Summer Analyst & Industrial Placement

Responsibilities

• Shadow experienced Morgan Stanley employees to gain a broader understanding of the different functions of the desk.
• Pre-plan projects to improve the productivity and efficiency of the desk.
• Rotate on desks within the division and work closely with leading Analysts to support a sector team franchise by completing value-added projects.
• Summer Analysts will gain exposure to the following desks within BRM:
  • Securities Lending (Global Markets): Borrow equity securities from the world’s largest lending institutions and work on lending functions to our hedge fund clients.
  • Fixed Income Client Financing: Work to provide liquidity to clients in fixed-income products, and analyse market rates and economic drivers, such as Central Bank operations and monetary policy.
  • Secured Funding: Use Repo and Stock Loan products to finance the Firm’s inventory of equity and fixed-income securities. Understand the Firm’s secured funding framework and governance and work with traders in executing secured funding trades within this framework.
  • Sales and Marketing: Evaluate client portfolios and perform analysis on business opportunities.
  • Counterparty Portfolio Management: Price and hedge credit risk associated with new OTC derivative transactions and analyse historical data to ensure risk is adequately covered.
  • Strategy: Work on BRM and Firm strategic initiatives and pursue current strategies.
  • Business Management: Understand balance sheet management, risk controls around all of BRM’s business areas, management of capital, and client analytics.

*Salary is competitive with excellent benefits.

Qualifications/ Skills/ Requirements

• You are a penultimate-year undergraduate student with outstanding academic achievements, and on track to achieve a minimum of 2.1 honours degree or equivalent.
• All degree disciplines accepted, but applicants must have a keen interest in the financial markets.
• You have strong analytical, problem-solving and interpersonal skills.
• You have the ability to communicate complex ideas clearly and succinctly.
• You thrive under pressure and in ever-changing situations.