Who are we?Schroders is a global asset management company with £204.8 billion under management as at 30 June 2011. Our clients are major financial institutions including pension funds, banks and insurance companies, local and public authorities, governments, charities, high net worth individuals and retail investors. We apply our specialist asset management skills in serving the needs of our clients worldwide. With one of the largest networks of offices of any dedicated asset management company, we employ over 2,500 people globally, 1,500 of whom are based in London.
With over 300 portfolio managers and analysts covering all the major investment markets, we offer our clients a comprehensive range of products and services.
What makes us stand out as a Graduate Employer?
We believe that our training programme is one of the best offered to graduates today and differs from other firms in several ways. For some business areas, our programme is not rotational; you are recruited into a specific role with responsibility from the start. You have a real job from day 1, which will be combined with a fully comprehensive training programme. For others, you will gain exposure to different teams whilst working on different projects in order to maximise your development.
Together with your graduate peers, you will join a technical training programme which introduces you to all aspects of the Investment Management business in preparation to do the Investment Management Certificate Exam, and prepare you for the CFA.
You will also be given special research projects during training to stimulate your mind and allow you to show initiative from the beginning of your career. This year for example our graduates had to come up with a new idea for a fund which involved researching gaps in the market and developing a distribution channel for the new product.
Now it doesn’t stop there! After you complete your initial training you will then go onto a career specific training programme that will last anything from 2-3 years and involves gaining professional qualifications such as the CFA for Investment & Distribution graduates, CIMA for Finance/Accountancy graduates and technical & business courses for IT graduates.
What we are looking for?
We want people who are passionate, strong communicators with a lot of ambition and an appetite for challenge. In academic terms we are looking for candidates with a minimum of a 2:1 degree and the ability to demonstrate the traits mentioned in their application.
So what attracted our current graduates to Schroders?
Most say they joined because of the people they met. We believe that our biggest selling point is our people - we’re a friendly, welcoming organisation, and that really stands out in the marketplace. We listen to what you want in your career instead of putting you into a box which will give you the opportunity to tailor make your career so that it suits you.