Intern - Economist, Singapore

Eastspring is a global asset manager with Asia at its core. We create a culture in which diversity is celebrated and inclusion assured, for our colleagues, customers, and partners. We provide a platform for our people to do their best work and make an impact to the business, and in exchange, we support our people's career ambitions. We pledge to make Eastspring a place where you can Connect, Grow and Succeed.
We are seeking a highly motivated intern to join our Economics & Investment Strategy team under the Investments function. The internship offers a compelling opportunity to gain first-hand experience of macroeconomic and investment strategy research in Asia's leading private sector asset manager.
Key Accountabilities
Participate in macroeconomic research focused on generating expectations for asset market performance. Perform detailed analysis of earnings surprise and earnings revisions strategies in Asian markets and build real time analytical dashboards across equity, fixed income, and currency markets. Implement this analysis and tools in R/Python.
Qualifications And Experience
Currently pursuing a degree in Economics, Finance, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or a related field. Solid grounding in macroeconomic/finance theory. University level econometrics and R/Python programming skills preferred. Experience with Bloomberg, Refinitiv Datastream and CEIC would be an advantage Passion for financial market research and attention to detail.
Eastspring is an equal opportunity employer.
We provide equality of opportunity of benefits for all who apply and who perform work for our organisation irrespective of sex, race, age, ethnic origin, educational, social and cultural background, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, disability or part-time / fixed-term work, or any other status protected by applicable law. We encourage the same standards from our recruitment and third-party suppliers taking into account the context of grade, job and location. We also allow for reasonable adjustments to support people with individual physical or mental health requirements.