Asset Management Placement - General

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Asset Management Placement - General

Your role

Are you interested in a career in Asset Management? Would you like to experience working for a large scale and diversified asset manager with over a trillion dollars in invested assets. We’re looking for candidates who would like to experience working at UBS Asset Management for 12 months prior to returning to university for their final year of study.

At UBS Asset Management, you will join our global team of around 3,500 experts, working alongside portfolio managers and product specialists across traditional and alternative asset classes as well as client relationship managers, analysts and risk managers. You would have the opportunity to:

• Get to know our client base, understand and help service our clients strategic objectives
• Learn UBS asset management products and services and assist with portfolio management
• Develop marketing materials, global content and campaigns aimed at attracting new clients and investment
• Find, evaluate, and manage different investments through analysis, research and modelling
• Integrate sustainable investing into UK Asset Management
• Enhance business processes and perform strategic project work

Your team

You’ll have the opportunity to spend 12 months working in one of the following areas of Asset Management:

• Client Relationship Management
• Business Management
• Product Management/Development
• Marketing

Your expertise

You should be completing the Industrial Placement program as part of your studies and then graduating in 2027. You should also be on track for a 2:1.

We welcome diverse mindsets, so regardless of your degree subject, whether you have a background in finance, data, tech, law or history, if you have a knack for languages, you can find your place with us. We’re looking for evidence that you have skills such as:

• Analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills
• Organisational skills
• Communication skills
• Innovation
• Collaboration
• Project management
• Proactivity

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.

Your program

This placement will last 12 months, where you’ll work with our experts and learn about the industry, our clients and our firm. You’ll be right at the heart of our business, learning from your colleagues, taking part in day-to-day operations.

You’ll have plenty of opportunities to develop new skills and make contacts along the way. If you like challenges, enjoy learning and want to work where no two days are the same, this program is for you.

If you have a successful internship, you may get an offer to return for our Graduate Talent Program after you've completed your studies.

About UBS

From gaining new experiences in different roles to acquiring fresh knowledge and skills – at UBS we believe that you should never stop growing and learning because life never stops teaching. We know that it's our people – with their unique backgrounds, skills, experience levels and interests – who drive our ongoing success. Ready to be part of # teamUBS and make an impact?   

UBS works with individuals, families, institutions, and corporations around the world to help answer some of life's questions – whether through award winning wealth management advisory, investment banking and asset management expertise, or private and corporate banking services in Switzerland. In June 2023, Credit Suisse became a UBS Group company. 

How to apply

To apply for this role and to find out more, please click on the apply button.

Please note that applications may close before the application deadline, so apply early to avoid disappointment.