2026 High Yield Investment Internship - Remote

Symetra has an exciting opportunity to join our team as an Investment Intern in High Yield !

Role Overview

The intern will work closely with the traders and analysts on the team to learn about the US High Yield and Leveraged Loan markets. Gain exposure to essential skillsets to analyze market technicals and perform credit analysis.

The internship duration is 12 weeks, running from May 18 - August 7, 2026

Company Overview

Symetra Investment Management ("SIM") is a SEC-registered investment advisory firm with approximately $78 billion in assets under management as of March 31, 2025.Symetra Financial Corporation ("SFC"), a diversified financial services company with $68.4 billion in assets as of December 31, 2024, headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, is the sole shareholder of SIM. SFC is also the holding company of Symetra Life Insurance Company ("Symetra Life"), which was founded in 1957, and has insurer financial strength ratings of 'A' by A.M. Best and Standard & Poor's and 'A1' by Moody's. Symetra Life is among the top 40 largest life insurance companies in the United States (based on statutory admitted assets as of December 31, 2024) and has approximately 2.3 million customers and over 2,600 employees nationwide. SFC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Life Insurance Company, a mutual life insurance company with head offices in Osaka and Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1907, Sumitomo is one of the largest life insurance companies in Japan with $319 billion of assets as of March 31, 2024. SIM has recently begun marketing its investment management services to third-party institutional investors.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide support to HY and the Bank Loan desk
• Maintain desk tools and reports using Excel and Bloomberg screens and APIs
• Perform reconciliations to ensure data accuracy
• Learning the basics of evaluating company fundamentals and industry trends, key operating metrics, business quality, competitive positioning, and valuation
• Developing investment theses and recommendations on single names
• Identifying investment ideas across a company's capital structure on primary and secondary opportunities

Education and Skills

What we offer you

We ship you a laptop and any other equipment necessary for a successful internship.

Compensation :

Hourly Range : $22.00-25.00

Work Authorization

Employer work visa sponsorship and support are not provided for this role. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States and must maintain authorization to work in the United States throughout their employment with our company.

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