers, to private individuals.
Our Workplace & Personal Financial Health business provides individuals, advisers and employers with access to world-class investment choices, third-party solutions, administration services and pension guidance. Together with our Investment Solutions & Services business, we invest $567 billion on behalf of our clients. By combining our asset management expertise with our solutions for workplace and personal investing, we work together to build better financial futures.
*Data as of 31 March 2021
