About the Role
This internship offers exposure to global Fixed Income investing within the Developed Markets Fixed Income & Foreign Exchange (DMFIFX) team. You will support portfolio managers in the active risk-taking process and gain experience with various fixed income products and strategies.
Responsibilities
- Support the construction and testing of new investment strategies with portfolio managers.
- Build dashboards for market monitoring, trade screening, and decision-making.
- Develop a deep understanding of global fixed income markets and synthesize views into trade recommendations.
- Assist with trade tagging and ad hoc performance reconciliation.
Requirements
- Must be enrolled in the 3rd or 4th year of an Undergraduate program or a related Masters’ program.
- Must be enrolled in a co-op program or returning to studies after the work term.
- Candidates must be legally entitled to work in the country where the role is located.
- Resume
- Copy of transcripts
- Complete a pre-recorded digital interview within 48 hours of application submission.
Skills
- Passion and curiosity for financial markets
- Strong research skills
- Strong desire to learn
- High standard of work ethic and integrity
- Ability to communicate market-related concepts succinctly
- Experience with AI assisted programming
Location
- Toronto
Work Type
- Internship
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Intern
Education Level
- Undergraduate program
- Masters program
Salary/Compensations
- $30 - $36 per hour
Benefits
- Numerous opportunities for professional growth and development, including lunch and learns
- Student led team building events on a monthly basis
- Employee discount programs including Edvantage and Perkopolis
About the Company
- DMFIFX is a dynamic, alpha-only team with an excellent track record in deploying risk under a wide variety of trading strategies.
- The team has built a best-in-class global risk-taking platform with a focus on generating uncorrelated returns through dynamic and scalable strategies.
- Our strategies range from macro directional to relative value and semi-systematic programs within the G10 sovereign and sub-sovereign fixed income space.
- The DMFIFX team is a small group of eight specialized investment professionals who take active risk both individually and collaboratively.
- As part of a dynamic trading floor environment, you will also be exposed to the different asset classes and styles of active risk-taking within the broader Capital Markets department through regular interactions with other portfolio managers.
- At Ontario Teachers', diversity is one of our core strengths.
- We take pride in ensuring that the people we hire and the culture we create, reflect and embrace diversity of thought, background and experience.
- Through our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion strategy and our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), we celebrate diversity and foster inclusion through events for colleagues to connect for professional development, networking & mentoring.
- We are building an inclusive and equitable workplace where our talent is respected, accepted and empowered to be themselves.
- To learn more about our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, check out Life at Teachers'.
Equal Opportunity
- Accommodations are available upon request (peopleandculture@otpp.com) for candidates with a disability taking part in the recruitment process and once hired.
