About Institutional Equity Division Internship
The internship is a 6-month program designed as an opportunity to learn more about the important role that
Institutional Equity Division plays within Morgan Stanley. This structured internship is designed to give insight
into the QIS Strats within Institutional Equity Division and an opportunity to develop and master the analytical,
quantitative and interpersonal skills needed to develop an exciting and rewarding career. Interns will also
have many opportunities to integrate with peers and senior colleagues through a series of networking, social,
and mentoring events.
Roles and Responsibilities
• Automating the line-up comparison based on logging
• Extraction of information from backtest xmls, prod xmls or Havana docs, to present in a single
readable and customizable form
• Build data dependency trees of indexes together with database queries associated
• Bottom-up calculation of trading calendars (and the scrubbing of trading calendars)
• Basket backtest with assumptions on underlying backfills (which are often done in a manual
manner)
• Basket asset exposure explanation/classification

What We Look For
• You are pursuing an undergraduate or Master’s degree in your penultimate year of study.
• Computer Science, Mathematics/Engineering related studies preferred.
• Strong coding skills – Python, C++, Java (mandatory) and KDB (preferred, but not
mandatory).
• A genuine interest and understanding of the financial markets.
• Fluency in English and strong oral/written communication skills are required.
• Candidates should be analytical, insightful, quick learners, team players, multi-taskers, with a
positive attitude.