2024 Investment Management Off-cycle Internship – Emerging Markets (London)

About Us

Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM), together with its investment advisory affiliates, has about $1.4 trillion in assets under management or supervision.

With 1,343 investment professionals worldwide, and 54 offices in 25 countries, Morgan Stanley Investment Management is able to provide in-depth local knowledge and expertise while channelling the strength of our global presence and resources. 

To support the delivery of tailored, value-added investment solutions to clients our investment teams are organized by capability: Solutions & Multi-Asset, Real Assets, Active Fundamental Equity, Private Credit & Equity, Global Fixed Income, and Global Liquidity. Morgan Stanley Investment Management strives to provide outstanding long-term investment performance, service and a comprehensive suite of investment management solutions to a diverse client base, which includes governments, institutions, corporations and individuals worldwide.

The Emerging Markets Debt team manages approximately $20 billion across a range of investment strategies. The team analyses the macroeconomic and political environments of more than one hundred countries and translates these fundamental views into investment ideas.

Our research process leverages traditional news and crowd-sourced media, economic data releases, relationships with economists and political analysts, and on the ground travel to meet with policy makers and in-country experts. We exploit both long and short investment opportunities and use a variety of sovereign bonds, currencies, equities, and other cash and derivative instruments in order to execute our strategies. Our team is made up of highly motivated professionals with diverse backgrounds who complement our global perspective.

About the role

The internship will commence in July 2024 and lasts twelve months. This internship offers you the opportunity to learn about a variety of areas, while providing a clear understanding of how Investment Management operates as a whole. Interns are treated as full-time members of the team and work alongside experienced professionals at all levels.

You will receive on-the-job training and benefit from working alongside experienced professionals on a variety of projects.

Responsibilities

• Gather, maintain, evaluate, and distribute macroeconomic data from disparate sources for use in the investment research process.
• Prepare daily news summaries for Portfolio Managers by monitoring various news sources for specific countries and regions
• Partake in research and due diligence conference calls and meetings.
• Interpret data, create visualisations, and communicate valuable information to the team.
• Assist the Director of Country Research and his team by completing ad hoc tasks and in-depth research projects

Qualifications/Requirements

• You have graduated from university or able to take the time off to commit for a full time internship role for twelve months if you are currently in study
• Excellent record of academic achievement, with transcript as a proof
• You are fluent in English, with excellent verbal and written communication skills. An ability to communicate effectively in multiple languages would be an advantage
• You are adaptive, a leader yet team player, as well as a multi-tasker. You can present your conclusions in a clear and well-structured manner
• You have good presentation skills
• You have a keen interest in emerging markets, politics and economic policy
• You have strong analytical and numerical skills.
• You have knowledge and operating self-sufficiency in programming language(s) such as Python or R
• You have strong MS Office skills
• You are attentive to detail, well organised, and deadline oriented
• You have a positive attitude, strong work ethic and collaborative

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