Project Intern, Macro Strategy (Jan - Jun/Jul 2026)

Temasek

  • Singapore
  • Training
  • Full-time
  • 1 month ago
Temasek is a global investment company headquartered in Singapore, with a net portfolio value of S$434 billion (US$324 billion, €299 billion, £250 billion, and RMB2.35 trillion) as at 31 March 2025. Marking our unlisted assets to market would provide S$35 billion of value uplift and bring our mark to market net portfolio value to S$469 billion.Our Purpose “So Every Generation Prospers” guides us to make a difference for today's and future generations.Operating on commercial principles, we seek to deliver sustainable returns over the long term.We have 13 offices in 9 countries around the world: Beijing, Hanoi, Mumbai, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Singapore in Asia; and Brussels, London, Mexico City, New York, Paris, San Francisco, and Washington, DC outside Asia.
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IntroductionThe Macro Strategy team provides the macroeconomic outlook (growth, rates, FX) and global equity strategy for the firm.
As part of the Portfolio Strategy & Risk Group (PSRG), which actively guides the firm's investment activities at the portfolio level, the Macro Strategy team contributes by providing macroeconomic and broad equity market projections to help guide the broad investment stance of the firm.In addition, the Macro Strategy team also originates direct macro investment ideas (thematic equity baskets, fixed income and FX trades), provides support to the various deal teams across Temasek for any macro inputs they might require, and assists in scenario development and the projection of Temasek's long-term equity returns.ResponsibilitiesThe team is in the process of re-assessing our macroeconomic models and quantitative infrastructure. The intern will assist the team in this process. Specific responsibilities can include:
  • Reviewing existing code, developing and testing new code.
  • Expanding existing models to new markets.
  • Testing and back-testing new (and existing) econometric models.
  • Transferring existing code and spreadsheet models to new platforms.
Requirements
  • Pursuing a Bachelor's, Master's degree or PhD in a quantitative field (such as Financial Engineering or quantitative subjects like statistics, math, hard sciences with a preference for those with interest and background in economics/macro)
  • Prior quantitative work experience in finance (sell-side or buy-side) or economics at buy-side firm will be advantageous
  • Programming (Eviews/Matlab/Python preferred) and statistics skillsets are required.
  • Please indicate your availability clearly in your resume/CV (Start date, End date).
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