Business Unit:Investment Division
Reporting To:Senior Research & Development Manager
Shift:EMEA (1:30 pm - 10:30 pm IST) (India)About Russell Investments, Mumbai:
Russell Investments is a leading outsourced financial partner and global investment solutions firm providing a wide range of investment capabilities to institutional investors, financial intermediaries, and individual investors around the world. Building on an 88-year legacy of continuous innovation to deliver exceptional value to clients, Russell Investments works every day to improve the financial security of its clients. The firm has over $1 trillion in assets under advisement (as of December 31, 2023) and $302.7 billion in assets under management (as of March 31, 2024). Headquartered in Seattle, Washington in the United States, Russell Investments has offices around the world, including London, New York, Toronto, Sydney, Tokyo, Shanghai, and Mumbai.
Joining the Mumbai office is an incredible opportunity to work closely with global stakeholders to support the technology and infrastructure that drives the investment and trading processes of a globally recognized asset management firm. Be part of the team based out of Goregaon (East) and contribute to the foundation and culture of the firm’s growing operations in India. The Mumbai office operates with varying shifts to accommodate time zones around the world.
For more information, please visit https://www.russellinvestments.com.
Job Description:
Every day, we seek to improve financial security for people. Joining our Responsible Investing team means you will be a part of a passionate and supportive team that believes what we do matters to our clients and investors. We are seeking an intern to work alongside our responsible investing experts. The “Intern–Active Ownership” will support Russell Investments’ sustainability research, active ownership and responsible investing processes and programs. As a member of the investment division, the candidate will work closely with research analysts, portfolio managers, and other members of the investment team across asset classes, including equities, fixed income, and alternative assets.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s /master’s degree in business, Finance, Economics, or related field.
- Progress towards certifications such as CFA, CFA ESG Certificate, or other sustainability credentials a plus.
Candidate Requirements
- High interest in acquiring domain expertise in the sustainable investing landscape
- Knowledge of MS Office including Excel. Power BI and programming languages such as Python, SQL. R and/or MATLAB a plus.
Responsibilities
- Develop responsible investing domain expertise covering both external market trends and internal practices.
- Support targeted engagement with companies in our portfolios through research, scheduling, question formulation, and outcome tracking.
- Understand, integrate, and analyse proxy voting, engagement, and sustainability data for use in reporting, portfolio management and systematic investment strategies across a range of asset classes.
- Assist in the development and implementation of ESG, responsible investing and sustainability risks policies and practices by collaborating with investment, risk, technology, and client-facing teams.
- Support the production of client materials, reporting, and communications to internal and external stakeholders.
Core Values
- Strong interpersonal, oral, and written communication and collaboration skills with all levels of management
- Demonstrated proactive approach to problem-solving with strong judgment and decision-making capability.
- Highly resourceful and collaborative team-player, with the ability to also be independently effective and exude initiative and a sense of urgency.
- Exemplifies our customer-focused, action-oriented, results-driven culture.
- Forward looking thinker, who actively seeks opportunities, has a desire for continuous learning, and proposes solutions.
- Ability to act with discretion and maintain complete confidentiality.
- Dedicated to the firm’s values of non-negotiable integrity, valuing our people, exceeding client expectations, and embracing intellectual curiosity and rigor.
