2026 UK Graduate Programme: Distribution Team

Please note, candidates can only apply for one graduate programme across all of our divisional programmes.

About Insight Investment:

Insight Investment is a leading asset manager focused on designing investment solutions to meet its clients' needs. Founded in 2002, Insight's collaborative approach has delivered both investment performance and growth in assets under management. Insight managed £626.2bn of assets as at 30 December 2024 across its core liability driven investment, risk management, full-spectrum fixed income and currency capabilities. Insight has a clear mission and purpose to offer investors a different approach to achieving their investment goals; one that prioritises the certainty of meeting investors' chosen objectives in contrast to the traditional focus on maximising return and minimising volatility. Insight operates across the globe with a presence in the US, UK, Ireland, Germany, Japan and Australia; and is a subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation ("BNY") (NYSE:BK), the global financial services. company.

The business employs over 1,100 people including 275 investment professionals.

More information about Insight Investment can be found at:

Business Unit:

Insight's Distribution Division has five main functions:

• Business Development: Engages with prospective clients including pension funds, local authorities, insurance and sovereign wealth funds and ensures prospects are aware of Insight's full range of capabilities. The team is based across the UK, Europe, US, Australia and APAC region, and includes specialists focused on particular client segments
• Consultant relations: Based in the UK and US, the team focuses on building and managing relationships with global and regional investment consultants, and updates them on new investment ideas as pension schemes continue to seek strategies to manage their evolving liability and liquidity needs.
• Marketing: The Marketing Team, based in London, New York and Pune, collaborate with business areas in two key areas:
  - Communications: These teams deliver information to client, consultant and prospect audiences through digital marketing (website, intranet, social, email), investment content (literature, white papers, investment commentary and awards submissions), event management, media relations and internal communications.
  - Institutional pipeline management: These teams cover the provision of RFP responses, the production of presentations and the supply of investment data for marketing output and organises data supply to consultant databases.
• Product development: This team works collaboratively across the business to identify and deliver new products using Insight's product development process and manages updates to Insight's existing product range.
• Business planning: The team coordinates sales plans and all internal reporting on behalf of Distribution. It is the business owner for our CRM application, Salesforce, coordinates the business acceptance process and ensures commercial arrangements with Distributors including BNY are operating effectively. The team also delivers market intelligence and competitor research to help generate new ideas to capitalise on emerging investment trends.

Role Overview:

The distribution programme is targeted at individuals with a drive to be client facing, understand clients' investment objectives and with a desire to develop their commercial awareness.

Our Distribution programme is a two-year rotational programme and has been designed for you to enter one of our Distribution teams upon completion.

We will structure your rotations to give you the opportunity to experience and understand the commercial drivers of our business and the investment ecosystem in which our clients operate so that you will:

• Be more effective when you enter a permanent role on completion of the programme
• Build networks and relationships across the organisation
• Gain technical understanding and working knowledge across our business
• Establish the foundations in becoming Insight's future leaders

As part of the programme you may rotate through these areas:

• Business Development
• Consultant Relations
• Marketing
• Product Development
• Business Planning

As part of the Graduate programme, you will be sponsored to undertake the Investment Management Certificate (IMC) qualification. In addition we will support pursuing the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) through learning materials, fee reimbursement, and study days for those that wish to pursue.

Each graduate will be paired with a mentor for the duration of the two years, to support you through the programme.

Experience Required:

• Minimum 2.1. (or equivalent) Bachelor's/Master's degree or equivalent at an accredited university
• Individuals who are energised by working with other people
• Individuals who are motivated to work in a client facing environment
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proven record of working collaboratively
• Curiosity about economics, finance or investment finance
• Strong technical abilities
• Outstanding communication skills, ability to articulate ideas clearly
• Ability to operate in a changing environment and challenge the status quo, innovative
• Proven record of taking the initiative to act, self-starter
• Inquisitive, strong desire to learn and grow professionally
  

How to Apply:

Please note, candidates can only apply for one graduate programme across all of our divisional programmes.

If you're interested in joining an exciting, innovative financial services company, please complete your online application by Friday 22nd August at 17:00.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and our final round assessment centre will be held in person at our offices early November 2025. We therefore strongly encourage you to apply early.

Insight is committed to being an inclusive employer and encourages applications from all suitably qualified applicants irrespective of background, circumstances, age, disability, gender identity, ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation or other factors protected by federal, state and/or local laws. If you are a candidate with a disability, or are assisting a candidate with a disability, and require an accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, please email us at

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