Intern, Global Credit (Spring 2027 - January to May)

About OMERS

OMERS is a purpose-driven, dynamic and sustainable pension plan and a global investor with teams in Toronto, London, New York, Singapore, Sydney, and other major cities across North America and Europe. We embody the values of our 665,000 members, placing their best interests at the heart of everything we do.

Join us to accelerate your growth and development, prioritize wellness, build connections, and support the communities where we live and work.

Internship Overview

This internship offers the opportunity to join a well-established investment team focusing on Asia Pacific credit markets. As a member of the OMERS Asia Credit team, you will play a meaningful research role supporting the team’s mandate to deliver absolute return performance by investing across the credit capital structure, spanning both public high yield and private credit markets in the region.

The role centers on forensic and fundamental investment research, credit diligence and underwriting, and post-investment asset management with a focus on credit investing in Asia. You should be intellectually curious and have experience analyzing, modelling, and evaluating credit transactions in the Asia Pacific region, especially in the non-public space.

Key Responsibilities

• Implement the OMERS Global Credit investment process focused on long-term investment results
• Conduct comprehensive industry research and analysis; develop a deep understanding of secular trends and structural changes and their impact on the industry and the companies we invest in
• Perform forensic fundamental company analysis, develop financial models, and conduct valuation analysis; articulate drivers of intrinsic value of researched securities
• Monitor and review positions in the portfolio, including both private and public investments
• Present and defend investment recommendations to the team
• Participate in, contribute to, and encourage healthy and robust investment debate; challenge investment ideas
• Collaborate with OMERS investment teams and offices globally and help institutionalise knowledge
• Foster relationships with corporate management teams and other market participants

Qualifications and Competencies

• Relevant internship experience in leveraged finance, investment banking, private equity, or buyside
• Strong interest in investment research in the Asia Pacific region
• Pursuing a university degree in economics, business, quantitative or computer science related discipline
• Excellent analytical skills with an ability to generate deep insights
• Intellectual curiosity and deep comfort with robust debate and challenge
• Ability to articulate clear, logical, and convincing arguments and explain complex ideas simply
• Action-oriented, proactive with a high degree of initiative
• Excellent interpersonal skills and strong communication skills, both verbal and written
• Effective team player with a collaborative attitude
• Impeccable integrity
• Years 3–4 preferred; flexible to strong year 2 candidates

Internship Term

We are looking for students to intern from January to May 2027 and will apply for Leave of Absence (LOA) from their degree programme (if applicable).

Referrals

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