GAIN Investment Insight Participant Review

On the first day, two other girls and I were asked to prepare a short stock pitch on whether Zalando was a buy or sell in the medium term. We worked together to gather information and presented to wealth managers. We heard about different aspects of investment management across both days, for example ESG concerns, hedge funds and the five sectors of Man Group.

I leant how to prepare and present a stock pitch on a beginner level. I learnt what needed to be included and how to structure one. I also gathered knowledge around company specifics and also general investment information, for example, what gives a company a good ESG rating and also what a hedge fund is.

It was very interesting as I learnt about the five sectors: AHL, GLG, numeric, GPM and FRM. It was a shame they did not do placement opportunities as I would have loved to apply. I learnt about the graduate roles offered straight from the graduate students themselves that were working there.

It seemed really positive. On both days we had lunch with graduates and they were very enthusiastic about the company and explained how you rotated across the sectors of the group to find out where you fitted best. The senior members of staff were happy to come and talk to us as well, which shows their concern for training and development. Everyone seemed happy at work.

I really enjoyed the insight as I learnt a lot. For example, on the final day we learnt of psychology around investments which was very interactive and really engaged me. I was really sad when the insight days finished as I enjoyed the company culture and hearing about life as investment managers.

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I applied to GAIN and was allocated Man Group so I cannot comment on the application process.