Equities Intern Review
by abrdn
Rating
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Skills
5.0
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
4.3
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Your Impressions
4.7
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at abrdn
- 7. Would you recommend abrdn to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to abrdn
Overview
Within the investment stream, I worked with the equities team. I researched companies within my region and undertook financial analysis - looking at their competitive advantages over competitors and analysing their financial statements. I joined in during management calls to encourage ESG best practices. I join in during meetings and often take the minutes or I do write ups from management meetings or investor education calls.
Skills
Note taking efficiently - the calls go very quickly and so highlighting the important information is key. Presenting - having to present to my team and senior members about companies I've researched.
Responsibilities
Yes - from the first day on the internship I was put into an important IPO call and took notes that were distributed to the entire team. Since then my responsibilities have increased where I research 2/3 companies in detail and so they're under my coverage.
Support & Guidance
There has been great support from my buddy, line manager, HR, other interns, and even members on my regional equities desk.
Culture
Welcoming - they encourage asking questions. Even senior investment directors ask questions that they state aren't "advanced" just so they can fully understand a company from the bottom up. Everyone is happy to help and they're invested in your progression over the 10 weeks.
Your Impressions
I've thoroughly enjoyed my internship. I have learnt a lot from it - commercial awareness wise but also from a personal perspective. They have staff at the company who have been here for 10-20+ years and are really friendly and welcoming.
Yes
abrdn has a legacy of impact investing and ESG so look into those kind of segments if you're interested.
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Investment Banking
London
August 2021
