2025 Summer Internship Program – London

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London, England
Internship
Financial Services
The Role
The internship program at Brevan Howard aims to engage ambitious candidates with strong mathematical, quantitative, and coding skills to work with investment teams across various markets. Interns receive training on financial markets and engage in portfolio management projects, contributing to trading strategies and research. The goal is to prepare interns for potential placement in the graduate program following the internship.
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The Firm:     Brevan Howard Asset Management is one of the leading absolute return/hedge fund managers, overseeing assets on behalf of institutional investors from around the world, including pension funds, endowments, insurance companies, government agencies, private banks, and fund of funds.Brevan Howard was founded in 2002 and launched its flagship global macro strategy in April 2003. The firm currently manages over $34bn and engages predominantly in discretionary directional and relative value trading in fixed income, FX markets, and equities. BH Digital, a division within Brevan Howard that manages crypto and digital asset strategies was launched in 2022.The firm currently employs over 1,100 personnel worldwide, including over 300 investment professionals. This global presence gives Brevan Howard the ability to identify and source attractive investment opportunities, as well as investment management talent wherever they may be. Brevan Howard has won several industry awards for excellence in risk management, operational robustness, and investment performance.The firm’s main hubs are in London, Jersey, Geneva, New York, Austin, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Abu Dhabi.Overview & ResponsibilitiesOur ten-week summer Internship Programme seeks to hire ambitious, enthusiastic candidates who have strong mathematical, quantitative backgrounds and coding skills, with demonstrated passion for markets and an interest to work on all facets of Portfolio Management. Interns will work with our investment teams, within Macro, Credit, Commodities, Fixed Income, Digital Assets and Execution Trading.  Our Internship Programme starts with one week in-depth training to prepare interns for the desk.  This covers a range of topics relating to Financial Markets including Macroeconomics, FX, Digital Assets, Interest Rate Derivatives, Equity Rates, Bonds, Credit and Fixed Income, Trading strategies, Risk Management, Excel and Python. Additionally, interns will benefit from key talks, a mentor program, social events and interactions with some of the most respected and talented individuals in their field.During the program, working in a fast-paced environment, Interns will contribute to their Portfolio Management teams on various projects that can include trading strategies, trading signals, back testing, developing market related models, and develop research for trade ideas.This internship is devised to provide candidates with an invaluable education on the workings of a macro fixedincome hedge fund and the regulatory environment through a two-way process to determine if Brevan Howard and the intern are a compatible fit.The goal of our summer internship program is to convert top performing interns to our 2026 Graduate Programme!Qualifications & Requirements

  • A penultimate year undergrad or 1st year master’s student at a recognised University and on course for a minimum of a 2:1 / 3.5 GPA – completed and awarded before August 2026
  • Batchelors or Master’s in Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, Financial Engineering, Finance or STEM related field
  • Strong mathematic, quantitative and problem-solving capabilities
  • Programming experience in Python, and strong technical skills in excel, VBA, SQL and R
  • A demonstrated interest and passion in financial markets, trading, and financial products
  • Can work independently and collaboratively as part of a team
  • Entrepreneurial spirit
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills
  • Exemplary professionalism with internal and external clients
  • Can prioritise, manage and deliver on multiple projects to investment teams accordingly 
  • Outstanding organisation skills and attention to detail
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills in English

Diversity and InclusionBrevan Howard is committed to being an inclusive employer and encourages applications from all suitably qualified individuals without regards to race, colour, religion, origin, age, sexual orientation, physical/mental disability/ long term health condition, marital status, gender expression or any other characteristic protected by law in the jurisdictions we operate.

Top Skills

Python
R
The Company
1,088 Employees
On-site Workplace

What We Do

Founded in 2002, Brevan Howard is a leading global alternative investment management platform, specialising in global macro. We manage assets for institutional investors around the world including sovereign wealth funds, corporate and public pension plans, foundations and endowments.

We have over 1,000 team members and more than 160+ portfolio managers with global offices including London, New York, Geneva, Jersey, Hong Kong, Austin, Abu Dhabi-ADGM, and Singapore.

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