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Portfolio Associate

This graduate associate oversees the systematic rules that turn Bridgewater’s market views into client portfolios. The work covers portfolio constraints, risk controls and the trades passed to the trading department.

What you’d work on

Our reading of the posting: what a new hire in this role would most likely spend their first months on.

Check daily portfolio and trade-generation outputs
Investigate how market inputs interact with portfolio constraints
Review instrument selection and communicate exposure changes
Improve implementation processes with researchers and engineers

What they ask for

Required

Analytical reasoning
Systems thinking
Interest in financial markets
Relevant investment-bank or asset-manager internship
Ownership of investment processes

Education: Four-year undergraduate degree with completion expected in spring or summer 2027.
Experience: Relevant investment banking or asset management internship.

How to prepare

Implement a constrained portfolio allocation and explain its trade list
Show how risk limits alter target positions
Practise diagnosing discrepancies between a target portfolio and holdings

What to study

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SelfMadeQuant wrote this summary from the employer’s public posting, last checked 6 November 2026. SelfMadeQuant isn’t affiliated with Bridgewater Associates and doesn’t handle applications.