Spring Insight Event - Investments - Investment Research - 2025

Our Spring Insight is a week-long event taking place in our London and Edinburgh offices in April 2025 for students of all academic backgrounds who will graduate with an undergraduate or master’s degree in 2027.

Spring Insight is an immersive experience into one of our business areas where you’ll participate in work shadowing, a group project, networking and social events. By the end of the week, you’ll be well on your way to being a true student of the markets. We think it’s important to have an open mind about where you begin your career so you’ll be able to apply to experience up to two functions.

Important: 

Candidates can apply for up to two functions within that programme (e.g., Investment Research and Analytics & Modeling). You must apply for both opportunities using the same programme application.

If you withdraw your application, you cannot submit another application for this programme this year.

Investment Research

Our Investment Research divisions are responsible for analysing the performance of companies, industries and countries for Portfolio Managers and clients.

Teams you may be considered for:

It is possible that you will be evaluated for opportunities with teams other than those listed below.

Fundamental Equities

Makes active decisions in the Equity market to generate outstanding returns for clients through fundamental research into companies and consideration of the macroeconomic environment. We seek out inefficiencies in stock markets, which are identified by proprietary fundamental research.

Fundamental Fixed Income

Offers a variety of products crafted to meet specific client risk and return profiles. With a deep expertise in corporate credit, government bonds, interest rates and foreign exchange – we bring together distinct and complementary businesses under one global structure. 

Multi-Asset Strategies & Solutions

Delivers the scale and capabilities to clients across asset classes, products, services and solutions. We are at the heart of BlackRock’s portfolio construction, asset allocation and active management ecosystem.

Separately Managed Accounts (SMA) Solutions

The SMA Research team plays a central role in the development, implementation and refinement of the vast range of personalised investment strategies used by our clients. This is a team of academics and experts that provide robust analyses for custom solutions. Ideas and empirical findings are often communicated via white papers, published articles, presentations and webinars.

Our function is known for:

• Analysing the performance of companies, industries and countries
• Niche coverage of Fundamental Equities, Fundamental Fixed Income and Multi-Asset Strategies & Solutions
• Market and investment expertise
• Challenging, fun learning environment
• Working extensively with internal and external clients

What will you do as an Analyst?

• Engage in company research, such as corporate financial analysis, attending conferences and interacting with partners and fellow analysts across teams
• Participate in meetings with senior management of the companies we invest in
• Engage with external research providers to draw on their expertise for the specific country or sector coverage and their in-depth knowledge of companies they cover
• Make investment recommendations to portfolio managers

What capabilities are we looking for?

• Analytical approach and critical thinking
• Research, problem-solving
• Ability to distill and communicate large amounts of information succinctly
• Curiosity about partnering with team members to help clients achieve their goals
• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to constructively debate and challenge ideas
• Technical curiosity
• Basic or intermediate coding and programming skills

Your learning & development will include:

• Supporting the work of the team and meeting members across various sectors within asset classes through departmental meetings and group training session
• Access to senior leaders across asset classes
• Departmental investment strategy meetings and debrief sessions to ask questions in small group settings

Benefits

• Emotional well-being
• Financial well-being
• Healthcare benefits
• Life management
• Pay for performance
• Physical well-being

Please click here to see all of our rewards and benefits. 

Next steps:

Once you submit your application you will immediately be invited to submit a Virtual Cover Letter and/or take a CodeVue assessment depending on the vacancy or vacancies you apply to. You must submit your Virtual Cover Letter and/or the CodeVue assessment within 5 calendar days, as failure to do so will result in your application being automatically withdrawn.

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