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Programme
Internship
Location
Shanghai
About the role
Internship on Man Group’s Systematic team supporting quantitative portfolio management through investment-signal validation, portfolio construction analysis, data-quality review, risk and exposure monitoring, performance tools, and research support. Candidates should have relevant undergraduate or graduate coursework, coding experience, Excel proficiency, financial statement knowledge, and strong interest in investing.
Responsibilities
- Validate investment-signal inputs and outputs with Portfolio Managers while supporting daily portfolio management.
- Analyse portfolio-construction outputs to ensure alignment with the investment philosophy.
- Work with large datasets and external data vendors to identify data-quality issues.
- Design tools to evaluate portfolio implementation and performance.
- Support research teams by enhancing existing signals and creating new signals.
- Conduct analysis for client communications and presentations.
Requirements
- Undergraduate or graduate coursework in accounting, finance, statistics, computer science, economics, or mathematics.
- Coding experience is necessary; Python or SAS is preferred but not required.
- Demonstrated understanding of accounting and financial statement analysis.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
- Strong interest in investing and the financial markets.
- Strong work ethic, flexibility, attention to detail, communication skills, integrity, and collaboration.
Preferred Experience
- One to three years of investing experience is preferred.
- Outstanding undergraduate candidates will also be considered.