Intern, Investment Consulting (6 Months)

Role

We are seeking a talented individual to join our Wealth team at Mercer. This internship is based in Hong Kong.

Responsibilities

• Assist in setting client’s portfolio strategies, including asset allocation, investment manager selection and risk analysis, leveraging Mercer’s proprietary analytics tools and third-party research resources.
• Support client’s portfolio management and monitoring, such as fund performances and attribution analysis, and maintain in-house databases.
• Assist in actuarial valuations and scheme designs for local and global pension plans, as well as experience analysis (e.g. assumed vs realized turnover) to facilitate assumption setting process.
• Support probabilistic cash flow modelling using sophisticated actuarial modelling techniques for pension schemes on a project basis.
• Assist in researching complex investment ideas, financial market events, global pension market trends and product offerings. Prepare ad-hoc marketing materials to support business development initiatives and proposals.
• Provide timely updates on developments in capital markets and pension landscape to the team.
• Participate in resolving simple client queries and support senior colleagues on project delivery.
• Work with different offices and teams across the broader Mercer Wealth business.

Requirements / Qualifications

• Undergraduate with solid academic track record, preferably in numerate degrees such as Economics, Finance, Actuarial Science, Engineering and Mathematics.
• Strong analytical and technical skills. Comfortable with conducting complex comparative analysis with large datasets in an efficient manner.
• Self-motivated, detail-oriented, organized and able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficient with Excel, PowerPoint, and Bloomberg Terminal. VBA, Python, R or other programming language a plus.
• Fluency in English and Cantonese. Mandarin would be a plus.

Why join our team

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.
• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.
• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

Mercer is a business of Marsh (NYSE: MRSH), a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information about Mercer, visit mercer.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.