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:
Insight’s global Chief Investment Officer is based in London and the Investment Team also has a significant presence in our US offices in New York, Boston and San Francisco.
Both the structure of the team and the systems platform have been designed to provide scalability as well as complete flexibility. This flexibility allows us to tailor our offering to suit clients’ specific requirements, putting our clients' needs at the heart of our investment solutions.
Two considerations have shaped our investment range: our clients' objectives and a philosophy of only focusing on those things we know we can do well. This allows us to aim to deliver consistent and repeatable performance. Our capabilities include fixed income, risk management strategies including liability-driven investment (LDI) and currency risk management, absolute return and multi-asset capabilities. Institutional clients are able to access these capabilities on a segregated account basis or via our pooled fund range.
Role Overview:
Our internship program provides the successful candidate an immersive 10-week experience working alongside our investment teams.
- Get involved with our day-to-day tasks
- Experience first-hand Insight’s team dynamic
- Support your desk with any assigned work
- Collaborate with fellow interns on a pre-set group project
- Small cohort size allowing for a more personal and supportive environment
Role Responsibilities:
- You will gain wide-ranging experience and exposure, helping you develop a holistic view of the Asset Management Industry
- Alongside your day-to-day work, you’ll work with your fellow interns on a project for the business
- Participate in a series of talks and discussions led by senior professionals, providing you with the opportunity to ask questions on a range of topics in the industry
- Join an inclusive environment where you’ll benefit from the support of your manager and a network of graduates
Experience Required:
- Penultimate year university student
- Strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills
- Comfortable working in a collaborative team-focused environment where developing partnerships with multi-functional teams is key to success
- Great communication skills, ability to articulate complex technical ideas clearly
- Ability to operate in a changing environment and challenge the status quo, innovative
- Proven record of taking the initiative to act, self-starter
- Inquisitive, strong desire to learn and grow professionally
If you’re interested in joining an exciting, innovative financial services company, please complete your online application by Friday 10th October. We encourage early applications, as the vacancy may close sooner than expected.
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 City pay transparency law we are required to indicate the base salary range for this role of USD 54,000 to 58,500. 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/uk/nav/careers/
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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.
