Intern - Global Investments

About Our Company

Aflac Asset Management, LLC, (d.b.a. Aflac Global Investments) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Aflac Incorporated (Aflac). Aflac Global Investments (GI) located in New York’s financial district and is the organization responsible for the overall investment activities of Aflac, Inc. and subsidiaries in Japan, Bermuda, and the U.S.  With 150 employees globally, GI seeks investments to maximize long-term returns with a focus on preservation of capital, subject to our asset-liability profile and liquidity and capital requirements.  GI has primary investment and asset management responsibility for Aflac’s general account consisting of public, private, and growth assets (including strategic partnerships) which generates approximately $3.5 billion a year in net investment income.  As of year-end 2024, Aflac’s total general account portfolio was approximately $100 billion.

 

The investment teams support GI’s overall goals and objectives by providing market insight and in-depth knowledge of assigned asset classes. GI oversees the strategic deployment of capital for life and supplemental health insurance company balance sheets utilizing both internal teams and external third party asset managers.

 

Program Overview

• The summer internship is an intensive 10-week virtual program within the externally managed "investment" portfolio management team, a team responsible for a broad set of asseet classes including alternatives, infrastructure debt, loans, and other fixed income products while using large data sets to inform their investment decisions. 
• The Intern will gain valuable experience in market and economic events, using and sourcing large data analysis and synthesizing ideas from data, while also learning about insurance asset management and the industry.  This may include; exposure to industry, company, financial and market analysis in the context of an insurance company environment while performing aspects of daily team activities, understanding how macro-economic and market events shape decision making.
• The Intern will benefit from exposure to Aflac Global Investments investment wide platform with emphasis on fixed income, understanding quantitative analytic solutions, along with investment risk management, and the execution of investments across our US and Japan operations.
• The Intern will interact with Senior Management and will present their analytical project(s) to an audience of key stakeholders including other analysts, investment professionals, and Senior Management. 

 

Program Benefits

• Aflac Global Investments has over $100 billion of assets under management.
• Aflac is a Fortune 100 company with a significant overseas operations in Japan and a corporate culture that recognizes and rewards excellence in all of its employees.
• Opportunity to gain deep industry knowledge of investments through focused interaction with existing experienced professional staff to generate real-world work product.
• An open, collaborative work environment amongst other interns in different programs, as well as employees and senior management.

• Training sessions including Introduction to Fixed Income, Life Cycle of Trading, Understanding Investments Technology Platform, The Role of Compliance in an Insurance Investment Firm, Credit/Market Risk, Derivatives, Macro Strategy, and Understanding the Buy-Side of Investments.
• Weekly financial/investment/economic discussions with company senior stakeholders to develop and inform investment theory to practical application.

• Information sessions with senior management, networking with other interns placed throughout other areas of Aflac, and virtual social activities.

 

Professional Development

Our summer interns participate in a series of activities that provide the opportunity to learn about all areas of the firm, as well as on-the job training in portfolio management and analytics.  The Intern will be assigned projects in