Equity Research Analyst

Equity Research Analyst

Eighth Wonder Holdings · Private Family Investment Office · London · Full-time

About Eighth Wonder Holdings

Eighth Wonder Holdings is a private family investment office based in London. We invest our own capital — no external clients, no fund structure, no fee pressure — across public equities, fixed income, commodities and property. We are long-term investors. The equity portfolio is concentrated: a small number of businesses held with high conviction, selected through bottom-up fundamental research. Our bar for inclusion is deliberately high; most ideas are rejected, and that is the system working as intended.

The role

This is the firm's first analyst hire. You will work with, and report directly to, the principal as the second member of a two-person investment team, with front-line involvement in how the portfolio is researched, built and managed. There is no hierarchy and no internal politics to manage. Progression takes the form of greater responsibility, greater compensation and a growing voice in allocation decisions.

The job has three parts:

1. Finding new investments. Source and research equity ideas from the bottom up: industry structure, business quality, unit economics, competitive position, management and capital allocation, and valuation. Build and maintain the models. Write concise investment memos that end in a clear recommendation.

2. Maintaining existing positions. Track results, filings, transcripts, events and news flow for portfolio companies against the original thesis. Notice early when something material has changed, and say so. Stress-test live positions deliberately: build the bear case, identify what would break the thesis, and make the argument when the evidence points that way. Well-reasoned disagreement is part of the job, not a risk to it.

3. Building our information edge. We operate in a world of abundant information and scarce attention. Design and run the systems, using AI tools, scripts, screens, and whatever else works, that gather what matters, organise it, separate signal from noise, and surface it in a form we can act on. The goal is not automation for its own sake; it's making sure nothing important reaches us late, and nothing unimportant reaches us at all.

The seat is focused on the equity markets, but you will have visibility across the full multi-asset portfolio.

AI fluency is not optional

We expect AI tools to be embedded throughout the research workflow — idea screening, document and transcript analysis, model maintenance, drafting, portfolio management — and we expect you to build repeatable processes around them. Our working assumption is that the right analyst, properly tooled, produces roughly 10X the output historically expected of this seat. If that sounds implausible, this is probably not the role for you. If it sounds obvious, tell us exactly how you would do it.

What we're looking for

Essential

- A genuine, demonstrable interest in financial markets — equities above all. We want evidence: personal or professional investing, written research, pitch work.

- Strong grounding in accounting, financial analysis and valuation.

- Daily, substantive use of AI tools in real analytical work, with concrete examples to show for it.

- Curiosity and intrigue in how businesses operate, and willingness for continuous learning.

- Intellectual honesty: comfortable disagreeing with the principal, and equally comfortable changing your own mind when the facts change.

- You must have the existing right to work in the UK.

Strongly preferred

- Around 2–5 years in equity research, sell-side or buy-side, or a comparable analytical seat (long-only, hedge fund, independent research).

- Generalist range. We invest across sectors and geographies; specialists are welcome if they are willing to roam and learn.

Compensation and terms

- Base salary of £60,000–£75,000, depending on experience.

- An annual performance bonus linked to the person’s deliverables and portfolio returns above a hurdle rate.

- Pension and 23 days' holiday plus bank holidays.

- Office-based in South West London.

- Start date: as soon as practicable.

How to apply

1. A one-page stock pitch (PDF). A listed company you would buy at today's price even if the stock market then closed for the next ten years: your case for owning the business through that decade, why today's price still makes it a good purchase, the key risks, and what would prove you wrong. Any geography, any sector. Household names are allowed, but the more obvious the company, the more work your reasoning has to do. One page means one page.

2. A short AI note (half a page maximum). How you actually use AI tools in your work today — which tools, which workflows, and what changed as a result. Specifics, not philosophy.

3. Your CV.

We read the pitch first and the CV last. Applications missing the pitch or the AI note will not be read.

Shortlisted candidates can expect an initial video conversation followed by one or two in-person interviews / working sessions.