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Putnam Investments, an Investment Group of Franklin Templeton, is a diversified, equity-only asset manager with roots dating back to 1937. We manage a range of active equity portfolios with a focus on stock-specific opportunities. Our approach — stock-driven rather than style-driven — is designed to produce consistent outperformance, regardless of the market environment.
As of September 30, 2026, the firm managed $210 billion in assets under management in strategies covering the style, geography, and capitalization spectrum. We offer these strategies in a number of vehicles to meet the investment needs of our global clients and investors. Available vehicles include mutual funds, institutional separate accounts, SMA/model portfolios, ETFs, CITs and UCITS.
An Asian technology Equity Associate based in Singapore will research and analyze a wide range of companies across Asian technology including emerging markets and developed countries, working closely with the technology team in the US and Singapore. The associate will support analyst workflow across multiple countries and sectors, doing work such as building and maintaining models, maintaining company notes, and over time generating independent investment views.
How You Will Add Value?
- Analyze a wide range of companies and sub-sectors across Asian technology.
- Build and maintain detailed, specific, complete models on coverage.
- Attend company meetings alongside analysts from the team and maintain notes on companies.
- Develop clear, insightful analysis of companies and industries that provides relevant investment insights.
- Leverage network of industry experts and other unique sources of information and insights to develop differentiated views on themes, sectors, and stocks.
- Communicate clearly and consistently with technology analysts and international portfolio managers.
- Actively monitor companies under coverage and communicate important changes in a timely manner.
What Will Help You Be Successful in This Role?
- Bachelor’s degree; CFA preferred.
- Associate with 1-3 years of experience in fundamental equity analysis/picking stocks within Asian technology.
- Outstanding financial, fundamental, strategic, and communication skills.
- Ability and interest in conducting self-directed deep research.
- Ability to articulate and present complex information in an understandable and succinct format.
- Ability to put forth an opinion, often in situations where there is a time and/or information constraint.
- Ability to balance conviction with flexibility.
- Strong passion for stocks, company analysis, and investing.
- Ambitious, driven, team player.
- Strong work ethic and high level of intellectual curiosity.
- Ability to attend regular meetings aligned with US Eastern time.
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Franklin Templeton is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and existing employees, and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to ancestry, age, color, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, or gender expression, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, and any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law, ordinance, or regulation.
Artificial intelligence or automated tools may be used to assist in the screening, assessment, or selection of applicants for this position.
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