Please note, candidates can only apply for one graduate program across all of our divisional programs.
About Insight Investment:
Insight Investment is a leading asset manager focused on designing investment solutions to meet its clients’ needs. Founded in 2002, Insight’s collaborative approach has delivered both investment performance and growth in assets under management. Insight managed £626.2bn of assets as at 30 December 2024 across its core liability driven investment, risk management, full-spectrum fixed income and currency capabilities. Insight has a clear mission and purpose to offer investors a different approach to achieving their investment goals; one that prioritises the certainty of meeting investors’ chosen objectives in contrast to the traditional focus on maximising return and minimising volatility. Insight operates across the globe with a presence in the US, UK, Ireland, Germany, Japan and Australia; and is a subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (“BNY”) (NYSE:BK), the global financial services. company.
The business employs over 1,100 people including 275 investment professionals.
More information about Insight Investment can be found at: https://www.insightinvestment.com
Business Unit:
CSG provides the primary client engagement interface for Insight, offering expert input to investment strategy, sophisticated solution design, ongoing monitoring, reporting and all other client service activities. CSG’s activities are highly rated externally by clients and their advisers and Insight views CSG as a key competitive differentiator. CSG includes the following sub-teams and roles:
- Relationship Management Team: Our team of experienced client directors is responsible for developing relationships with institutional clients investing in any of the various strategies offered by Insight.
- Solution Design Team: Our team of solution designers provides expert input to clients’ investment strategy design and implementation. Solution designers typically tailor strategies to address the specific risk and return objectives of each client.
- Client Service Team: The client service specialists work alongside our client directors and solution designers to support the delivery of high-quality solutions and services directly to clients.
- Investment specialists: Our investment specialists support the portfolio managers for each product area, focussing on communicating key aspects of the strategy to clients including performance, positioning and outlook.
Role Overview:
This is a unique opportunity for a graduate looking to begin their career in the investment management industry, with an interest in client facing roles.
This role will provide broad exposure across Client Solutions Group (CSG) functional areas by supporting and working with a wide cohort of experienced colleagues. With proven success, you will have the opportunity to:
- Build networks and relationships across the organization
- Gain technical understanding and working knowledge of our business
- Take professional qualifications to support and complement business knowledge
- Establish the foundations in becoming Insight’s future leaders
- Additional opportunities for exposure and working with other functional teams
As part of this role, we will support pursuing the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation through learning materials, fee reimbursement, and study days for those that wish to pursue.
The role will report to a manager that oversees other recent graduates within CSG and there will be additional mentorship and coaching opportunities.
Role Responsibilities:
- Understand Insight products and strategies and how these can be tailored to clients
- Support discussions with clients, prospects and consultants to develop investment solutions
- Represent the technical aspects of the client’s investment strategy
- Help design solutions for new business proposals and supporting those discussions in prospect meetings
- Assist Relationship Managers to respond to ad hoc client queries
- Liaise with Portfolio Managers to develop appropriate portfolio management strategies
- Work with other members of the team on research projects, new solution design opportunities, strategy material, solution-based RFPs and thought pieces
Experience Required:
- Demonstrated interest in finance, investment management, and the broader investment industry
- Minimum 3.7 GPA (or equivalent) Bachelor’s degree or equivalent at an accredited university with a preference for a technical or mathematical degree
- Ability to multitask and work well under pressure
- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
- Strong interpersonal and communication abilities to support a culture of innovation
- Desire to work in a high calibre and collaborative environment
- Strong work ethic and a positive attitude
- Someone who takes initiative and is a self-starter
- Fluent in Microsoft Office – Specifically Excel
How to Apply:
Please note, candidates can only apply for one graduate program across all of our divisional programs.
If you’re interested in joining an exciting, innovative financial services company, weencourage early applications, as we are receiving a large number of submissions, and the vacancy may close sooner than expected.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and our final round assessment centre will be held in person at our offices early November 2025. We therefore strongly encourage you to apply early.
Insight Investment is an equal opportunities employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law. Under New York pay transparency law we are required to indicate the base salary range for this role of USD 90,000 to 100,000 + bonus. Any offer of employment will be made based upon the specific skills and experience of the selected candidate and the base salary offered could be higher or lower than indicated.
Please visit the Insight Careers website for all open vacancies: https://www.insightinvestment.com/united-states/nav/careers/vacancies/
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What We Do
Insight* is one of Europe’s largest investment managers** responsible for £626.2bn/€757.3bn*** in assets under management (AUM) across fixed income, risk management strategies including liability-driven investment (LDI) and currency risk management, absolute return and multi-asset capabilities. Based in London, Insight is a specialist asset manager with a global network of operations in the UK, Ireland, Germany, US, Japan and Australia. Our clients include pension funds, corporates, local authorities, insurers, sovereign wealth funds, wealth managers, financial institutions and supranationals. Insight's mission is to offer investors a different approach to achieving their investment goals; one that prioritises the certainty of meeting their chosen objectives in contrast to the traditional focus on maximising return and minimising volatility. Read our mission statement here: www.insightinvestment.com/uk/introducing-insight/our-mission-statement/ We believe responsible investment means helping our clients achieve their desired outcomes and reflecting their priorities. We aim to identify, assess and manage factors that we deem to be financially material, while also reflecting our clients’ sustainability preferences. We were a founding signatory to the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) in 2006. For more on Insight’s approach to responsible investment, visit https://www.insightinvestment.com/investing-responsibly Posts are intended for UK/EU professional investors only. Capital at risk. *Insight is the corporate brand for certain companies operated by Insight Investment Management Limited (IIML). **IPE, ‘Top 500 Asset Managers’ survey, June 2024. Insight is ranked fifth out of the top 120 European institutional managers by total AUM for external Europe-domiciled institutional clients. ***As at 31 December 2024. AUM are represented by the value of cash securities and other economic exposure managed for clients.
