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Funds & Asset Management (FAM)

European Direct Lending - Portfolio Management team

EMEA Consumer & Healthcare

EMEA Corporates, Consumer & Healthcare (C&H) team.

Conducted a feasibility study on a social impact investment fund for the School of Business and Management (SBM).

Developed understanding of the research process of analysing company reports via Bloomberg Terminals, collaborating for industry reports, DCF valuation, and meeting industry professionals.Oct 2017 - 2018: Equities Analyst

Rotations: Financial Institutions (FI) and Corporates.FI: attended rating committees on 4 financial institutions, constructed presentation for Asian Banking Conference, conducted research on Spanish and Greek banks, used Bloomberg terminals to retrieve debt distributions and graph sovereign yield curves.Corporates: attended 4 credit opinion committees, ranging from pharmaceuticals firms to leveraged loans, conducted research on EMEA emerging market telecoms market, researched US and EU pharma firms. Along with other interns, I constructed specific ratings criteria for charities then analysed a specific charity. We then had a meeting with the management, and presented a recommendation to senior management.

The Insight department at Hastings Direct is an industry-leading counter-fraud division. I wanted to prepare myself for the demands of full time employment during my gap year. As a fraud investigator, my roles would include in-bound and out-bound calls, cross-referencing different sources of policy data and ensuring policyholders were fully covered. I believe I quickly adapted to the use of the bespoke computer software system used, as well as developing a professional phone manner.

My main roles included setting up function rooms for events such as wedding receptions, as well as conference rooms for business meetings. I would also serve customers, take orders and greet customers as they entered. I enjoyed the high pressured environment due to the Christmas period as it kept me on my toes. This role aided my understanding of the importance of appearing professional and delivering good customer service.

During my time here, I would talk to patients to keep them company, bring food/drink to patients and maintaining the cleanliness of the kitchen. I attended a conflict management course whilst here. This was key to be able to help patients who would be confused or upset. Resilience was something that I developed due to the nature of the work, and it gave me real insight into so many different people's lives.