Description
Our Quantitative Master's Internship Programme is an immersive eight-week experience in the UK that offers a clear window into life as a BlackRock Associate.
Designed for specialised master's students in quantitative fields, the programme gives you hands-on exposure to our work, our people and the impact you can make.
We are looking for the next generation of quantitative investors. We offer a range of opportunities, spanning quantitative research, portfolio management, product strategy and investment technology.
BlackRock Systematic is one of the largest quantitative investment managers in the world, with over $200bn in assets under management and 35+ years of systematic investing experience.
Teams you may be considered for:
- Factors, Sustainability and Solutions (FS2): FS2 combines the research and investment expertise across the BlackRock Systematic Investment platform to drive product innovation, product research and client engagement.
- Systematic Active Equity: A pioneering quantitative investment team comprised of industry leaders that applies powerful machine learning techniques to active equity investment strategies.
- Systematic Fixed Income: A global, multi-asset investment team that combines financial theory, econometrics, market sentiment and groundbreaking statistical techniques to generate alpha across sovereign, corporate and securitized debt instruments.
What capabilities are we looking for?
- Passion for quantitative investing
- Strong technical problem-solving skills
- Ability to write efficient, effective computer code (Python)
- Experience with translating statistical models and algorithms into code
- Comfort in working with large datasets
- Inquisitive nature, desire to learn and critical thinking
- Effective communication and collaboration skills
- Curiosity, critical thinking, learning agility, and sound judgement in technology-enabled decision making, coupled with an enthusiasm for AI, emerging technologies, and continuous innovation
Your learning and development will include:
- Contributing to the function's knowledge base by working on investment or client-related projects
- Joining daily market-related updates, learning about how our portfolios trade and react to market events
- Collaborating across multiple business functions to learn the research and product life cycles and our strategies for continued growth
- Developing an understanding of capital markets, return drivers and economic theory
- Learning about our clients and their investment strategies; assisting in guiding investors toward achieving their unique investment goals by applying our technology and tools
- Being part of an innovative, dynamic, diverse team culture and learning from some of the best minds in the business
Our benefits
- Retirement investment and tools designed to help you in building a sound financial future
- Access to education reimbursement
- Comprehensive resources to support your physical health and emotional well-being
- Family support programs
- Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about
Our hybrid work model
- BlackRock's hybrid work model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration and apprenticeship that enriches the experience of our employees, while supporting flexibility for all.
- Employees are currently required to work at least 4 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week.