Client Investment Specialist - Antwerpen/Hasselt

Purpose of the Job

Puilaetco - Quintet Private Bank is a leading private bank in the wealth management sector; we are committed to our clients and their families, and pride ourselves on our personalised service based on a deep understanding of what clients want to achieve. We are a bank headquartered in Luxembourg , with branches in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands and a subsidiary in the UK and supervised by the ECB with an ambition to stay true to our purpose to be the most trusted fiduciary of family wealth.

When you join Quintet you are joining a company that values diversity of background, equal access to opportunities, career development, collaboration and inclusiveness. We want our employees to feel proud of being part of a company that is committed to do the right thing. You will have the opportunity to grow your career while developing personally and professionally through various resources and programmes. 

 

The CIS will join the Investments & Client Solution team of Puilaetco. The successful candidate will be the investment specialist and advisor to bespoke clients on advisory and discretionary investment solutions and services offered by Puilaetco.
The colleague will also have the opportunity to play an active role in x-border projects on investment management and services, portfolio or model construction and management processes.
She or he will also be able to contribute to the development of future solutions in order to optimize client services for Puilaetco and Quintet.

Key Accountabilities

 

Client partner: Act as the “Investment Specialist” at the kitchen table for our wealthy clients and their families, delivering and implementing the full Discretionary and Advisory offering, partnering with the Client Advisors, and being innovative and tenacious in meeting client needs.

 

• Lead for investment proposals & portfolio reviews for “bespoke” clients in discre-tionary & advisory.
• Lead for delivering recommendation & executing client requests for “bespoke” advi-sory portfolios
• Understand the clients’ needs and preferences for bespoke discretionary portfolio management.

 

ICS partner: the voice of our Research and Portfolio Construction investment views, including product recommendations to clients & Client Advisors for Quintet:

 

• Provide an active feedback loop to colleagues in ICS on offering development, in-vestment views, and product recommendations
• Communicate our house view to Client Advisors and clients, ensuring high quality ‘after sales’ content for discretionary mandates and advisory solutions. 
• Ensure that CAs are ‘enabled’ to explain our investment offering to meet client needs
• Implementation of investment views: ensure the different investment views, be-spoke building blocks (ETF’s, single models, active funds, structured products, private investments) are delivered and reflected in Bespoke Advisory solutions upon client needs.
• Act as the ambassador of the entire Investment capabilities of our Group (i.e. Asset Allocation, Structured Solutions, Alternatives, Fund Solutions, Equities, Fixed In-come, and Direct Investments)

 

Client Advisors partner: ensure we drive a holistic approach to client relationships

 

• Support our Client Advisors, and partner with Lending and Wealth Planning, in driv-ing growth.
• Help develop, pitch and oversee customised DPM solutions tailored to the needs of ‘Be-spoke’ clients

 

Change partner: be an agent of change for strategic transformation

 

• Favour book transition according to Group objectives
• Support solutions’ harmonisation to a more efficient value chain for investments
   

Knowledge and Experience

 

• At least 10 years of experience in a similar role, or Portfolio Manager, Investment Advisor, Analyst, Client Advisor with a strong background on portfolio construction.
   

Attributes and Qualities

 

• Flexible
• Team spirit
• Able to manage multiple interactions
• Problem solving mindset
• Able to deliver messages and advices to sophisticated clients but also able to understood by less sophisticated clients.
   

Technical Skills

 

• Financial Market techniques / Portfolio construction 
• Refinitiv/Bloomberg and advanced excel experience will be considered an advantage. 

Languages Skills

 

• Native in Dutch
• Fluent in English and French
• Any other language will be considered an advantage