State Street Investment Management - Credit Research - 2027 Summer Internship
About The Position
The Credit Research team 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 focused on improving the organization and accessibility of CLO research content. The role provides exposure to credit investing and supports productivity across the research platform. The intern will support analysts with issuer monitoring, compile financial, industry, and market information, maintain watchlists, and prepare credit summaries and analytical materials. They will also assist with CLO and leveraged finance underwriting workflows, organize existing research, help develop standardized templates and filing conventions, and support a centralized research repository. A secondary project may involve evaluating data- and AI-enabled ways to streamline surveillance and monitoring, including data preparation and proof-of-concept analytics. By the end of the internship, the intern is expected to have supported surveillance and underwriting, developed or maintained tracking tools, cataloged research content, recommended workflow improvements, and completed a capstone project focused on research operations or surveillance. The position offers hands-on experience in credit research, underwriting, and surveillance alongside investment professionals, with exposure to investment decision-making and practical analytical skill development.
Responsibilities
- Assist analysts with issuer monitoring and credit surveillance activities.
- Compile financial, industry, and market information for 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 research materials and issuer write-ups.
- Help develop standardized research templates, metadata, and filing conventions.
- Support the creation of a centralized research repository to improve knowledge sharing and 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.
- Develop and maintain research tracking and monitoring tools.
- Complete a capstone project focused on enhancing research operations or surveillance processes.
Benefits
- Retirement savings plan (401K) 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, except 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
