Internship Quantitative Index Analyst - London, United Kingdom - eFinancialCareers

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About Scientific Beta

Scientific Beta, an SGX and EDHEC venture, is the name of the smart beta index provision activity originally set up by the EDHEC Risk Institute, the applied finance research centre of EDHEC Business School.

On January 31, 2020, the Singapore Exchange (SGX)acquired a majority stake in Scientific Beta with the commitment to maintain the strong collaboration with EDHEC Business School, and principles of independent and empirical-based academic research, that have benefited Scientific Beta's development to date.

Scientific Beta is an original initiative, which aims to favour the adoption of the latest advances in smart beta, green and thematic index design, and implementation by the whole investment industry.

Its academic origin provides the foundation for its strategy:

offer, in the best economic conditions possible, the smart beta, green and thematic solutions that are most proven scientifically with full transparency of both the methods and the associated risks.

In particular, Scientific Beta launched in 2021 a uniqueseries of pure climate indices that translates companies' climate performance and alignment engagement into portfolio decisions.

As of June 30, 2021, the Scientific Beta indices corresponded to USD 63.75bn in assets under replication.

Scientific Beta has adedicated team of 52 people across the world who cover development, production, operation, client services and promotion of its index offering.

As part of the development of its index development activity, Scientific Beta is recruiting one intern for quantitative index analysis.

The position is based in London, UK.

Main tasks:

The focus of this position will be on:
Improving the firm's market intelligence analytical capabilities by providing in-depth market studies, including competitors' products offering segmentation analysis.
Systematic gathering of product intelligence on index design and implementation.

Building and maintaining the data management tools required to monitor the evolution of the product offering by the whole investment industry in smart beta, green and thematic indices.

The internship is for a period of six months.