Thesis Intern

Your job

Thesis internship | starts every month | proficiency in Dutch is not a requirement

Do you have an interest in financial markets and are you up for a challenge?

Kempen Capital Management (the asset manager of Van Lanschot Kempen) offers you the possibility to write your bachelor’s or master’s thesis at our firm. You will conduct research into a topic in which you want to become an expert!

Do you want to broaden your knowledge and really learn how things are done?

Your experience

Curiosity and rational thinking – that’s what’s needed for a flying start in KCM

Furthermore, you need to:

• Be enrolled in a bachelor or master university program (finance/economics, econometrics, computer science or any technical study);
• Have affinity with financial markets;
• Be analytically strong;
• Have above average grades;
• Have quantitative skills (if you are interested in a data-oriented internship).

Our company

Kempen:

Kempen is an international asset manager, headquartered in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. We are part of Van Lanschot Kempen and employ around 450 people in our offices in Amsterdam, New York, London, Antwerp and Paris. We are specialised in Asset Management, Corporate Finance, and Securities. Kempen represents professionalism, entrepreneurship and drive.  

Van Lanschot Kempen:

Van Lanschot Kempen is specialized in the future. Since 1737. Today, about 300 years later, our story - about the oldest independent financial institute in the Netherlands - continues. We are proud of our history and are excited for the future with labels such as Kempen (Asset Manager & Merchant Bank), Van Lanschot (Private Banking) and Evi (online investing). We do this with about 1,700 colleagues, divided over the 3 labels and the holding company. We have been working with great dedication and financial craftsmanship on our customers' progress for almost 3 centuries. 

We offer

Research is at the heart of what we do. That’s why you will have access to large amounts of data and proprietary research. You will be guided by leading field experts, many of whom hold CFA charters or PhDs and regularly appear in the news (Bloomberg, FT, NRC, BNR). Next to this, Kempen offers you:

• An internship allowance of € 450,- per month;
• The possibility to conduct your own research;
• Valuable feedback and loads of opportunities to learn.