What are the responsibilities and job description for the Intern, Equity Team position at PanAgora Asset Management Inc.?
Company Overview
Founded in 1989, PanAgora (Greek for across marketplace) Asset Management is a premier provider of investment solutions spanning most major asset classes and risk ranges. We seek to provide investment solutions using sophisticated quantitative techniques that incorporate fundamental insights and vast amounts of market information. While PanAgora’s investment strategies are highly systematic in nature, the processes deployed within these strategies are built and overseen by talented professionals with significant and diverse investment experience. Innovative research plays a central role in our investment philosophy and process, and is an essential component of our firm’s ability to deliver attractive investment solutions. Investment teams are organized into an Equity Strategies group and a Multi Asset Strategies group. Most investment team members are engaged in original research using fundamental intuition, market intelligence, modern finance and scientific methods.
We are committed to providing clients with reliable investment processes, consistent performance, transparency, and access to our investment resources. Our client base is comprised of institutional investors across the globe, including public & private retirement funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowments & foundations, and sub-advisory mandates.
Summary
We are constantly looking for smart and aspiring students to intern within our investment team. Many of our analysts and portfolio managers started with us as interns. We are flexible on time and duration. As an intern, you will conduct special projects for the team in the management of active U.S., international, and absolute return portfolios.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Sample projects include the following:
- Developing proprietary databases which will be used to create new quantitative instruments and insights
- Conduct research into novel quantitative factors for use in portfolio management decisions
- Utilizing latest technologies in finance and stock selection
Essential Skills
- Coursework in finance, mathematics, economics, computer science
- Must have excellent mathematical, problem-solving and/or programming skills
- Familiarity with accounting, financial statement analysis, fundamental research, and equity security valuation a plus
- Knowledge of niche stock markets or exchanges a plus
- Creativity and able to generate new ideas very desirable
- Deep interests in the global capital markets
**PanAgora is an equal opportunity employer and provides equal employment opportunities to job applicants and employees without regard to race, religion, sex, marital status, color, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, pregnancy, ancestry or sexual orientation. PanAgora is committed to maintaining an environment that is free from discrimination as well as adhering to applicable federal and state laws.
