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Financial Institutions & Services

Portfolio Management
PM Public - Quantitative
MFE/2027 PhD Summer Intern – Quantitative Portfolio Management

JOE ID Number: 2026-02_111477939
Date Posted: 09/24/2026
Position Title/Short Description
Title: MFE/2027 PhD Summer Intern – Quantitative Portfolio Management
Section: Full-Time Nonacademic
Location: Newport Beach, California, UNITED STATES
JEL Classifications:
A1 -- General Economics
00 -- 00 - Default: Any Field
G1 -- General Financial Markets
G2 -- Financial Institutions and Services
Keywords:
Asset Management
Portfolio Management
Quant
PhD
Masters
MFE
Asset Pricing
Economic Theory
Fixed Income Markets
Optimization Methods
AI
Empirical Research
Statistics
Econometircs
Python
Research
Investment Strategy
Futures
Alternative Risk Premia
Quantitative Alpha
Salary Range: 165,000 - 205,000
Full Text of JOE Listing:

The Quant PM team develops and manages systematic investment strategies spanning managed futures, alternative risk premia, and quantitative alpha. Covering varied asset classes including Rates, FX, Equities, Commodities, and Vol, Quant PMs are involved in the entire life cycle of the investment process: starting from idea generation, signal testing, portfolio construction, all the way through to deployment and portfolio management. Candidates can expect to work on projects which include alpha research on new signals, enhancement and extension of existing signals, transaction cost analysis, portfolio construction, and optimization.

Eligibility:
- Ph.D. or Master’s degree candidate from a top program in quantitative fields such as Finance, Economics, Statistics, Computer Science, Operations Research, Physics, or Mathematics
- Expected graduation from your graduate program between Dec 2027 and June 2028
- Business proficient in English

Application Requirements:
  • External Application Link
Application deadline: 11/14/2026