Cowen Group, Inc. is a diversified financial services company focused on active management and alpha generation in certain sectors of the U.S. economy such as aerospace and defense industrials, energy, health care, technology, media and telecommunications (TMT), information and technology services, consumer goods, transportation, metals and mining, and real estate. Investment banking services include M&A advisory and equity and debt financings. Its institutional equity sales and trading unit offers trading capabilities including electronic and options trading.

Annually, Cowen Group's New York, San Francisco and Houston Investment Banking offices have opportunities for about 15 college juniors as summer analysts in the Health Care, Technology, Information & Technology Services, Consumer, Energy, Transportation, Industrials, Real Estate, Special Situations and Financial Sponsors corporate finance groups as well as in the Capital Markets product groups.

Summer hires spend 10 weeks at Cowen Group, starting in early June with a week long training program in New York.  As part of the Summer Analyst Internship Program, interms benefit from weekly lunches with senior leaders throughout the firm, a successful mentor program, and day-to-day opportunities to do “real” work and contribute to the teams’ successes.