Fundamental Research Fellowship, Canvas

About the Role

On our proprietary research team—Market Intelligence—you’ll partner with our Investment Professionals and Compliance team to uncover insights about companies, industries, and the broader economy through deep fundamental research. Canvas is the supply chain research group within Market Intelligence. Canvas conducts compliant supply chain research by developing deep industry expertise, talking with private company executives, and synthesizing information for portfolio managers and analysts. Our team produces impactful research that will change the way you look at the world.

This 6-month intensive fellowship offers hands-on experience in research, business analysis, cross-functional collaboration, and the investment process within a fast-paced, compliance-focused environment. Canvas Fellows will be considered for permanent placement on the team following completion of the program.

Responsibilities

• Become a subject matter expert on an assigned industry
• Engage with small, medium, and large private company executives about their businesses and the industries in which they operate, gathering qualitative data on key developments—including structural shifts, real-time changes in supply/demand dynamics, and emerging competitors, markets, and technologies—with a focus on understanding why they are happening
• Synthesize your findings in comprehensive reports that present a view of the industry
• Gain unparalleled exposure to, and learn from, business leaders across industries, including private company executives and your colleagues
• Interact directly with our investment professionals and learn the discretionary investment process to help drive more informed investment decisions
• Partner on the above with dedicated Compliance professionals

What Excites You

• Staying current on the evolving alternative data market and its role in discretionary investing
• Speaking with experts both inside and outside the firm to understand data needs and offerings
• Analytical thinking and sifting through available data to find “the answer”
• Fast-paced work environments that at times require switching gears to address the needs of the business
• Working as part of a cross-functional team comprising investment, research, and compliance professionals

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree conferred in 2025 or 2026
• Strong analytical skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities
• An eagerness to find out if your conclusions are right or wrong
• An understanding of how companies work (their processes and outcomes) or an interest in learning
• Intellectual curiosity, creative thinking, maturity
• Highest standards of ethical decision making

What Excites Us

• Excellent attention to detail, organization, and project management skills
• Superb business intuition and a solution-oriented, methodical approach to problem-solving
• Ability to collaborate and build relationships across multiple business units within the firm
• People who “elevate the room” through their work ethic, curiosity, and solution-oriented attitude
• Commitment to the highest ethical standards

What Success Looks Like

• Integrity – You demonstrate 100% commitment to the highest ethical standards
• Ownership – You take charge of your work, uphold your commitments, and always do your best
• Commerciality – You focus on what matters most, ask questions when needed, and are cognizant of not wasting your time or that of others
• Humility – You welcome and are receptive to feedback and learn from past mistakes
• Adaptability – You can triage business needs and context switch quickly and efficiently
• Admirability – You elevate the room through your work ethic, domain knowledge, work product, and solution-oriented attitude

Benefits

• Fully paid health care benefits
• Generous parental and family leave policies
• Mental and physical wellness programs
• Volunteer opportunities
• Non-profit matching gift program
• Support for employee-led affinity groups representing women, minorities and the LGBTQ+ community
• Tuition assistance
• A 401(k) savings program with an employer match

Pay

The annual base salary is $100,000 (USD) which will be prorated based on program start and end date.