Application Deadline
Graduate programme – 30 November
2010, Summer Internships – 31 January
2011
Starting salary
Highly competitive
No of graduate positions
6
No of internship positions
7
First year based location
Edinburgh
Head office location
Edinburgh
Disciplines accepted
We encourage applications from all
disciplines
How to apply
Visit our website for application details,
University events list
Edinburgh Careers Fair, Tuesday 5
October
St Andrews Finance and Management
Fair, Friday 8 October
Cambridge Finance Fair, Wednesday 13
October
Oxford Finance Fair, Friday 22 October
Profile
Baillie Gifford is one of the leading privately
owned investment management firms in the
UK and currently has over £60 billion under
management or advice. It is also one of the
fastest growing firms in the sector, helped
by an impressive investment performance
record and an exclusive focus on investment
management.
We are active managers. Our basic aim is
to achieve high returns for our clients and
to beat their benchmarks. We have a highly
analytical, research driven approach and
build our portfolios from the bottom up.
The firm has a unique partnership structure,
being wholly owned and managed by its 35
working partners. This ownership structure
and this gives us several important advantages
over our competitors, both culturally and
commercially.
What we are looking for
We want individuals with consistently high
academic achievement, a First/2.1 degree
in any discipline. This is a qualitative rather
than quantitative job so you do not need to
be studying a related or numeric degree.
We actively encourage applications from
candidates from arts and science backgrounds.
Our investors have studied a wide range
of degrees during their time at university:
classics, maths, geography, economics,
medicine, history, to name but a few. We also
welcome applicants seeking an early change
in their professional career and are pleased to
receive applications from individuals recently
qualified from professional exams.
What you will be doing
Investment management is a demanding and
challenging business, and success depends
on market knowledge, sound judgement and
providing a high quality service to our clients.
We will ensure that you get a thorough
grounding in these skills.
We have a structured, tried and tested training
programme which comprises of on-the-job
training, internal tailored training courses
and study for the IMC and CFA. Working
alongside fund managers and partners, trainees
learn how to analyse company accounts and
assess the investment characteristics and
prospects of companies from a wide variety of
sectors. Trainees meet company management
and contribute to departmental investment
strategy.
Summer Internships
We offer students in their penultimate year
of university one of the most comprehensive
summer internship programmes in the UK
investment management industry. Based in
our Edinburgh offices, our structured 7 week
programme of events provides an invaluable
experience for anyone considering a career in
fund management.
Applications are welcome from university
students of any discipline currently in their
penultimate year of university.
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