Candriam is a multi-specialist asset manager with a successful 25-year track record in creating long-term value for its clients. We are part of New York Life Investments, among the world’s leading asset managers with $785 billion in assets under management as of June 2025. Our main ultimate parent, the triple-A-rated3 New York Life Insurance, is the first mutual life insurer in the United States.

Candriam's 600+ employees manage investments from Brussels, Paris, Luxembourg, and London, with client representatives based in continental Europe, the UK and the Middle East, covering more than twenty-five countries.

Candriam had assets under management of €159.6 billion as of end of September 2025.

With twenty years of multi-specialist experience and a multi-cultural organisation, we offer expertise across a range of key asset classes and strategies to a diversified client base. In addition to our core investment capabilities in listed securities, we also offer our clients access to real estate, private debt and private equity investment strategies through a diversified network of partnerships across Europe and the US.

For more information see: www.candriam.com

Our values, our culture

Candriam – named after our values. 

Conviction and responsibility are two strong values championed by Candriam, even to the extent of forming the company name: Conviction and Responsibility in Asset Management. Our company has a strong culture and loyal workforce. Candriam keeps its communications, both to clients and to staff, transparent. We say what we think, with no beating about the bush. That’s just one of the things clients like about us.

We’re more than a job-provider, we’re a career-builder

Candriam is a company that offers a true career path. Indeed, market growth and the expansion of our activities are a guarantee of opportunities in all our business units.

Joining Candriam today means contributing to this strong growth in the years to come, in view especially of our international ambitions.

At the job interview, the questions we put to applicants are designed to secure the profiles that best match our values. We are drawn to those who have demonstrated these values in their achievements. Candriam selects the best, as much for their skills as their personality. Ambition and humility are particularly valued by us, as they sum us up perfectly.

Programme information

You will join as a trainee as part of the Investment20/20 programme. While we can’t guarantee a permanent position at the end of the 12-month contract, it is our intention to make the offer, but this is up to how well you perform. 75% of Investment20/20 trainees are offered permanent positions.  

Our traineeship will introduce you to investment management and you will gain industry knowledge, experience and develop relationships enabling you to progress your career and provide you with skills to secure a permanent role. As part of the Investment20/20 programme, you will have opportunities to meet and network with over 300 trainees across the industry and participate in socials and insight events. You will also be invited to attend a ‘Discovering Asset Management’ training session. Access to the Candriam Academy can be found here.

Our trainee programme is a fixed term one year contract paying £35,000. 

You will receive 28 days annual leave.  

All roles are based in London. 

We will offer a sign-on bonus of £1,500 to cover a season ticket/clothes/deposit.  

Programme Summary 

This is a programme intended to give you a breadth of knowledge and experience within the business to enable you to make informed decisions about where you would like to develop your career. 

You will join the GFI & Sales Intelligence team. The team is responsible for coordinating business with the world's largest and most complex financial institutions.  

Responsibilities include 

The role would suit someone that has interest in financial institutions and who wants to support the team with a high level of workload. Full training will be provided.

• Collating and disseminating information from regional sales team to build global picture of the GFI. (Global Financial Intelligence) 
• Work closely with local sales teams to ensure global strategy. 
• Contribute to the business intelligence on the GFIs (Annual report, Nominations, Business organizations, Fund analysis, GFI Newsletter and CIO Views analysis).
• Investigate on the 2 additional groups of the focus list (mapping, addressable AUM, Gate Keepers, current relationship, and funds approved) and prepare dedicated workshops sessions. 
• Prepare client engagement materials and workshops on specific investment themes (activity review between Candriam and the client, creation and monitoring of commercial strategy).
• Create decks for senior team members’ client meetings. 
• Create briefing note for C suite meeting.  
• Update presentation decks for the monthly Platinum Call (in collaboration with New York Life Investment Management).
• Extensive use of LinkedIn Sales navigator to develop a contact mapping org. chart and reporting structure by GFI. 
• Extensive use of Squirro/Morningstar to determine Candriam's ranking among our clients, addressable AUM, current market share, and main competitors’ positions by product type. 

Requirements

If you are a school/college leaver or graduate who has an interest in working within financial services and has the following attributes, we are interested in hearing from you: 

• Good command of MS Excel, along with good numerical skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Flexibility and willingness to learn
• Proactive approach

How to apply

Send an email to: [email protected]

Please specify “Investment 20/20 application – GFI Coordinator” in the subject

We would be grateful if you send us your CV and covering letter.  

Successful candidates will be asked for a telephone interview, and two face to face interviews.

As part of your application, please answer the below questions in 250-300 words per answer.

• Tell us about your greatest achievement. 
• Tell us about the most interesting project or piece of work you have completed as part of your studies at either school/college or university that involved data.  
• What did you have to do and how did you manage to find the relevant data? 
• Tell us about the global issues that the recent conflict in Europe have brought to the fore.  

Key dates

Online applications close 30th November

Start date January 2026.

Unsuccessful candidates will be notified by email.