Intern

SSGA is seeking an intern for its Fixed Income Cash & Currency Research team. The selected candidate will be a part of the team responsible for developing investment strategies, creating proprietary tools and solutions to improve investment decision-making process, engaging with various teams for thematic researches and writing papers for publication in the fixed income domain.

Candidate will be liable to

• Work with Fixed Income portfolio managers and be involved in weekly market research and share findings with the broader team on a regular basis
• Work with senior researchers in the team to help write model codes in python (to implement models for research)
• Onboard/Explore new data
• Build domain knowledge of Quant Investing
• Learn fixed income investing – particularly in the domain of MBS

The ideal candidate will be:

• A self-starter with problem solving attitude
• Very detail oriented
• Excellent Learner
• Team Player
• Good at coding, Analytics
• Having good communication skills

Essential Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from a top tier college is a requirement; Computer Science or Information Technology preferred
• Experience in Python, R
• Basic knowledge of the Asset Management Industry, Fixed income asset class is preferred