AQR
2027 Risk Summer Analyst
Greenwich, CT · Internship
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 22 hours ago
PythonC++MATLABSpringLoad TestingResearchCollaboration
About the role
- AQR's Risk Management team is looking for exceptionally talented individuals to participate in our summer internship program.
- The Summer Analyst will contribute to a variety of the Risk team's functions and gain practical experience in managing market risks.
- Participate in new projects, client development initiatives, and ad-hoc activities
Responsibilities
- Gain exposure to the many types of market and liquidity risks when managing investment strategies and partner with a seasoned risk manager on a series of varied analytics.
- Incorporate the outcomes of successful research to develop methodologies for risk management, and improve existing ones
- Provide quantitative support to risk managers, including monitoring of investment risk and market risk measures, across portfolios and asset classes
- Support daily risk processes, including active risk management as well as limits monitoring and related escalation procedures
Requirements
- Committed to intellectual integrity, with a high degree of ethics
- Mature and thoughtful, with the ability to operate within a collaborative, team-oriented culture
- Familiarity with financial instruments and risk metrics (including, but not limited to: risk exposures, duration, beta, volatility, option Greeks)
Skills
- Prior experience using a high-level programming language (e.g. Python, Matlab, C++) as a research tool
Company info
- AQR's Risk Management team has direct responsibility for monitoring and managing market, liquidity, credit, model and operational risk exposures of firm-managed investments.
- The team performs a wide range of primary and macro driven research, including stress testing, scenario analysis, and hedging methodologies.
- The risk department works closely with the firm's many portfolio managers, researchers and traders across macro, equity, credit and derivatives markets in order to holistically manage the firm's risks.
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