Download the Summer Analyst Application.
Please submit your application materials by e-mail to asianamericansinpublicfinance@gmail.com.
Location: San Francisco, CA or New York, NY
Period of Internship: 10-week program during Summer 2026
Compensation: Competitive salary
Application Opening Date: February 5, 2025
Application Closing Date: February 26, 2025
ASIAN AMERICANS IN PUBLIC FINANCE
Asian Americans in Public Finance (AAPF) strives to enhance, develop and promote the professional lives and careers of dedicated Asian Americans in public finance. AAPF will further undertake activities that will promote the betterment of local communities and efficient services. AAPF provides a platform to provide training, education, mentoring, and scholarship programs to Asian Americans within the public finance industry. AAPF encourages and promotes an open forum to raise awareness pertaining to Asian Americans within the public finance industry.
JOB SUMMARY
This internship is an opportunity for an undergraduate with goals aligned with the objective of AAPF and an interest in public finance, public policy, or local government. Summer Analysts begin with a one-day orientation where they are introduced to the Firm’s businesses and learn what it’s like to be an employee at Morgan Stanley. Public Finance Summer Analysts then attend divisional Sales & Trading training, where they learn the core skills required to be successful on the job, as well as Public Finance-specific training. The curriculum includes market updates, bond math, the fundamentals of tax-exempt municipal bonds and credit risk analysis. In addition, Summer Analysts have several opportunities to network with peers, mentors and managers through speaker events, teambuilding sessions, learning lunches, community service and social events.
Duties and responsibilities will include:
- Develop structuring, cash flow financial models.
- Draft presentation materials, memos and proposals to generate new business.
- Shadow full-time employees as they communicate complex ideas and solutions with potential and existing clients.
QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS/REQUIREMENTS
- You are pursuing an undergraduate degree with a minimum 3.0 GPA, and an anticipated graduation date between December 2026 and Spring 2027.
- Advanced knowledge of Excel is preferred.
- You are a highly-focused, goal-oriented, insightful, creative, quantitative and detail-oriented team player and multi-tasker.
- You have a strong work ethic, initiative, enthusiasm, strong verbal and written communication skills, and a compelling interest in and knowledge of the financial markets, specifically in public finance.