2027 Summer Internship Programme - Investments - Portfolio Management

Analytics, Finance, Data, Business, Maths.

Our Summer Internship Programme is an eight-week internship taking place June through August.

This programme is designed to provide students with a challenging, meaningful and supportive internship experience that replicates, as closely as possible, the experience of being a full-time BlackRock Analyst. The programme begins with an orientation that offers a thorough overview of the firm and the opportunity to hear from a number of senior leaders.

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Following orientation, interns receive on-the-job training and are given day-to-day responsibilities to contribute to their teams throughout the summer. Programming also features a speaker series, mentoring and various networking opportunities, including activities with our employee networks.

If you enjoy this programme, you should explore our Full-Time Analyst Programme, which you can consider applying to after your internship.

Teams you may be considered for:

It is possible that you may be evaluated for opportunities with teams other than those listed below.

  • BlackRock Global Markets (BGM) - BGM manages the firm's market activities to provide investment teams with access to markets, financing capacity and additional sources of return. BGM focuses on advancing investment processes and platform architecture across various businesses, ensuring collaborative and strategic engagement with other market participants.
  • BlackRock Systematic - BlackRock Systematic, also known as systematic investing or quantitative investing, emphasises data-driven insights, scientific testing of investment ideas and advanced computer modelling techniques to construct portfolios. This approach combines the power of big data, data science and human expertise to engineer better portfolio outcomes.
  • Equities Research - The Equities Research team makes active decisions in the Equity market to generate superior returns for clients through fundamental research into companies and consideration of the macroeconomic environment. We take multiple investment approaches to manage portfolios across several styles, geographies and capitalisation ranges. We also find opportunities to seek out inefficiencies in stock markets, which can be identified by proprietary fundamental research.
  • Fixed Income - The Global Fixed Income platform offers a variety of products crafted to meet specific client risk and return profiles. We bring together many distinct yet complementary businesses under one global structure. With deep expertise in a range of asset classes such as securitised assets, corporate credit, government bonds, interest rates and foreign exchange, Global Fixed Income is uniquely positioned to draw on the team's vast experience to provide clients with the most comprehensive and diverse investment strategies in the market today.
  • Multi-Asset Strategies & Solutions (MASS) - MASS is an investment team that delivers the scale and capabilities of BlackRock to clients across asset classes, products, services and solutions. We are the investment group at the heart of BlackRock’s portfolio construction, asset allocation and active management ecosystem.
  • Separately Managed Accounts (SMA) Solutions - The SMA Solutions Portfolio Management team is responsible for direct indexing, fixed income and active equity accounts. Day-to-day activities include daily trading, rebalancing, cash flow management, proposal generation and running custom analyses for clients. The team partners closely with strategists, tax economists and values-aligned investing experts to deliver highly tailored solutions.

What will you do as an Analyst?

  • Support the portfolio management process by conducting research, analysing data and developing investment strategies
  • Work closely with portfolio managers to construct and manage portfolios, monitor risk and communicate with clients
  • Collaborate with other teams, such as research, trading and operations, to ensure the smooth execution of investment strategies

Note: The specific responsibilities of an Analyst in Portfolio Management may vary depending on the team and the investment strategies they support.

What capabilities are we looking for?

  • Passion for investing and interest in markets and portfolio management
  • Coding & programming skills (Python or similar)
  • Analytical approach and critical thinking
  • Ability to distill and communicate large amounts of information succinctly
  • Research, problem-solving and critical thinking skills
  • Team player
  • Effective communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to constructively debate and challenge ideas
  • Ability and willingness for continued learning
  • Technical curiosity

Your learning and development will include:

  • Contributing to the work of the team and meeting members across various sectors through departmental meetings and group training sessions
  • Access to senior leaders across Portfolio Management
  • Departmental investment strategy meetings and debrief sessions to ask questions in small group settings

Who can apply:

Candidates should be in their penultimate year of studies and graduating from an undergraduate or a Master’s degree programme in 2028. We welcome applications from candidates studying any STEM degree subject.

Please note local language fluency is required to work at our Continental Europe locations. However, only English is required for Budapest or for a position within Private Markets Investing in Zurich.

Important:

Candidates can apply for only one programme (e.g., Summer Internship Programme or Quantitative Master’s Internship Programme) and up to two functions within that programme (e.g., Investment Research and Analytics & Modelling). You must apply for both opportunities using the same programme application.

If you withdraw your application, you cannot submit another application this program this year.

Next steps:

Once you submit your application, you will receive an email to complete a pre-interview assessment. You have up to five days to submit your pre-interview assessment; if you fail to do so, your application will be automatically withdrawn.

Application Deadlines:

  • Budapest – 30 September 2026

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis so we encourage you to apply early.

We look forward to reviewing your application!

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  • Deadline
    September 30th, 2026
  • Starting
    June 2027
  • Hiring Multiple Candidates
    Yes
  • Salary
    Competitive + benefits
  • Degree required
    Bachelor's
  • Duration
    8 weeks
  • Location
    Budapest
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Preferred Disciplines...
  • Accountancy
  • Analytics/Statistics
  • Business
  • Data Science
  • Economics
  • FinTech/Finance
  • Maths
Also Accepting...
  • Most STEM disciplines

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