Eastspring Investments – Quantitative Portfolio Strategy Internship (Summer 2023)

ABOUT US

The Quantitative Portfolio Strategy (QPS) team sits with the investment office. We deliver insights and analytics for the fundamental Equities business. Our role is to augment the investment process with quantitative capabilities at each step of the portfolio management lifecycle, spanning across strategy exploration, alpha construction, and portfolio intelligence.

All members in QPS perform multi-faceted roles spanning across consulting, research and analysis, data engineering, and front-end application development. We work directly with the portfolio managers investing across mandates in Asia equities, Global Emerging Market equities, Japan equities and we’re soon expanding coverage into the Fixed Income space.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The intern can expect to be involved in projects supporting:

• Front-end development (R Shiny, PowerBI)
• Enhancement of quantitative tools and codebase, which includes but not limited to - data modelling, securities screening, strategy backtesting.
• Markets and macro analytics

SKILLS REQUIRED 

• Interest in financial markets
• Quantitative discipline (eg. Engineering, computer science, data analytics)
• Prior experience working with financial and investment data
• R or Python, SQL
• Excellent communication and data visualisation skills
• Additional skills which would be considered favourably:
• Understanding of Fixed Income portfolio management
• Power BI, Tableau or other dashboard software
• Prior experience working in production-ready environments

WHY JOIN US

You’ll have a front-row seat to the asset management industry and an opportunity to experience the integration of quantitative and fundamental investing. Join us if you have a passion for data and want to be part of a cross-functional team delivering impact at the meaningful intersection of technology and investing!