Big data. Algorithms. Portfolio management. Quantitative skills. Risk and
return. If these get you excited, APG’s Quant Traineeship is right up your alley.

APG located in Amsterdam has a vacancy for a Traineeship: Asset Management - Quant

Function

Asset management is one of APG’s business unit. Our clients are central to our thoughts and actions. We deploy our experience, expertise and innovation to invest the deposited pension funds in a responsible and cost-effective manner. Contributing to a sustainable world is an integral part of the investment process. An investment process that contributes to good and affordable pensions for our clients’ members by achieving a stable, long-term return on responsible risks. We have offices in four locations; Amsterdam, Heerlen, Hong Kong, and New York.

As a Quant trainee, you will get to know all aspects of APG in two years’ time, by
completing several assignments. Potential assignments include coming up with a trading algorithm for commodities, an asset liability management study, or creating a new model for private equity investments. You will get stuck into your assignments, but you will also work on your personal development. Because APG is not just interested in growing our organization: we also want to help you get to know yourself and what drives you, so you will be sustainably employable at APG. A unique start to your career.

• Master’s degree in Econometrics, Quantitative Finance, Data Science, or Artificial Intelligence, with outstanding study results.
• A maximum of two years’ work experience.
• Affinity for investing.
• Broad-ranging extra-curricular development (e.g. committee or board
• membership, volunteer work).
• Fluency in English.
• Analytical, ambitious, eager to learn and result-oriented.

APG is a pension administrator managing the pensions of 4.5 million people on behalf of a number of pension funds. Our activities cover one in five families in the Netherlands. Ever since 2008, APG has been a Top Employer.
We will offer you a two-year contract with a € 3146 gross monthly salary (based on a 40- hour work week, excluding holiday pay and end-of-year bonus). Moreover, APG offers a great pension scheme, ample training and development opportunities, sports facilities, and Young APG. Want to find out more about APG as an employer. Read more here.