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	Your Opportunity as a Summer Associate in Private Wealth Management

 An overview of this program's objectives and how you can benefit

Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management (PWM), a division of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, provides a range of investment and private banking services to ultra-high net worth individuals, families and related institutions in the United States, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

Our employees must deliver world-class service to our clients and positive results to our shareholders. To achieve these goals, we seek to attract and retain the most talented individuals from across the industry.  Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management is seeking eager, hardworking individuals to participate in the Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management Summer Associate Program. Qualified candidates must show a keen interest in the financial services industry.  Relevant work or internship experience is strongly desirable. The program is based in Hong Kong, with placements in Hong Kong and Singapore.

The Summer Associate Program in Private Wealth Management

How the program works and the day-to-day experience you can expect

The Private Wealth Management Summer Associate Program is eight weeks long, and provides an in-depth look into PWM's products and capabilities as well as exposure to the institutional and fixed income trading areas. The Program includes a balance of product classes, professional development classes, structured interaction with PWM senior managers and investment representative mentors, role-playing exercises, and both independent and team projects.

Summer Associates gain direct insight into the role of a PWM Investment Representative (IR), and receive specific introductory training in the skills necessary to succeed at Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management.

With specific emphasis on sales skills, financial acumen and firm culture, the course highlights include:

• Introduction to Morgan Stanley and Private Wealth Management
• Introduction the firm's platform, products and solutions
• Extensive instruction on the past and present state of the markets regionally and globally
• Exposure to management and professionals from different specialized areas throughout PWM and Morgan Stanley
• Intensive sales training courses and exercises
• Introduction to developing a business plan for a career in PWM

Developing Your Career
What you can anticipate as you make progress and after completing the program

As a Summer Associate, you are given the perfect opportunity to launch a full-time career in this business provided you consistently perform well throughout your Summer Associate Program.

Is Private Wealth Management Right for You?
A checklist to help you decide if you have the skills and temperament for this area

• You are highly focused, self-driven, and goal-oriented.
• You have a strong interest in the financial markets.
• You possess excellent written and oral communication skills.
• You are an insightful, creative, quantitative thinker.
• You can understand and interpret numeric data, especially as it relates to financial services.
• You are very detail-oriented, with a quick reaction time to ever-changing events and market conditions.
• You have the ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment.
• You have an extensive network of prospective client relationships or have worked in a private bank in a sales capacity.

Successful Investment Representatives typically possess the following characteristics:

• You are entrepreneurial, persistent, and team-oriented.
• You have strong professional and ethical values.
• You are eager to build extensive network of prospective client relationships.
• You have an interest in the markets coupled with an ability to explain complex concepts in simple terms.
• You enjoy continuous interaction with external clients, prospects and professionals within the firm

Qualifications

You will have completed one year of an MBA program. Fluency in English is required. Fluency in at least one Asian language, such as Mandarin, Cantonese, Thai, Tagalog or Bahasa, is also required.

Selection Process

Selected applicants will undergo a first round phone interview.  Selected applicants will be invited to interview at our offices for the final round of interviews. Interviews are conducted by senior managers, and may include former and current Associate Program participants.

How to Apply

Please visit our website at www.morganstanley.com/careers/recruiting