Global 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.

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Your HSBC journey will be built upon - and thrive with - your skills.

We know how important it is to have the right skills, both for your future and ours. By building this skillset now, we’ll help you develop the agility to keep learning new skills throughout your career.

Over the course of two years, you’ll get to:

  • Work with a variety of teams on either our Sales or Trading desks - the choice is yours
  • Take responsibility for researching and developing trade ideas, as well as supporting the development of client portfolios
  • Compete in virtual trading exercises, testing your knowledge and sharpening your decision-making skills
  • Collaborate with teams across the floor to deliver the best solutions for our clients
  • Drive and shape our business through personal innovation and entrepreneurship

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For: Final year students or recent graduates
Duration: Two years
Areas: Markets - Sales and Trading
Start date: July 2025 onwards

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