Global Banking & Markets

Global Banking & Markets offers a universal banking model, delivering a seamless service to our clients through a global network of relationship managers and product specialists.

We offer career opportunities in areas including Banking, Markets and Securities Services, Global Research and Markets Operations.

We offer a full range of banking capabilities to support our clients’ needs, including:

  • Banking and financing solutions, including corporate banking, capital markets, and leveraged acquisition finance
  • Services in credit and rates, foreign exchange, equities and money markets
  • Global transaction banking services, including trade services and global liquidity and cash management
  • Fund administration, global custody and direct custody and clearing, and corporate trust and loan agency
  • A broad range of research services including macro, sector and company coverage complemented by trade ideas and investment strategies
  • Investment solutions for institutions, financial intermediaries and private investors worldwide
  • 24-hour coverage and knowledge of local and international markets

Opportunities in Global Banking & Markets

We serve our customers through teams of relationship managers and product specialists, who work to build a comprehensive understanding of each client’s financial requirements and develop services to meet those needs.

Students and recent graduates with any degree. and from any background, are encouraged to explore our Global Internships and Graduate Programmes.

Global Banking & Markets offers a variety of different career opportunities, both for people with experience in investment banking and through our student and graduate programmes. These include roles in the following areas:

  • Banking. Our banking relationship managers specialise in business sectors. We use our global expertise and local knowledge to connect multinational clients to the products and services that meet their financial needs
  • Markets and Securities Services. Our markets and securities services business is one of the largest of its kind in the world. We specialise in foreign exchange, credits and rates, structured derivatives, equities and debt, and securities services (which offers a range of fund administration, global custody, sub-custody and clearing, and corporate trust and loan agency services)
  • Global Research. Our research team delivers high-quality research and analysis to investors around the world. We cover economics, currencies, equities, fixed income and climate change
  • Markets Operations. We manage settlement activity, risk and control after the completion of trades, while ensuring regulatory compliance for clients around the world

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Interested in our graduate programmes?

Global Banking Graduate Programme

Work with major government, corporate, and institutional clients, as either a relationship or investment banker, to deliver tailored financial solutions including managing an initial public offering, preparing a bond, or negotiating a merger or an acquisition.

Markets Graduate Programme

Learn how to thrive on the fast-paced, exciting, and dynamic Sales and Trading floor. Get hands-on experience with a variety of products across asset classes by working with supportive and experienced professionals in sales, trading, and structuring.

Find out about other business areas and teams

Commercial Banking

We serve businesses ranging from small enterprises to large multinationals in more than 50 markets worldwide.

Wealth and Personal Banking

Our teams help millions of individuals, families and business owners manage their personal finances.

Digital Business Services

We provide essential operational, IT and technical support to help HSBC function effectively and improve our customer service.

Global functions

These are the operational teams that support our work – from human resources and communications to strategy and risk.

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