Analyst, Private Markets Risk Management

As a professional investment management organization, CPP Investments invests the funds of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to help ensure its financial sustainability for generations of working and retired Canadians.
CPP Investments invests across regions and asset classes to build a globally diversified portfolio. It holds assets in public equity, private equity, real estate, infrastructure, and fixed income, and the CPP Fund is projected to reach $3.6 trillion in assets by 2050. The organization is headquartered in Toronto with offices in Hong Kong, London, Mumbai, New York City, San Francisco, São Paulo, and Sydney.
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The Capital Markets and Factor Investing Department (CMF) invests assets globally in public equities, fixed income securities, currencies, commodities, and derivatives, and manages the engagement of investment managers and co-investments in public market securities.
The Systematic Strategies Group (SSG) group within the Capital Markets and Factor Investing department is recruiting for an analyst for a 12-month contract with a tentative start date in May 2026. SSG develops and manages systematic investment strategies across global markets spanning equities, fixed income, commodities, currencies, and volatility. Contribute to the research, development, and implementation of systematic investment strategies in various markets or to the development of the portfolio construction and risk management framework for our strategies 
Contribute to the management of our multi-asset systematic investment portfolio 
Assisting in deep dive analysis of implemented strategies and portfolio performance 
Facilitating day-to-day activities on the desk such as the reporting of performance, risk, and positioning of a suite of factor portfolios 
Ad-hoc projects analyzing and making recommendations on topics such as investment research, data engineering, and portfolio engineering 
The ideal candidate is either i) enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate co-op program, ii) enrolled in a non-co-op program and pursuing a professional experience year (PEY), or iii) has graduated in April 2025 or later from an undergraduate or advanced degree program, in a quantitative discipline such as economics, finance, computer science, engineering, or applied math. Strong programming skills, preferably in Python
Empirical research experience analyzing large data sets 
equities, futures, swaps or options) is an asset 
Self-motivated, organized, flexible and adaptable to changing priorities and new challenges 
Candidates must exemplify CPP Investments' guiding principles of high performance, integrity, and partnership. 
If you have an interest in working with talented professionals in the financial industry in an environment of integrity, partnership and high performance, then you should consider a career in at CPP Investments.
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