Marshall Wace |

Marshall Wace is a leading provider of alternative investment solutions.

Operating as a single team across the globe, we are dedicated to creating long-term relationships with our clients built on trust and integrity. We define our culture as one of continuous innovation and a quest for improvement. We instinctively strive to do things differently, with fresh thinking that we believe enables us to create proprietary value and maximise the benefits to our clients.

We manage quantitative, systematic and fundamental strategies, specialising predominantly in long/short equity. Our strategies are implemented globally, leveraging proprietary systems and processes.

Technology and data have been at the core of our business for more than two decades. In 2002, we launched MW TOPS, the world’s first ‘Alpha Capture’ application. Today, we continue to foster an environment focused on innovation and the pursuit of excellence.

Our people are our greatest asset, and we invest heavily in them.

We value free-thinkers who are committed and ambitious. We hold our staff to the highest standards and we care deeply about each of them, focussing on their personal and professional development.

Entrepreneurialism
We expect people to develop and execute new initiatives.
Our industry is demanding and competitive. We look for our employees to act like entrepreneurs by driving change, challenging consensus and thinking commercially. It is then, crucially important to execute and deliver on these initiatives.

Innovation
We thrive on new ideas and differentiated opinions.
We place great importance on encouraging our people to be creative, to deliver new ideas, present new concepts and develop new solutions to drive our business forward.

Clients First
Clients are our top priority.
Everything we do centres around our goal to deliver successful outcomes for our investors. We combine our investment strategies with high-performance habits to continuously seek alpha creation.

One Team
We believe in the power of our team.
Our people work together to make extraordinary things happen. We share our ideas, skills and knowledge so that great ideas can flourish. Everyone has a role to play and every role matters.

Complete Integrity
We act with integrity in everything we do
We are committed to acting with integrity, accountability and fairness in everything we do. We have a robust moral and ethical code that's applied rigorously across all areas of our business.

A Force for Good
We are committed to social responsibility.
Individually and collectively, we look for opportunities to contribute to society through charitable and support initiatives. We wish to set ourselves ambitious, measurable and data driven corporate responsibility targets.

We strive to create an environment that fosters personal and professional development, creativity, and openness. Along with the benefits below, we offer many opportunities for our employees to come together through charity events, socials, athletic teams, off-sites, and more.

Supporting our employees is fundamental to our success and we are constantly evaluating our offerings.

Benefits vary from region to region but typically include:

• Complimentary breakfast and lunch for all employees plus on-site coffee bars and a wide variety of healthy snacks.
• Annual discretionary bonuses, reflecting firm and individual performance.
• Health and wellness benefits include an onsite gym & classes (LDN and NYC), gym subsidies in other regions, access to mental health support, and subscriptions to mindfulness platforms.
• Generous charity matching scheme and ample opportunities to become involved in the community. We offer charity of the year awards in each region and encourage employees to submit causes they're passionate about.
• Annual training allowance: We encourage personal and professional development. This allowance may be used towards conferences, seminars, and training courses which supplement our extensive on-site training materials.
• Range of healthcare benefits to help you manage your personal, physical and emotional wellbeing.
• Generous pension and retirement savings plans.
• We aim to create a cohesive environment, regardless of region. We've designed our office spaces to ensure everyone feels the connection no matter where you're located.
• Marshall Wace offsets it's CO2 emissions annually and aims to sustainably source all office materials.

Our recruitment processes vary from position to position. Some stages you may be asked to complete include:

• Take home assessments
• In person and virtual interviews
• Assessment centres

We provide detailed application guides for each of our UK internship and graduate schemes which will be shared with you as you enter into the interview processes. These are also available on our website under the relevant roles 'Process' page.

We currently have 50+ different nationalities out of ~650 employees.

Marshall Wace is an equal opportunity employer. The diverse perspectives and abilities of our staff are recognised as invaluable assets in helping the firm achieve its goals. Our employees are encouraged to bring their ideas and personal experiences in ways that help support each other, which in turn, benefits our clients.

We recognise that our industry has historically faced challenges in achieving gender balance, as well as ethnic representation, and we are continually seeking to attract more women and ethnic minorities into financial services, particularly in the investment, quantitative and technology fields, which make up a significant proportion of our headcount. Diversity of thought is key to disruption and change, and we are focused on empowering students and young people to break through barriers to reach their full potential.

Sustainable Investing is an organisational focus. Sustainable investing is part of how we fulfil our duty to act in our clients’ best interests whilst caring for our employees and communities. Marshall Wace is committed to achieving positive social and environmental impact.

Marshall Wace endeavors to integrate Sustainable Investing principles into various investment strategies. We consider environmental and governance factors and data, along with other factors, for idea generation, identification of thematic opportunities and risk assessments.

Technology Graduate Programme

This is an 18-24 month rotational programme available in London, New York and Singapore. The successful hires will have the opportunity to work across multiple (up to six) technology teams. The variety of this programme will enable you to build a strong foundation and gain exposure to different technologies, development styles, and areas of our business.

• The programme takes your input into account; combining your interests with areas where your contribution will make the most impact.
• The programme includes highly personalised mentoring, regular seminars with senior managers and key staff, social events and opportunities to participate in the firm’s charitable activities.
• At any time, you’ll be working on one or two projects, with direct business impact, while supervised by a supportive team that values open communication.

Technology Internship

Get a taste of working in a fast-paced, tech-led environment on any of our London, New York, Hong Kong or Singapore offices. Our intern programme provides the opportunity to work directly with our Development teams. These projects support areas such as Finance, Operations, Risk, Trading, and Portfolio Management.

During your internship, you will gain valuable hands-on experience with a multitude of technologies and disciplines such as software engineering, devops, data engineering, cyber security, web development, business intelligence, and stream processing.

Funding Accounting Programme

Within this role the successful candidate will have the opportunity to acquire knowledge of fund structures and a breadth of financial markets and instruments, to develop technical skills through internal and external training, and exposure to SQL, PowerBI, AI, Microsoft Office, and other software packages.

Through the collaborative approach adopted by Marshall Wace the successful candidate will also gain insight into the workings of the Investment, Risk, Corporate Accounting, Client Servicing, Legal and Compliance, Operations, and Treasury teams.

You will join other graduates from the wider business on our Early Talent Training programme. This is a bespoke training programme arranged to help our new joiners get accustomed to life at Marshall Wace.

Quant Associate Programme

We are looking for driven and avidly inquisitive individuals with a research scientist mindset, ready to challenge ideas and push through new solutions.

You’ll be embedded into one of the Systematic Investment teams where, from day one, you’ll actively contribute to the development of our quantitative strategies.

You will be working in a position designed for high-calibre, highly numerate individuals within our quantitative teams. We value free thinkers, and we have created a fast-paced and meritocratic environment where you will be encouraged to apply your own initiative and challenge conventional wisdom. You will be delivering on the research agenda, in addition to back testing/researching forecasts of asset returns on horizons of hours to years.

We all share a tireless drive for innovation and participants tend to be one of the top students at their university. Previous associates are now involved in creating and optimising our signature systematic trading models.

As a member of our Quantitative Associate Programme you will be part of a select cohort receiving on the job training from experienced colleagues who have a matchless record of helping high performing individuals reach their true potential.