Job Description
The Bank Resource Management (BRM) Summer Analyst Program is an approximately 10-week program, beginning with one week of classroom training followed by nine weeks of rotations across the BRM business. Summer Analysts will rotate through our Equity Securities Lending, Fixed Income Repo Trading, and Financing and Collateral Optimization (FCO) areas. The Program features a senior management speaker series, networking events, community service, a performance review and a mentorship program. Summer Analysts receive continued on-the-job training and benefit from working alongside experienced professionals on meaningful projects. In addition to daily responsibilities on the sales and trading desks, Summer Analysts will be assigned a summer-long project, which is presented to management at the end of the summer.
Training Program
Summer Analysts begin with a one-day orientation where they are introduced to the Firm's businesses and learn what it is like to be an employee at Morgan Stanley. BRM Summer Analysts then attend Sales and Trading division-specific training, accompanied by an additional BRM-focused training day, teaching them core skills essential for a successful summer. The curriculum includes daily market updates, business-specific overviews and basic product and technical training.
Responsibilities
- Equity Securities Lending Trading (Japanese Market with Global Clients): Borrow securities from the world's largest lending institutions and assist in lending functions to our hedge fund clients.
- Client Financing Repo Trading: Assist the team in providing liquidity to clients in fixed income products, and analyzing market rates and economic drivers, such as the BOJ's Reverse Repo facility.
- Financing and Collateral Optimization (FCO): Learn how Morgan Stanley uses Repo and Stock Loan products to finance the Firm. Understand the Firm's secured funding framework and governance and assist traders in executing secured funding trades within this framework. Quote/validate initial margin on new OTC trades and analyze historical data to ensure risk is adequately covered.
- BRM Equity and Fixed Income Sales and Marketing: Evaluate client portfolios and perform analysis on business opportunities.
- Strategy: Learn about current BRM and Firm strategic initiatives and help pursue current strategies. Includes understanding of balance sheet management, risk controls around all of BRM's business units, management of capital and client analytics.
Qualifications, Skills & Requirements
- You are pursuing an undergraduate Bachelor’s or Master's degree with a graduation date after October 2022.
- You have basic knowledge and a keen interest in finance.
- You are analytical, adaptive, collaborative, a leader, and a multi-tasker.
- You possess strong oral and written communication skills.
- Fluency in Japanese and English is required.
Application Process and Deadline
Students must apply online by September 26, 2021 to be considered.