Client Investment Research Associate

The role

You will advise institutional investors by applying Bridgewater's macro thinking to their portfolios. You will design analytical approaches, synthesize macro outlooks, and develop investment narratives tailored to client contexts.

What you will do

• Designing analytical approaches to complex investment questions
• Executing research from framing through synthesis
• Partnering with Strategists, co-CIOs, and asset class research teams
• Synthesizing Bridgewater’s macro outlook into tailored investment narratives
• Developing independent views on markets, institutional asset allocation, and the macro environment
• Developing junior analysts at senior levels
• Setting team quality standards at senior levels
• Contributing to broader investment research priorities at senior levels

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree with a strong academic and extracurricular track record
• 2+ years of professional experience
• Demonstrated interest in and understanding of markets and investing
• Ability to synthesize complex information into clear, well-structured investment narratives
• Creativity and strong problem-solving instincts
• Analytical and quantitative capability to work with financial and economic data
• Intellectual curiosity about how institutional investors make decisions and how portfolios are constructed
• Humility, innate curiosity, and openness to new ideas
• Driven, confident, and oriented toward self-improvement through direct feedback and honest self-reflection

Nice to have

• Deep asset management experience is not required at entry

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Retirement benefits
• Paid leave
• Other fringe benefits

Before you apply

• We do provide immigration sponsorship for this position

About the company

Bridgewater Associates is a global macro investment firm founded in 1975. Its mission is to develop a fundamental, cause-and-effect understanding of how markets and economies work.