The Robeco Global Investment Traineeship is a two-year graduate scheme which starts in October 2025.

Department

You and your co-trainees will rotate between various investment teams:

Developed Markets Equities
Emerging Markets Equities
Thematic Investing
Global Macro
(High Yield) Credits
Multi Asset Solutions
Sustainable Investing Research
Risk Management

You will be working alongside seasoned industry analysts and portfolio managers on investment cases and projects. To gain a full understanding of the dynamics of various financial markets and sustainability you will be assigned to at least one Equity team, one Fixed Income team, and one Top-Down team.

You will be primarily based in Robeco’s Rotterdam headquarters. During the first year, you will spend three months in our Zürich office where you will work with our SI and Thematic Investing specialists. In the second year, you will spend two months in one of our international investment offices in London, New York, Shanghai, Hong Kong or Singapore.

We offer a range of courses during the program to help you develop your personal skills, such as presenting, negotiating and debating. You will receive Bloomberg-user training, and will be equipped to do valuations and programming courses in Python. During the second year, you will be enrolling into the CFA program.

After successful completion of the two-year traineeship, you will continue your career and join one of the investment teams as an analyst.

Position & Requirements

We are looking for recent graduates who want to become part of the next generation of Robeco investment professionals. Ideally, you:

Completed, or are about to complete, a master's or equivalent
Graduated top of your class
Possess great analytical skills
Persevere and are curious by nature
Have an affinity with finance and investing
Are capable of communicating effectively, embracing changes and overcoming challenges
Are open-minded, with an ability to contribute innovative and divergent ideas while displaying openness, teamwork and integrity
Are fluent (written and spoken) in English
Are digitally savvy

The program is designed to be both challenging and rewarding. To that end, we offer:

A two-year employment contract, which after successful completion of the traineeship will be converted into a permanent contract.
A competitive renumeration package, including rapid growth trajectory, based on performance.
A complete training program to help you develop your personal and professional skills, including valuation courses, CFA enrollment and Bloomberg training.
International experience at Robeco’s offices around the world.
A dynamic team within an international and ambitious working environment.
Opportunities for entrepreneurship and personal growth.
Flexible working hours.
A 34-day holiday allowance.
First class commuting.
A EUR 500 allowance to set up your home workstation.
A good pension and health insurance scheme.
Relocation allowance for international applicants.

At Robeco, we are committed to promoting diversity, equal opportunities and inclusion amongst our employees. We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds (from all degree disciplines, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, disability, family responsibility, sexual orientation, social origin) to apply for this role.

The application process is open until April 2025 and the selection process consists of several stages, including an initial screening of the applications, an online assessment, two telephone interviews and a full day of interviews at our Headquarter in Rotterdam in June. The final selection will be made in June. The Global Investment traineeship starts in the first week of October 2025.

The application process includes submitting your resume, motivation letter, and completing an online application where you can explain why you are the ideal candidate for the Global Investment Traineeship

For more information, please visit our website:

Global investment traineeship | Robeco Global

All applications will be treated with the utmost confidentiality. An assessment and integrity test may be used in the selection procedure.