Investments Intern - Quantitative Research

Our 10-week summer intern program provides real-life experience in a collaborative and inclusive environment. Over the course of your internship, you will gain exposure to leaders, cultivate your business knowledge, work on projects that directly impact the business you support, and network in a welcoming atmosphere. Ameriprise Financial, Columbia Threadneedle Investments and RiverSource Insurance offers employees the opportunity to grow and develop personally and professionally in a flexible work environment designed to support individual needs.

As you spend the summer with us, learning and growing, you’ll also spend time getting to know your fellow interns during team building exercises. With access to our Business Resource Networks – which includes the Black Employee Network, Young Professionals Network, PRIDE Network – you will increase your own sense of belonging and engage in important networking and development opportunities. Embark as an intern with us this summer and lay the foundation for your future.

About the Role:

In this role, you will work with researchers and portfolio managers in systematic equity strategies and use rigorous analysis, creativity, and technical skills to generate insights. By combining theory, practice and technology, you will contribute to our alpha signal discovery, analytics development, and strategy implementation. This position is an excellent opportunity to gain experience and insight into the field of quantitative equity investing as well as exposure to all aspects of the investment process.

Responsibilities:

• Work independently on impactful research and development projects.

• Pre-process large data sets for signal processing and model estimation, including validation, cleaning, normalization, dimension reduction and visualization.

• Apply innovative techniques such as machine learning and generative artificial intelligence to uncover differentiated investment signals and enrich our stock selection models.

• Contribute to the team’s development of advanced investment analytics.

• Work with portfolio managers to analyze market dynamics and their impact on factor behavior and portfolio performance.

Required Qualifications

• Pursuing a bachelor’s degree in finance, Quantitative, Economics, Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Business, or related field

• Graduation date of December 2026 or May/June 2027

• Passionate about the investment management industry and dedication to being a part of a successful team.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficient programming skills in R, Python, SQL, or similar

• High degree of self-motivation with strong integrity and ethics

• Attention to detail

• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills

• Ability to multi-task, problem solve independently and think creatively

• Proven organization skills and ability to manage time effectively

The company does not offer corporate undergraduate internships for students with F-1 visas.