As a private equity investment funds intern, you would be supporting the team on both the sourcing and analysis of new funds commitments and co-investments, as well as ongoing analysis and reporting of existing investments. The Investment Funds activity has a strong driven research process which looks in-depth at private equity funds, their strategy, geographies and competitors.
Your learnings
- Analyse data on the current fund portfolio and contribute to internal reporting activities
- Feed Luxempart proprietary monitoring tools and contribute to fund assessments
- Together with the Investment Funds team, contribute to the enhancement of Luxempart’s proprietary data analytics models and dashboards (including fund & benchmark analytics by strategy, vintages and geographies)
- Participate to extensive funds due diligence and produce investment reports and presentations for the decision-making process
Your profile
- Outstanding academic records from a leading Finance, Business or Economics Master’s program. CFA studies would be advantageous;
- Previous internship in the Investment or Asset management industry (such as Private equity houses, Big 4, placement agents, family offices or banks);
- Strong financial and analytical skills;
- Genuine interest in private equity funds;
- Knowledge of fund and company’s financial statements and forecasting as well as different methods of company valuation;
- Knowledge of private equity fund KPIs computation and performance assessment;
- Basic knowledge of private equity fund’s legal documentation and limited partnerships agreement mechanics;
- Understanding of fund portfolio drivers: awareness of business models, strategies and competitive positioning;
- Numerate, excellent knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; knowledge of Power BI would be an advantage;
- Rigorous, flexible, precise, well organised, strong team player, excellent verbal and written communication
- skills, able to work independently and in an international environment; and
- Fluent in English; French and other European languages are desirable but not required