Intern

PanAgora Asset Management

Posted 3 months ago

Internship

Boston, Massachusetts

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Smart Summary

Responsibilities

The intern will conduct special projects to support the management of active U.S., international, and absolute return portfolios. Key tasks include developing proprietary databases and researching novel quantitative factors for portfolio decisions.

Qualifications

You have excellent mathematical, problem-solving, and programming skills, with coursework in finance, mathematics, economics, or computer science. Familiarity with accounting, financial statement analysis, fundamental research, and equity security valuation is a plus, as is a deep interest in global capital markets.

Must Have Skills for ATS

quantitative techniques

Python

mathematics

economics

computer science

accounting

financial statement analysis

fundamental research

equity security valuation

Job Description

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. 

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.  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

Base Salary Range: $2500 bi-weekly - $4500 bi-weekly

The posted salary range represents the company’s good faith estimate of the compensation for this position at the time of posting and the same is not a promise of a particular wage for any individual.  Actual compensation may be dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s experience, education or skills, and other factors.

**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.

PanAgora Asset Management

PanAgora Asset Management is a quantitative investment manager whose proprietary approach is designed to capitalize on inefficiencies across market cycles and to deliver relative and absolute returns through distinct and innovative equity, multi-asset and risk premia strategies. PanAgora’s approach combines the firm’s fundamental investment philosophy and original research with an advanced quantitative framework. These elements come together in an open, collaborative environment that builds upon the intellectual versatility of its team and leverages their complementary strengths — essential to serving the evolving objectives of institutional investors worldwide. PanAgora was founded in 1989 and is based in Boston, MA. Shareholders include the Firm’s employees and Great-West Life of Canada, a member of the Power Financial Corporation Group of Companies.
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