State Street Investment Management - Credit Research - 2027 Summer Internship
About The Position
State Street Investment Management is seeking a Summer 2027 intern to support research analysts across corporate credit, leveraged finance, and structured credit. The intern will contribute to credit surveillance, underwriting support, and research operations, while helping advance a strategic initiative to improve the organization and accessibility of research content, particularly related to CLOs. The role offers exposure to credit investing and is intended to provide tangible productivity benefits to the research platform. The intern will assist with issuer monitoring, compile information for credit reviews, support watchlist and event tracking, and prepare credit summaries and analytical materials. They will also support CLO and leveraged finance underwriting workflows, help organize research materials, and contribute to the development of a centralized research repository and standardized research practices. A secondary project may involve data and AI-enabled tools to improve surveillance and monitoring. By the end of the internship, the intern is expected to have supported surveillance and underwriting, developed or maintained research tracking tools, organized research content, recommended workflow improvements, and completed a capstone project focused on research operations or surveillance. The intern will work alongside investment professionals and gain practical analytical skills and exposure to the investment decision-making process.
Responsibilities
- Assist analysts with issuer monitoring and credit surveillance activities.
- Compile financial, industry, and market information used in credit reviews.
- Support watchlist maintenance and track rating actions, earnings releases, and significant credit events.
- Prepare credit summaries, research snapshots, and supporting analytical materials.
- Assist with CLO and leveraged finance underwriting workflows, including data gathering and collateral analysis.
- Inventory and organize existing research materials and issuer write-ups.
- Help develop standardized research templates, metadata, and filing conventions.
- Support creation of a centralized research repository to improve knowledge sharing and research accessibility.
- Document workflows and identify opportunities to improve research efficiency.
- Evaluate opportunities to streamline surveillance and monitoring using data and AI-enabled tools.
- Assist with data preparation, organization, and proof-of-concept analytics for future research automation initiatives.
- Complete a capstone project focused on enhancing research operations or surveillance processes.
Benefits
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match
- Insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and optional additional coverages
- Paid time off, including vacation, sick leave, short-term disability, and family care responsibilities
- Access to an Employee Assistance Program
- Eligibility for annual performance-based incentive awards, excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans
- Eligibility for certain tax-advantaged savings plans
- Inclusive development opportunities
- Flexible work-life support
- Paid volunteer days
- Employee networks
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Intern
Education Level
No Education Listed
