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Capital Markets Intern - Summer 2026

McLean, VA
Internship
Onsite
$54K/yr - $82K/yr
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Freddie Mac is dedicated to Making Home Possible, providing a vital service in the mortgage market since 1970. The Capital Markets Intern position offers a ten-week program for interns to gain hands-on experience across various capital markets desks, focusing on portfolio management and credit risk analysis while developing essential analytical and communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Gain knowledge of how Freddie Mac prices its business through upfront loan pricing, pool securitization and unsecured debt funding through working on Cash Window
  • Learning how Freddie Mac manages its credit risk, through rotating on one of the securitized products related desks, including STACR, ACIS, Servicing Capital Markets and Loan Portfolio Management and Structuring
  • Supporting portfolio manager activities by digging into data, projects or desk needs to improve desk functionality or produce analyses that will help the desks make more educated decisions
  • Gaining experience to begin building your analytical and interpersonal communication skills
  • Networking across desks; learning about many of the different markets that Freddie Mac participates in as well as the work that each desk does
  • Working on a summer long project related to Freddie Mac, presenting to senior management at the end
  • Building proficiencies in fixed income valuation and financial transaction analysis
  • Gaining expertise in the U.S. Economy/Fixed Income markets
  • Learning about the primary and secondary mortgage financial system
  • Developing quantitative abilities (e.g., Advanced Excel, SQL, SAS, Python, R)
  • Building professional networking skills and opportunities within the company and industry
  • Receiving mentorships to help guide your career
  • Participating in a social community of analysts and fellow interns

Qualification

Required

  • Pursuing Bachelor's degree, preferably but not only in Economics, Finance, Business, Engineering and/or Math
  • Availability to begin internship in May 2026
  • Graduating in either December 2026 or May 2027
  • Ability to learn quickly and pick up new skills/concepts
  • Outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Strong problem-solving ability
  • Microsoft Office skills required
  • Must be a great teammate and able to work collaboratively
  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced trading floor environment
  • Attention to detail, exercise sound judgment and can handle sensitive information with discretion
  • Remain aware of industry-related news and analyze the implications of news/industry developments
  • Apply a learning mindset and take ownership for your own development

Preferred

  • Additional quantitative skills preferred
  • Freddie Mac offers a comprehensive total rewards package to include competitive compensation and market-leading benefit programs.
Freddie Mac is a public government-sponsored enterprise that provides mortgage capital to lenders.
Glassdoor
3.5
Founded in 1970
Mclean, Virginia, USA
5001-10000 employees
http://www.freddiemac.com
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