Traineeship | Investment Management
Create your own future
The Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management traineeship offers one young professional the opportunity to explore every aspect of Investment Management, starting January 2025 for a period of 16 months.
Within this traineeship, you will rotate between departments on a four-month basis. The departments which are part of this traineeship are:
- Investment Strategies: consist of the investment teams (Credits, Dividend, Small Caps, Sustainable Equity, Real Assets, Listed Infrastructure & Private Markets) and the trading desk;
- Investment Research & Institutional Portfolios: responsible for investment strategy research, tactical asset allocation, the selection and monitoring of fund managers, the management of some of our alternative investment solutions and portfolio management for institutional clients. Also the Sustainable & Impact Investing team is part of this department;
- Private Clients Solutions: responsible for the VLK default propositions and tailored portfolio solutions for private clients and semi-institutional clients;
- Institutional Solutions: responsible for fiduciary management and investment solutions for pension funds and insurance companies;
- Project Management Office: responsible for the coordination of a broad range of projects related to the development of solutions and products
During the traineeship, you will be supported by a mentor and a buddy and follow a training program for both personal and professional development. The traineeship is a bespoke process allowing each step to be planned in close consultation with you, whereby your personal and professional growth is key.
After the 16 months, you will have a good impression of the opportunities and possibilities within the investment management, leading to a discussion which career path is the best match with you here at Van Lanschot Kempen.
Your talents
Affinity with finance and investing, curious, ambitious, and ready for a challenge. This is how we can best describe you as an Investment Management trainee. Talents that you use to guide our customers in a constantly changing world every day. By thinking out of the box and asking questions. Our ideal candidate is someone who wants to start their career in investment management and open to various areas of investment management, not set on a specific team. You also have:
- Completed a Master’s degree in the field of Finance, Business Administration, Econometrics, Economics, or other relevant field. Even if you have a Master’s in a field not mentioned, the key is your affinity with finance
- Max. 2 years of work experience after your studies
- Relevant extracurricular activities or past work experience
- Good mastery of English, both oral and written
Move ahead at Van Lanschot Kempen
Investing in a more future-oriented, sustainable, and data-driven way with various clients. Both nationally and internationally. With over 300 years of experience, we make this ambition a reality at Van Lanschot Kempen. We do this with some 1,700 colleagues in various fields of expertise.
Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management is a European leader in investment management and advisory services for institutional, family offices and wholesale clients. Sustainability is fully integrated within each and all our investment processes. We help investors meeting their goals and overcome challenges with a range of products across equity, fixed-income and alternative asset classes. We also offer fiduciary advisory / solution services to a broad base of institutional investors, predominantly in the Netherlands and the UK.
An organisation's degree of innovation and agility also depends on the diversity of its workforce. Our differences make us stronger together. We promote an inclusive work environment where all colleagues feel at home. With us, you can be yourself. And we are proud of that.
Curious about the stories of colleagues and how they experience working at Van Lanschot Kempen? Go to People & Projects and find out more!
Turning talent into value!
That's what we do! The fact is, if you add value, you can expect the same from us in return. A good work-life balance with our 'hybrid way of working' is a good example of this. As a trainee, you will also be given:
- An all-in salary of € 56k gross
- A complete training programme for personal and professional development, and a mentor and buddy who guide you through the entire traineeship;
- A pension scheme;
- Flexible working hours: you come to the office for team meetings or brainstorming sessions and work from home by mutual agreement; and
- A flex budget to partly determine your own extra benefits. Choose what you spend this budget on, from vacation allowance to a thirteenth month, extra leave days and much more.
And we have many other employment benefits ready for you. Discover all the benefits of working at Van Lanschot Kempen.
Working on tomorrow's capital
Just the vacancy you were looking for? Please submit your CV by 21st October 2024.
Please note that once you pass the CV screening, you will be asked to do an assessment in which you are invited to elaborate on your motivation in English.
Do you have any questions? Please get in touch with Rea Desai, Campus Recruiter, at
r.desai@vanlanschotkempen.com
+31623604409
