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2020 Summer Internship - Index R&D Intern - June 2021 Grads

Nasdaq

Nasdaq

2020 Summer Internship - Index R&D Intern - June 2021 Grads

Rockville, MD
Internship
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    The goal of this internship is to convert to a full-time position.

    Nasdaq Global Indexes support financial product sponsors across a wide-spectrum of investable products and asset managers to measure risk and performance. Our diverse families include the Nasdaq-100, Dividend Achievers, Global Equity, Dorsey Wright, Fixed Income, AlphaDEX, Nordic and Commodity Indexes, all based upon rules-based, transparent methodologies.

    In this role you will:

    • Support the Global Index Group’s product management and research function through the creation of unique content related to the Nasdaq Index business
    • Support Index Product Development with knowledge of index methodologies and the ability to create and model index back-tests for review of potential products
    • Possess a deep understanding of exchange-traded funds, financial products, and other investment products in both the passive and active space
    • Support ad-hoc executive requests on business unit financials, metrics, competitor data, and other business intelligence as needed
    • Develop indexes to be used for both benchmarking and third party product creation based upon multiple asset classes from both client driven requests and original concepts
    • Prepare and present standard and customized research reports including index back-tests, comparative index and product performance analyses, fact sheets, and other presentations
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  • Qualifications
    • Strong analytical skills with sharp attention to detail
    • Advanced technical proficiency with knowledge of SQL, R, Amazon Athena, AWS, Microsoft Office and VBA
    • Advanced technical proficiency with Bloomberg, FactSet, Reuters, and other financial data provider terminals
  • Industry
    Financial Technology
  • Fun Fact
    Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman started her career as an intern at the company.
  • About Us

    Nasdaq's mission is to fuel the world’s economic growth one investor, one company, one market at a time. Nasdaq connects buyers and sellers, visionaries and experts, dreamers and doers to transform the global economy.