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SalarySummer Internship Programme Overview
Get your career off to an incredible start in our Macro Research team. Join us during the summer if you are in your penultimate or final year of Higher Education, working towards an undergraduate or post graduate qualification or equivalent to build skills and discover the world of Macro Research in an investment bank. Surrounded by experienced experts, you’ll gain a sound understanding of Economics, Rates, and FX markets. You will also forge connections, explore new horizons and unlock many other growth opportunities in this 10 weeks’ journey.
A place where you can thrive
At Barclays, you’ll be surrounded by people who will help you achieve your ambitions. Our collaborative, supportive environment gives you the chance to build solid relationships with senior leaders and peers alike.
Real responsibility, right away
Expect to gain valuable experience, while also having a genuine impact on our business. Working closely with a senior analyst, you’ll exercise your abilities to contribute ideas to thematic research reports and investment recommendations. Our Research aims at helping our clients to understand the big picture macroeconomic situation and the decision making process of governments and central banks, and the impact of macro developments on asset prices, in particular interest rates and currencies.
Day-to-day, you could be involved in a wide range of activities, including:
- diving deep into the fundamentals of key financial markets and economies
- study the linkages between economics and Rates and FX markets
- develop an understanding of micro structure in bond, interest rate derivatives, and FX markets
- work on custom projects and conduct empirical studies using public databases and Barclays’ proprietary data, models and analytics
- gain experience on the publication process of Barclays Research periodicals
- learn how we form the firm’s macro outlook on the global economy
- help deliver market-leading research in European economics, rates, FX
- interact with sales, trading desks and other research groups.
Who we’re looking for
To be considered for this programme you must be in your penultimate or final year of Higher Education working towards an undergraduate or post graduate qualification or equivalent in a technical discipline such as Economics, Econometrics, or Finance.
And also have:
- taken courses in macroeconomics and/or international economics
- prior experience in empirical methods/econometrics
- strong quantitative skills, including statistics and time series analysis
- familiarity working in a programming environment, such as Python, Matlab, STATA, R, SAS, Eviews and Excel VBA
- interest in financial markets
- excellent written and verbal communication skills
- a team player mentality, with the ability to think creatively and present your ideas clearly
- resourcefulness, team-orientation, enthusiasm and an entrepreneurial spirit, demonstrated through participation in extracurricular activities
Working in London
If you love the buzz of city life, our global HQ is the place to be.
Our London hub is in Canary Wharf, at the heart of London’s financial district. Here, you won’t just be perfectly placed to explore the nation’s capital; you’ll be in a place where you can explore all of the many functions and opportunities of a global financial giant.
Barclays will accept applications from candidates who require visa sponsorship to work in the UK.
It is the policy of Barclays to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, colour, creed, religion, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law.
