Investment Management Intern – Western Asset Management (posted on 26 JANUARY 2016)

Company	Western Asset Management
Industry	Finance
Location	Singapore
Position Type	Internship
Post Date	26 January 2016
Closing Date	29 February 2016

Employer Description

Western Asset is a leading active fixed-income and alternatives manager. Since 1971, Western Asset's collaborative and client-focused approach to investment management has positioned the company to effectively provide investment services for a wide variety of clients.

Western Asset’s global presence includes our head office in Pasadena, California and locations in New York, London, Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong, Melbourne, São Paulo, and Dubai.

Responsibilities

The intern can expect to gain first-hand exposure to a broad range of investment-related work, include on-the-job training in portfolio analysis, fundamental research and strategy setting. The internship is 10 week (between May 16 and July 22, 2016)

• Create a Credit surveillance framework. Translate analysis into executable trading options/solutions to capture alpha.
• Maintain a Performance attribution framework or return analysis to identity key investment risk contributors
• Maintain portfolio position and benchmark database. Produce daily reports.
• Update investment guideline summary.
• Adjust portfolios for cash inflows, outflows, or changes in investment guidelines so that term structure position and the type of securities invested are in accordance with the firm’s strategy.
• Assist with structuring and restructuring portfolios by selecting yield curve exposure and securities, such that the portfolios are consistent within the same investment mandate and with the firm’s investment strategies.
• Participate in Asia strategy meeting as a member of the Emerging Markets Asia strategy team.

Qualifications

Bright, motivated, talented individuals to join us and make contributions both individually and as a team member. Qualified candidates must be enrolled in an undergraduate or Master program majoring in Economics, Business Administration, Accountancy, Financial Engineering, Computational Finance, or a related course.

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