Investments Internship

**What working with us offers.**:
Our 10-week summer intern programme provides real-life experience in a collaborative and inclusive environment. Over the course of your internship, you will gain exposure to leaders, cultivate your business knowledge, work on projects that directly impact the business you support, and network in a welcoming atmosphere. Columbia Threadneedle Investments offers employees the opportunity to grow and develop personally and professionally in a flexible work environment designed to support individual needs.

As you spend the summer with us, learning and growing, you’ll also spend time getting to know your fellow interns through social activities and volunteering within the local community. With access to our Business Resource Networks - which includes the Black Employee Network, Young Professionals Network, PRIDE Network - you will increase your own sense of belonging and engage in important networking and development opportunities. Embark as an intern with us this summer and lay the foundation for your future.

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**Key Responsibilities**:
**How you’ll spend your time**:

- Equities
- Fixed Income
- Multi-Asset
- Responsible Investment
- Multi-Manager Solutions

**As an Intern within Investments, you can expect to be**:

- Build a three-statement financial model and prepare earnings forecast.
- Develop a relative value framework which seeks to compare and contrast the return potential of companies within and across various sectors.
- Prepare stock and/or credit recommendation memos incorporating financial and relative value analyses for use in review of investment opportunities.
- Working alongside Investment Analysts, supporting with performing analysis on stocks and/or credit.
- Supporting the Portfolio Managers in their day-to-day role including activities such as cash management and rebalancing.
- Attending daily team meetings where investment strategies, markets and securities are discussed.
- Supporting the day-to-day within the Investment Teams.

**Responsibilities may vary depending on assigned projects(s) and department assignment. All Interns will be included in**:

- Meaningful projects and tasks giving you the chance to add value from day one.
- Organisation-wide insight sessions to provide you with a holistic view of the industry.
- A range of training & development sessions, giving you the tools to kickstart your career.
- Attending internal and external meetings and social events, providing you the chance to network.

**Key Capabilities**:
**To be successful in this role you will...**:

- Be a current penultimate year student pursuing a bachelor’s degree.
- Graduation date of Summer 2026.
- Available to join June 2025 for the full 10-week internship.

**If you also had this, it would be great**:

- High degree of self-motivation with strong integrity and ethics.
- Proven organisation skills and ability to manage time effectively.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
- Ability to work and communicate collaboratively and constructively with others.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite.

**The Use of AI Technology**:

- Explain why you want to work at Columbia Threadneedle Investments and how you demonstrate our core values.
- Describe a recent financial news story that has interested you and explain why.
- Tell us about your greatest achievement. Why is it your greatest achievement and what did you learn from it?

We know that AI is an increasingly useful tool and we’re happy for you to use it to research and help form an answer, but you should not submit wholly AI generated answers - This will be checked.

**About Columbia Threadneedle Investments**

Working at Columbia Threadneedle Investments you'll find growth and career opportunities across all of our businesses.

We're intentionally built to help you succeed. Our reach is expansive with a global team of 2,500 people working together. Our expertise is diverse with more than 650 investment professionals sharing global perspectives across all major asset classes and markets. Our clients have access to a broad array of investment strategies, and we have the capability to create bespoke solutions matched to clients' specific requirements.

Columbia Threadneedle is a people business and we recognise that our success is due to our talented people, who bring diversity of thought, complementary skills and capabilities. We are committed to providing an inclusive workplace that supports the diversity of our employees and reflects our broader communities and client-base.

We appreciate that work-life balance is an important factor for many when considering their next move so please discuss any flexible working requirements directly with your recruiter.

**Full-Time/Part-Time**

Full time

**Worker Sub Type**

Fixed Term (Fixed Term)

**Job Family Group**

Human Capital