Depending on the needs, you will support daily operations and/or be assigned a specific project, which can be related for example to the following (non-exhaustive):
- Update cash balances, reconciliate daily cash positions
- Initiate trades for the balance sheet (bonds, forwards, futures, IRS, CCS, swaptions, etc.) within the investment framework and pre-defined limits (dv01, cs01, etc.). Follow-up with trade execution and verify the pricing obtained.
- Review processes, optimize reporting and automate recurring tasks to improve efficiency
- Review and optimize the existing performance analysis framework for external fund managers selection (funds are composed of equities, bonds, and eventual derivatives products).
- Perform investment analysis/Fund selection based on quantitative (risk/return, beta, max drawdown, sharpe ratio, etc.) and qualitative analysis (team, process, style: such as growth vs value, etc.)
- Use Morningstar Direct and Bloomberg to automate/optimize the fund analysis process
- Present your analysis to your manager in a clear and summarized way
- Support B23 operational matters
- Perform other ad-hoc tasks to help the team deal with workload (such as KYC review or other administrative tasks), and work on automating those tasks.
- Your profile
- You are enrolled at university, preferably in a Master degree (or post-Master degree) in an economic field with major in finance/investments or quantitative field (math, engineer or actuary).
- You have strong interest in financial markets: investments, funds, portfolio management.
- Excellent working knowledge of Excel is essential.
- Knowledge in VBA is mandatory.
- Knowledge of Bloomberg/Morningstar is a strong plus.
- Good communication skills and able to summarize your findings in a simple and comprehensible manner.
- Pro-active and able to work autonomously on a project.
- Fluency in English is mandatory. French and Dutch is a plus.
- We offer
- A position where you can have an immediate impact.
- Real development and on the-job-training opportunity
- A pleasant and intellectually stimulating work environment
- The pleasure of working within a dynamic and efficient team
- A complex and exciting work environment, constantly evolving
- (!) Attention:
- We only accept contracted internships, which means internship that are part of an education. No exceptions are allowed.
- The internship is non-remunerated.
- The internship should last for at least four months.