Freelance Investment Research Analyst - China

Gain is the Private Markets Super App, a connected global platform transforming how leading investors, advisors, and corporates source, evaluate, and execute deals. By combining investment-grade intelligence, AI-powered workflows, and proprietary data in one unified platform, Gain enables top deal teams to move faster, reduce risk, and build conviction with confidence.

Gain is trusted across more than $1 trillion of private capital, used by 100% of MBB and Big Four firms, and by 80% of the world's top 20 M&A advisory houses. Gain operates globally with offices in New York, London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Warsaw, and Bangalore.

As a freelance contributor, you will work on a project basis, delivering high-quality analytical insights across several areas, including:

This role is a freelance/independent contractor engagement. In Mainland China, this may affect your 应届生 (fresh graduate) status, with potential implications for hukou registration, civil service eligibility, SOE applications, and other graduate benefits.

Please verify your situation with your university and local authorities before applying. Rules vary by city — Shanghai and Beijing candidates may face more relaxed regulations, but this should still be confirmed independently.

If this arrangement puts your fresh graduate status at risk and those benefits matter to your career plans, we kindly ask that you do not apply. We want you to make a fully informed decision.

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