Internship 2019, UBS Wealth Management Chief Investment Office

Switzerland, Switzerland - Zürich

Business management, administration and support

Global Wealth Management

Job Reference

190083BR

City

Zürich

Type

Intern Analyst (Pipeline)

Your role

Are you passionate about sustainable investing (SI)? Would you like to help catalyze billions of USD towards a more sustainable future? Do you have knowledge of SI, and strong academic research skills? Would you like to spend six months undertaking a paid internship with UBS focusing on deepening the link between the SI academic community, practitioners and clients?

We’re looking for someone like that to:

• Deep dive into the academic literature on SI, including performance studies, impact of shareholder engagement and private market strategies, and cross asset class research.
• Identify and summarize the best SI academic papers on a variety of topics and catalogue these papers in a database with easy-to-search terms, key quotes, and accessible data and charts.
• Liaise with the academic community to develop innovative research collaborations that might help UBS identify ways to provide clients with a stronger SI offering, and help advisors better communicate these ideas.
• Contribute to impact investing research and publications and dedicated impact and sustainable investing outputs.
• Support and potentially contribute to educational seminars for clients and advisors on the latest research findings on SI.

UBS Wealth Management wants to make SI an integral part of the investment process, implemented across whole portfolios, and backed by the best academic and industry research. We are looking for an intern with strong academic credentials to build a deeper connection between our work and the academic community in the sustainable and impact investing space, and integrate the best academic literature on the topic into our client and advisor education programs.

Internship
Our 6 month internship is an ideal way to gain the work experience you’ll need to launch your career. It’s also an opportunity to work with and learn from some of our sharp people in finance.

From the start of the program, you’ll be right at the heart of the business, taking part in the day-to-day operations. You’ll not only learn about the business of finance from top to bottom, you’ll also experience our unique workplace culture.

To learn more about our Internship Programs, click here.

Your team

Within the Wealth Management business division, the Chief Investment Office (WM CIO)is responsible for the development of the investment strategy for UBS Wealth Management clients. We, within the CIO Sustainable and Impact Investing team, augment the asset allocation based House View with value-additive services, client and fund manager insights and investment opportunities that clearly differentiate UBS WM. We are in charge of strategizing and educating on SI subjects through projects, publications, and client meetings.
Candidates who have an entrepreneurial mindset and who are able to support the team’s drive to mainstream sustainable and impact investing will have an advantage.

Your expertise

You need have completed at least four semesters of your bachelor’s degree or have obtained your master’s degree within the last 6 months.

In particular, you have:

• Knowledge and experience of key areas of sustainable and impact investing.
• Familiarity with the academic literature within sustainable and impact investing, and corporate sustainability, including an understanding of quantitative performance studies.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• PowerPoint and presentation skills (including developing high quality presentations)

• Professional-level written/spoken English is essential; German and other major languages are an advantage.
  You are:

• A competent academic researcher with the ability to understand and distill academic concepts and language into communications that are clearly understandable non-academic by practitioners.
• A strong written and verbal communicator
• Able to collaborate effectively with partners across a complex internal and external ecosystem
• Willing to get things done as part of a busy team
• Someone who is enthusiastic, positive, and fun to work with!

Perhaps you’ve organized a fundraising event or taken part in team sports? Or persevered and passed an exam in a subject you found challenging? Think about how things you’ve achieved match the skills we’re after.

Start date: 6. Mai 2019

Your colleagues

About us

Expert advice. Wealth management. Investment banking. Asset management. Retail banking in Switzerland. And all the support functions. That’s what we do. And we do it for private and institutional clients as well as corporations around the world.

We are about 60,000 employees in all major financial centers, in more than 50 countries. Do you want to be one of us?

Join us

We’re a truly global, collaborative and friendly group of people. Having a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace is important to us. And we support your career development, internal mobility and work-life balance. If this sounds interesting, apply now.

Disclaimer / Policy Statements

UBS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences within our workforce.