Company Overview:
About Insight
At Insight, innovation drives the development of our investment capabilities and continuous improvement is at the heart of the way we operate. We strive to maintain a strong collaborative culture where you can deliver outstanding results, be highly engaged in your work and develop your career. We encourage long-term thinking and putting our clients first. The key to our success is our people, and the partnerships we build with our clients.
We are a leading global asset manager with £683bn AUM (As at 30 September 2022). Launched in 2002, we have won industry recognition for our investment capabilities across liability driven investment, fixed income, specialist equities, multi asset and absolute return. Innovation drives the development of our investment capabilities.
Division Description:
Department Overview:
The Investment Management Division comprises of experienced and specialised investment professionals.
Both the structure of the team and the systems platform have been designed to provide scalability as well as complete flexibility. This flexibility allows us to tailor our offering to suit clients’ specific requirements, putting our clients’ needs at the heart of our investment solutions
Two considerations have shaped our investment range: our clients’ objectives and a philosophy of only focusing on those things we know we can do well. This allows us to aim to deliver consistent and repeatable performance.
Our capabilities include fixed income, risk management strategies including liability-driven investment (LDI) and currency risk management, absolute return and multi-asset capabilities. Institutional clients are able to access these capabilities on a segregated account basis or via our pooled fund range.
Position Description:
Intern Role:
Our internship program provides the successful candidate an immersive 10-week experience working alongside our investment teams.
• Get involved with our day-to-day tasks
• Experience first-hand Insight’s team dynamic
• Support your desk with any assigned work
• Collaborate with fellow interns on a pre-set group project
• Small cohort size allowing for a more personal and supportive environment
What to expect
• You will gain wide-ranging experience and exposure, helping you develop a holistic view of the Asset Management Industry
• Alongside your day-to-day work, you’ll work with your fellow interns on a project for the business
• Participate in a series of talks and discussions led by senior professionals, providing you with the opportunity to ask questions on a range of topics in the industry
• Join an inclusive environment where you’ll benefit from the support of your manager and a network of graduates
What we are looking for:
• Penultimate or final year university student
• Strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills
• Comfortable working in a collaborative team-focussed environment where developing partnerships with multi-functional teams is key to success
• Great communication skills, ability to articulate complex technical ideas clearly
• Ability to operate in a changing environment and challenge the status quo, innovative
• Proven record of taking the initiative to act, self-starter
• Inquisitive, strong desire to learn and grow professionally
If you’re interested in joining an exciting, innovative financial services company, please complete your online application by 3rd March.
Insight is committed to being an inclusive employer and encourages applications from all suitably qualified applicants irrespective of background, circumstances, age, disability, gender identity, ethnicity, religion or belief and sexual orientation.
Insight Investment is a leading global asset manager, responsible for assets under management across liability driven investment (LDI), cashflow-driven investing (CDI) and longevity hedging, currency management, fixed income, absolute return, multi-asset and specialist investment strategies.
Insight’s mission is to offer investors a different approach to achieving their investment goals; one that prioritises the certainty of meeting their chosen objectives in contrast to the traditional focus on maximising return and minimising volatility. Our approach is underpinned by the belief that environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are important drivers of investment value. We believe in integrating ESG issues into relevant investment processes and that dialogue with issuers and other stakeholders supports better investment decision making.
We were a founding signatory to the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) in 2006 and, as of 2022, we have been awarded 5* ratings by the PRI for our investment and stewardship policy and for how we incorporate responsible investment-related issues across our fixed income business (corporate bond, sovereign bond, and securitised asset portfolios).
With locations across the globe, our clients include pensions funds, corporates, local authorities, insurers, sovereign wealth funds, wealth managers, financial institutions and private individuals.
