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2026 Credit Research Summer Intern

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0 years

Location

Chicago, IL, US

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internship

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About the role

The 10-week Summer Internship Program is designed to provide an introduction to the alternative investment industry, specifically alternative credit strategies such as credit hedge funds and private credit. Interns receive real-world experience that will foster professional development while complementing their studies. Internships in the Credit department are geared towards rising seniors pursuing a career in the investment management industry. The Credit Team's primary focus is to identify, underwrite, and monitor investments within investment managers and related opportunities on a global basis using both primary and secondary channels. The team covers a variety of alternative credit strategies such as long/short, distressed, structured, direct lending, specialty finance, and asset-backed. The credit summer intern will have exposure to the entire credit investment process from research to portfolio construction/monitoring and is expected to participate in projects and responsibilities as a full member of the team. Responsibilities: - Perform qualitative and quantitative analysis of existing and potential investments in alternative credit managers across both liquid (i.e., hedge fund) and illiquid (i.e., private debt) strategies. - Track, analyze, and interpret trends in specific strategies and the related capital markets. - Assess new investment strategies and monitor current conditions within existing strategies utilized by the firm. - Prepare internal and external market and investment commentary on a monthly basis. - Communicate manager and strategy-related issues to the Investments group, Investment Committee, and investors. - Provide market, strategy, and manager insights to the broad Investment team. - Participate in the due diligence of potential new investments with credit managers. - Participate in department meetings as well as strategy review meetings. - Support senior credit team members with preparing client-related deliverables. - Complete a summer project related to the industry to present to the Investments department.

About the company

GCM Grosvenor (Nasdaq: GCMG) is a global alternative asset management solutions provider with approximately $82 billion in assets under management across private equity, infrastructure, real estate, credit, and absolute return investment strategies. The firm has specialized in alternatives for more than 53 years and has a diverse, engaged team of approximately 550 professionals serving a global client base. We are proud to offer our employees a comprehensive benefits package focused on health and wellness, retirement planning, and diversity and inclusion. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, with offices in New York, Toronto, London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Seoul, and Sydney.

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