Private Credit - Investment Specialist

Our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. With a heritage dating back more than 175 years, we have a long history of innovation in savings and investments, combining asset management and insurance expertise to offer a wide range of solutions. 

Our two distinct operating segments, Asset Management and Life, work together to provide access to balanced, long-term investment and savings solutions.

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M&G Private Markets – Investment Specialists

M&G is seeking an outstanding Investment Specialist to support its Diversified Private Debt (DPD) capability, one of the firm’s core private credit strategies within its £80bn AUM Private Markets business.

The DPD team sits within Private Markets and manages over £7bn of funds and segregated mandates for institutional clients, including insurers and pension schemes. The strategy brings together more than a decade of experience constructing and managing diversified private debt portfolios across market cycles.

About Diversified Private Debt

The Diversified Private Debt (DPD) team sits within Private Markets at M&G and manages over £7bn of funds and segregated mandates for institutional clients including insurers and pension schemes.  

The DPD team comprises 12 investment professionals, several of whom have been in the team since the strategy was launched more than a decade ago and has more than a decade of experience of managing private debt portfolios for clients. The investment universe for the DPD strategy spans the entire M&G Private Markets universe, which includes corporate, infrastructure and real estate debt, as well as structured credit.

The team invests across the full maturity and credit spectrum. This includes both IG and non-IG and fixed, floating rate and inflation linked debt. The team will manage M&G’s first Long Term Asset Fund (the M&G Diversified Private Credit LTAF) which will launch this year, allowing defined contribution pension schemes and certain retail investors to access a diversified private credit portfolio in a semi-liquid format.

The Role

This role sits within the Investment Specialist and Client Director group in Private Markets Capital Solutions, responsible for representing the platform to clients and translating investment capabilities into portfolio solutions.

While part of the Investment Specialist and Client Director group, Investment Specialists are fully embedded into investment teams. The successful candidate will sit within the Diversified Private Debt investment team, working closely with portfolio managers and investment professionals on day-to-day strategy, portfolio positioning and client communication.

This dual positioning offers a unique opportunity to:

• Combine deep asset class expertise with client-facing responsibility

• Shape how the strategy is presented within broader multi-asset private markets portfolios

• Play a key role in the growth and development of one of M&G’s core credit platforms

Candidate Profile

We are looking for an individual with:

• Strong understanding of private credit markets, ideally with exposure to infrastructure, private placements or structured credit

• Ability to engage with portfolio construction, performance analysis and investment discussions

• An entrepreneurial spirit with comfort being at the intersection  between investments, sales and product

• Excellent communication skills, with experience engaging with institutional clients

What we offer:

At M&G, we’re committed to helping you thrive and supporting your wellbeing, both at work and beyond. Our benefits are designed to help you balance your professional and personal life, while planning confidently for your future. Our UK benefits include:

• As a savings and Investments firm we are proud to offer a valuable pension scheme of 18%, with 13% made up of Employer Contributions and 5% Employee Contributions. We also offer Share Save and our Share Incentive Plan, together with access to financial wellbeing and support services - to help give you real confidence to put your money to work.

• Enjoy 38 days annual leave including bank holidays, with the opportunity to purchase up to 5 extra days and additional flexibility through our Time Off When You Need It policy – to balance your work and personal commitments.  

• Our market leading Inspiring Families policy includes comprehensive support and paid parental leave covering maternity, adoption, surrogacy, and paternity leave - as supporting families is a core aspect of our inclusive culture.

• Health & Protection cover including Private Healthcare, Critical Illness cover and Life Assurance for you, with family options - for peace of mind.

To explore more about life at M&G and our full benefits offering, visit Life at M&G

We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G, underpinned by our policies and our employee-led networks who provide networking opportunities, advice and support for the diverse communities our colleagues represent. Regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, nationality, disability or long term condition, we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks.

M&G is also proud to be a Disability Confident Leader, and we welcome applications from candidates with long-term health conditions, disabilities, or neuro-divergent conditions. 

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