Asset Management - EQMC - Intern

ALANTRA is a global investment banking, asset management and portfolio advisory firm focusing on the mid-market with offices in 22 countries across Europe, the US, Latin America and Asia. With over 500 professionals, the firm is publicly listed since 2015 with a €500Mn market capitalizations as of October 2022.

Its Investment Banking division employs over 300 professionals, providing independent advice on M&A, debt advisory, financial restructuring, and capital markets transactions. In Asset Management, Alantra offers its clients unique access to a wide range of investment strategies (direct investments, fund of funds, co-investments and secondaries) in six highly specialized asset management classes (private equity, active funds, private debt, infrastructure, real estate and venture capital) as well as private wealth management services. Alantra’s portfolio advisory team is the leading portfolio advisory unit in Europe, with over 160 seasoned professionals across the UK, Spain, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Greece dedicated to transaction execution, structuring, pricing, modelling and data enhancement in relation to credit portfolios and banking platform. 

For more information, visit www.alantra.com

Job Description:

EQMC is a c.€1bn long-only hedge fund with a private equity approach: investments in relevant minority positions in mid-cap listed companies in Europe, with a "fundamental" value focus and applying a hands-on strategy. EQMC has a concentrated portfolio (around 15 companies) focused on high-quality, niche-leading assets generally exposed to global markets. We actively engage with Boards and management teams to accelerate returns in the mid to long term by unlocking value through an ample toolkit including capital allocation discipline, strategic clarification / M&A, operational efficiencies, corporate governance or alignment of incentives.

EQMC has delivered a c.15% net annualized return over last eight years. Its performance has merited the Fund to consistently rank as Top 1% across more than 500 European open-ended funds, as well as #1 Global hedge fund in 2017 (and #3 in 2018) as per Barron's Penta performance-based ranking. EQMC is part of the Asset Management division of Alantra, Spain’s leading independent financial advisory and asset management firm.

Role Description:

As an intern, you will be part of a small, international team and your day to day will involve taking a leading role supporting senior analysts in:

• Generation of investment ideas and participation in investment committees: Financial modelling and valuation, market and peer analysis, product benchmarking, industry checks, macroeconomic analysis, etc.
• Oversight of and engagement with portfolio companies: Monitoring of performance of our current investments, idea generation for active involvement, etc.  
• Key support functions: Support in several administration and marketing tasks including daily fund valuation duties, reporting to the investment committee, etc.

Requirements:

International background and experience

•         Genuine passion for fundamental analysis and value investing

•         Strong academic background and financial knowledge (including accounting, financial statement analysis, valuation, and financial modeling)

•         Entrepreneurial spirit, independence, attention to detail, impeccable communication and presentation skills, and ability to work under pressure in a context of shifting priorities

•         Full proficiency in English (spoken and written) and ideally a second European language

•         Previous experience in investment banking, management consulting or buy-side will be valued

•         Proficiency in the use of MS Office. Basic knowledge of Bloomberg will be valued

Application Details:

• Start date: Beginning 2023
• Duration: 6 months (with possibility of an indefinite contract afterwards)
• Location: Madrid, Spain