Nikkei, one of Japan’s leading business publications, recently featured the Point72 Academy, highlighting how our investment analyst training program has become a premier pathway for university graduates to successfully enter the highly competitive investment industry.
In an interview with Jaimi Goodfriend, Head of Investment Professional Development and Director of the Point72 Academy, Nikkei recognized our commitment to recruiting candidates from diverse academic backgrounds, including history, philosophy, and cognitive science. In fact, over 50 percent of our graduates and current Academy associates come from non-finance majors.
The Academy values not only a keen interest in markets, but also essential skills such as curiosity, coachability, intuition, and grit in our candidates. This diversity of thought is crucial for developing innovative investment approaches that drive success in modern markets. Tsukasa Ito, a Point72 Analyst in Japan and an Academy graduate, told Nikkei that the program’s focus on cultivating unique market perspectives enables analysts to identify variant views that the broader market may not yet recognize.
While Nikkei emphasized the Academy’s highly selective nature, with tens of thousands of applications across our programs each year, it’s an exceptional opportunity to join a firm that will support people who are passionate about building a career in investing. Over 200 Academy graduates have secured analyst roles at Point72, with nearly a quarter of Academy graduates being placed on international teams, showcasing our global reach.1 The Academy is currently offered in the U.S., Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, and London. In addition, around 55 percent of Academy graduates placed on investment teams are still at the firm today, underscoring the program’s success in cultivating long-term careers and strong retention rates.2
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1 As of 12/1/2024
2 Based on all L/S analysts who started at Point72 after 6/1/2016