Investment Intern (Summer 2027)

Readystate Asset Management • Chicago, IL

35d

About The Position

As an Investment Analyst at Readystate Asset Management, you are a critical member of our investment team who will generate hypotheses, perform key analyses and help form investment ideas. As a multi-strategy firm that incorporates fundamental and systematic approaches and emphasizes interdisciplinary analysis, we encourage individuals across a wide breadth of backgrounds to apply. Analysts with a fundamental focus will lead the analysis of companies and industry sectors, analyze and monitor emerging macro-economic and regulatory trends and communicate the impact of these factors on the firm’s investments. Analysts with a quantitative focus will develop systematic trading techniques and/or conduct quantitative research, with an emphasis on alpha signal development, predictive pricing and strategy implementation. All analysts will develop views on company valuation vs. market expectations and relative value across the capital structure and will collaborate with the entire investment team in identifying opportunities to take and manage risk based on your analyses.
In Readystate’s “one team” ethos, you will contribute to a variety of investment styles across convertible bonds, corporate bonds, equities, options and other derivative markets. At Readystate, we foster an environment where all team members can learn from one another and contribute across all aspects of our business, including portfolio management, trading, risk management, operations, technology, and marketing.

Requirements

• A passion for investing and curiosity about financial markets
• Aptitude to perform fundamental analysis and identify key drivers of value
• Strong communications skills and the ability to organize and condense unstructured information into a coherent investment thesis
• Strong analytical skills, the ability to think differently and take initiative
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Python, R, and/or other data analytic tools (higher technical requirements for quantitatively focused analysts)

Nice To Haves

• Finance and accounting background are helpful but not required.

Responsibilities

• Fundamental due diligence on existing and potential investments, including financial modeling and quantitative assessments of investments
• Quantitative research/data analysis using market and non-traditional data
• Idea generation and screening for investment opportunities using fundamental or quantitative techniques
• Execution of ad hoc projects in collaboration with other team members

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed