HIP Investor Inc. is seeking a Portfolio Manager for its Investor Services business unit to serve the needs of individual and institutional investors seeking Human Impact + Profit in their portfolios.
1. Client Need: Investors Demanding Sustainable, Profitable Growth
In 2007, $1 of every $9 of investor money under professional management, equaling $2.7 Trillion, sought to “do good” at the same time as “making money” ““ in other words, to deliver both Human Impact + Profit (HIP).
Last year, this “socially responsible investing” (SRI) segment grew six-times faster (18%) than the overall average (3%), as investors increasingly want a “triple bottom line” “” social, environmental AND financial returns. Yet, the “negative screening” and “shareholder activist” SRI approach that has dominated this field is not fully leveraging its power ““ for social change, environmental sustainability or unleashing business innovation.
HIP Investor Inc.’s investment methodology, published in Fast Company magazine in 2007 and 2008, enables investors to evaluate companies (by rating the full value, not screening them out) that are emerging as the leaders of the 21st century ““ and deliver sustainable, profitable growth for investors and society.
2. Who You Are: HIP is Seeking a Portfolio Manager to Serve Those Investors
The demand by accredited and everyday investors, as well as an increasing number of institutional investors, endowments and foundations, for investing for Human Impact + Profit is increasing rapidly. HIP Investor is expanding its team to serve these investors with the following suite of products:
- Portfolio Management for clients: across all asset classes and wealth levels
- Investor Advisory Services ““ for both individuals and institutions
- A family of HIP products: The HIP 50 Index, HIP ETFs and HIP Mutual Funds
HIP Investor Inc. is seeking a forward-thinking portfolio manager, with a track record of success and a passion for sustainability to help our clients invest their portfolios to achieve sustainable, profitable growth by being HIP.
The HIP style of investing ““generate positive Human Impact + Profit ““ captivates investors of all types, is fulfilling emotionally and socially, and boosts overall wealth. This opportunity offers: a highly entrepreneurial team, an innovative brand built over two years, and the chance to serve investors who want to invest in a future of human, social, and environmental results ““ and financial out-performance.
3. Who We Are: HIP Investor: An Innovative Leader in Sustainable, Profitable Growth
HIP Investor guides individual and institutional investors to achieve profit as well as human, social and environmental benefits across all asset classes. HIP also serves corporations using our proprietary methodology to realize sustainable, profitable growth and inspired employees. The HIP Scorecard is published in leading business journals – and HIP provides expert insights to media for features and analysis on sustainability.
4. What You Bring and What We Seek:
- A track record of success ““ in your portfolio management skills, generating out-performance at tolerable levels of risk, preferably in multiple asset classes (equity, debt, real estate, alternatives)
- Experience managing individual and institutional portfolios
- Creating investment indices, mutual funds, ETFs or other investment products
- A desire to democratize the investment world for everyday citizens and their portfolios
- Passion for demonstrating positive Human Impact drives higher Profit
- Commitment to measuring the HIP results for clients and portfolio performance
- Collaborative, team player (as well as a leader) with our multi-disciplinary experts and innovators
5. Your Compensation and Fulfillment
- Competitive total compensation value
- An entrepreneurial share of profit, equity and/or options
- Daily fulfillment that you and our team are transforming the world of investing
6. Contact Us: Lead the Investment World to be More HIP
Please email (1) your resume of results and accomplishments, (2) a cover letter highlighting your interest in HIP, and (3) your vision of an investment world that is HIP.
Please send to Executive Vice President Jessica Skylar at Jessica@HIPInvestor.com.
For more information, visit our website at www.HIPInvestor.com, and see our HIP ratings, rankings and analysis at www.fastcompany.com/investing/2008/ .