2026 Summer Analyst: Fixed Income Capital Markets - Birmingham
Why Stifel
Stifel strives for a culture that puts its clients and associates first: a culture where everyone belongs, everyone is welcome, and everyone contributes to the success of our clients, their careers, and the firm as a whole.
Let’s talk about how you can find your place here at Stifel, where success meets success.
What You'll Be Doing
Our 9-week program provides undergraduates with a hands-on introduction to fixed income sales, trading, and research. As a contributing team member, you will get real-world experience and be fully immersed in the day-to-day business activities of one of the world's largest financial institutions. You will work alongside our professionals, from Analyst through Managing Director, and gain exposure to various rates, credit and bespoke products.
Summer Analysts not only participate in robust training sessions their first week of the internship, but the program's structure provides continued support needed for a successful summer. The program includes networking events, a professional speaker series, end-of-summer reviews, and significant learning opportunities outside of your day-to-day projects. Analysts work on multiple projects simultaneously to enhance analytical and practical financial skills, as well as to provide the broadest exposure to our firm and the fixed income industry.
What We're Looking For
A Summer Analyst’s specific responsibilities may include conducting industry research, updating and building financial models to analyze company projections and performance, qualitative research on potential transactions, and setting up portfolio analyses for clients.
Your experience as a Summer Analyst may include:
- Analyzing and researching companies in a wide range of industries
- Conducting industry research and building models
- Preparing presentation materials such as slides and summaries for pitch books
- Performing in-depth quantitative financial analysis
- Learning technique and strategy from industry professionals
- Contributing to team meetings and discussions
- Other duties as assigned
What You'll Bring
Candidates possess outstanding academic records and can demonstrate strong leadership skills through extracurricular endeavors such as student government, athletics, and cultural and entrepreneurial activities.
The ideal candidate will possess the following:
- Expectations for a business-related undergraduate degree and knowledge of financial markets.
- Exceptional capacity for problem solving and quick-thinking.
- Driven, proactive, and team-oriented.
- Demonstrated track record of achievement in academics and extracurricular activities.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to effectively manage multiple simultaneous project deadlines.
- Highly-motivated and energetic.
Education & Experience
- Minimum GPA of 3.5.
- An anticipated graduation date between December 2026 - May 2027
- Eligible to start on June 1, 2026
Systems & Technology
- Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint.
About Stifel
Stifel’s Fixed Income Capital Markets division delivers a wide range of investment and balance sheet-related services to money managers, income funds, hedge funds, insurance companies, depository institutions, state and local governments, and other financial institutions across North America, Europe and Asia.
Our customer-driven philosophy is based on service and personal interaction, and it is one of the things that separates us from our contemporaries. We provide thought leadership and research on a range of important topics, including the economy, markets, rates, credit, and legislation, as well as investment strategy and products. Furthermore, we provide transactional services to help our clients generate revenue, preserve wealth and ultimately grow their businesses.
Our global platform features:
- 270+ fixed income sales professionals covering 5,000+ institutional accounts
- 120+ traders with annual trade volume of $850+ billion
- Industry-recognized investment grade, distressed, and high yield research
- 90+ person Fixed Income Research and Strategy Group
- 25,000+ publication subscribers
- 50+ institutional fixed income offices worldwide
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