Discover | Banking and financial services

Led by our flagship Banking and Financial Services Careers Fair (early October), Discover | Banking and financial services is our careers programme for students seeking career insights, recruitment information, and opportunities in the banking and finance sectors.

This page provides an overview of the banking and financial services events programme, which comprises a series of panels, networking, employer and LSE Careers-led skills seminars, and recruitment events; along with a list of resources and information you may find helpful as you explore your career options in these sectors.

Read on to discover how LSE Careers can support you in your career journey.

Coming to our Discover | Banking and financial services fair on 8 and 10 October 2024? Here's a snapshot of some of the employers coming (click the image to view a bigger version)...

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Head to the 'Organisations' tab below for more information about each employer and the roles they have available. Not booked your space yet? Visit the 'What's on' section to book via CareerHub.

What's on: Browse the full timetable of events for LSE students

This year’s Discover | Banking and financial services events will take place across the year, with our flagship careers fair taking place across two nights in October.

View upcoming Discover | Banking and financial services events on CareerHub.

Organisations: Check out which organisations are attending this year’s careers fair

This year, we're running our Discover | Banking and financial services fair for two nights. Each night will have different employers, offering you the opportunity to meet with a larger number of employers if you choose to come to both nights. Read more below about the employers you can meet on 8 and 10 October 2024.

Employers joining night one include:

  • 2R Capital Investment Management Limited

Number of vacancies: 2

Visa sponsorships: Yes

Website: 2rcapitalim.com

2R Capital is an investment management firm with offices in London and Milan. The firm currently manages over €500m in credit and real estate assets and is looking to extend this offering to equities; seed money has been allocated to this strategy and investing will presently.

  • Arch Insurance

Number of vacancies: 20

Visa sponsorships: No

Website: insurance.archgroup.com/divisions/international/working-for-arch/early-careers

  • Ardian

Number of vacancies: Multiple off-circle internships

Visa sponsorships: Yes

Website: ardian.com/join-us

Ardian is a world leading private investment house, managing or advising $150bn of assets on behalf of more than 1,300 clients globally. Our broad expertise, spanning Private Equity, Real Assets and Credit, enables us to offer a wide range of investment opportunities and respond flexibly to our clients’ differing needs. Through Ardian Customized Solutions we create bespoke portfolios that allow institutional clients to specify the precise mix of assets they require and to gain access to funds managed by leading third-party sponsors.

  • Bank of America

Number of vacancies: TBC

Visa sponsorships: Yes

Website: campus.bankofamerica.com

As one of the world’s leading financial institutions, Bank of America supports 66 million customers in finance, from individuals, to businesses, governments and institutions. With a 200,000 strong workforce in more than 35 countries, you’ll find us all over the world, from the Americas to Europe, the Middle East & Africa and Asia, helping to make our customers lives better. And, we care about supporting our colleagues across the globe as much as our customers. In 2022, we were ranked as one of the “100 Best Companies to Work For” for the fourth consecutive year by Fortune magazine and the global research and consulting firm Great Place to Work®.

  • BDA Partners

Number of vacancies: 4

Visa sponsorships: No

Website: bdapartners.com

BDA Partners is the global investment banking advisor for Asia. We are a premium provider of Asia-related advice to sophisticated clients globally, with 25 years’ experience advising on cross-border M&A, capital raising, and financial restructuring. We provide global reach with our teams in New York and London, and true regional depth through our seven Asian offices in Tokyo, Seoul, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Ho Chi Minh City, Singapore and Mumbai. BDA has extensive expertise in the Chemicals, Consumer & Retail, Health, Industrials, Services and Technology sectors.

  • BNY Mellon

Number of vacancies: TBC

Visa sponsorships: No

Website: bnymellon.com/emea/en/careers/students

  • Chicago Trading Company

Number of vacancies: 60

Visa sponsorships: Yes

Website: chicagotrading.com/campus

CTC is a cutting-edge proprietary trading firm with a long-term vision and a clear focus on helping the world price and manage risk. Our fun and trusting culture inspires us to solve the industry’s most challenging problems and take calculated risks in a collaborative environment.

We strive to be the most innovative firm in the industry today, tomorrow, and long into the future while upholding ethical excellence. We believe that CTC makes a positive impact on the markets, the lives of our employees, and all the communities to which we belong. Started in 1995 by a team of forward-thinking Traders, we are proud to call ourselves an industry leader that keeps making markets and each other better.

  • GIC Private Limited

Number of vacancies: 30

Visa sponsorships: Yes

Website: gic.careers

GIC is a long-term global investor that works to secure Singapore’s financial future across generations. We are invested in more than 40 countries worldwide, with the aim of preserving and enhancing the international purchasing power of the funds under our care.

  • ION Group

Number of vacancies: 30

Visa sponsorships: No

Website: iongroup.com/careers

ION is a market leading FinTech company providing pioneering software and consultancy services to customers around the globe. We serve large financial institutions, niche trading firms, central banks, and multinational corporations. Our mission is automation through innovation. We simplify complex processes, streamline, and digitise businesses, building a competitive advantage for our customers. Our products help the world's leading organisations do more, in a better and simpler way than ever before.

ION software underpins the global fixed income, equities, FX, and derivatives markets, and we are a leading market provider of treasury and commodity software. With a dynamic team of 6,000+ employees in 50+ global offices, ION provides an unparalleled experience for those who share our passion for growth and technology evolution.

  • Lane, Clark & Peacock LLP

Number of vacancies: 100

Visa sponsorships: Yes

Website: careers.lcp.com/early-careers

LCP is a tech enabled analytical consultancy with graduate and summer internship programme opportunities based in London, Winchester & Edinburgh. We are known for our market leading advice in pensions, investments and insurance, and we strive to help create a financially better future for our society. Our love of data, technology and posing solutions to the difficult questions of today, has taken us into newer areas for example, energy, health and data analytics.

Because we work across many different sectors, there are lots of opportunities to try new things and hone your skills while connecting with incredible people. Many people who joined as a graduate, including our CEO, have gone on to become Partners at the firm.

  • Lloyds Banking Group

Number of vacancies: Multiple apprenticeships, internships and graduate schemes

Visa sponsorships: Yes

Website: lloydsbankinggrouptalent.com

We are a financial services group focused on retail and commercial customers – with millions of customers in the UK, and a presence in nearly every community. It is our role to help businesses and individuals, while making a positive contribution to the communities in which we operate. Our purpose is Helping Britain Prosper. We do this by creating a more sustainable and inclusive future for people and businesses, shaping finance as a force for good.

Lloyds Banking Group has many household names like Lloyds Bank, Halifax, Bank of Scotland and Scottish Widows. The Group has a unique customer proposition enabling us to serve the financial needs of our customers in one place. We operate multiple brands through three core divisions; Retail, Commercial Banking and Insurance and Wealth.

  • Mediobanca

Number of vacancies: TBC

Visa sponsorships: Yes

Website: mediobanca.com

Mediobanca is the leading Italian player in Corporate & Investment Banking, Consumer Finance and Online Banking.

For over 60 years we have helped our clients grow, offering high-quality advisory services and providing finance in all its various forms, from more traditional bank credit to the most sophisticated solutions available on capital markets.

  • Nomura International Plc

Number of vacancies: 100

Visa sponsorships: Yes

Website: nomura.com/europe/careers

Nomura is a leading financial services group and the preeminent Asian-based investment bank with worldwide reach. Nomura provides a broad range of innovative solutions tailored to the specific requirements of individual, institutional, corporate and government clients through an international network in over 30 countries. Based in Tokyo and with regional headquarters in Hong Kong, London, and New York, Nomura employs over 27,000 staff worldwide.

  • Onyx Capital Group

Number of vacancies: 10+

Visa sponsorships: Yes

Website: onyxcapitalgroup.com/careers

Onyx Capital Group was founded, by traders, on the principles of expertise, vision and excellence. The company has rapidly grown to command across the entire spectrum of oil products. Our aim is not just to be market leaders but to build a unique franchise that continuously pushes boundaries. We know that our success is derived from a total commitment to pursue excellence in both our people and our technology which we invest heavily in.

We are a unique business and one of our competitive advantages is that we offer a much steeper career progression than anywhere else. Our training program coupled with early on the desk responsibility has fast tracked young hungry junior traders into some of the best in their products.

Being an Onyx trader means you have a niche skillset that has a competitive edge over any other.

  • Qube Research and Technologies (QRT)

Number of vacancies: TBC

Visa sponsorships: Yes

Website: qube-rt.com/careers

  • Scotiabank

Number of vacancies: 30

Visa sponsorships: Yes

Website: jobs.scotiabank.com/go/Student-&-New-Grad-Jobs/2298417

Scotiabank is Canada’s international bank and a leading financial services provider in North America, Latin America, the Caribbean, Central America and Asia Pacific. Scotiabank ranks 22nd largest bank in the world by market capitalisation, with 88,804 employees worldwide and 3,081 branches worldwide.

  • StoneX

Number of vacancies: 15

Visa sponsorships: No

Website: stonex.com/careers

StoneX (formerly known as INTL FCStone) is an institutional-grade financial services network that connects companies, organisations, and investors to the global markets ecosystem through a unique blend of digital platforms, end-to-end clearing and execution services, high-touch service, and deep expertise.

  • Stout

Number of vacancies: 2

Visa sponsorships: No

Website: stout.com/en/careers/student

We offer financial advisory services including investment banking, valuation and financial opinions, and dispute advisory and forensic services. Within investment banking it focuses on strategic advisory services regarding mergers and acquisitions, private market financing, and distressed transactions. Within valuation and financial opinions it provides fairness opinion, solvency opinion, and intangible and tangible asset valuation services for financial and tax reporting purposes; ESOP and ERISA advisory services; business valuation services for succession and shareholder planning; and tangible asset appraisals services. Within dispute advisory and forensic services it offers pre-litigation consulting, forensic investigations, discovery, complex damage analysis, expert witness opinion, and testimony services.

  • Tikehau Capital

Number of vacancies: 10 to 12

Visa sponsorships: Yes

Website: tikehau-capital-career.talentview.io/en

  • WorldPay

Number of vacancies: 10

Visa sponsorships: No

Website: jobs.worldpay.com/early-careers

Employers joining night two include:

  • Alta Advisers

Number of vacancies: 6

Visa sponsorships: Yes

Website: altaadvisers.app.candidats.io/roles

Alta is a high-performance investment firm based in London. We advise on a global equity-oriented portfolio for the benefit of a philanthropic European family. The portfolio is diversified across asset classes including public equities, leveraged buyouts, venture capital, real estate, natural resources, hedge funds, and high-quality fixed income. This portfolio construction, similar to that pursued by some leading U.S. university endowments, aims to generate superior risk-adjusted returns. Founded in 1995, Alta has grown to over 35 employees working across investment and support functions.

  • American Express

Number of vacancies: 50

Visa sponsorships: No

Website: americanexpress.com/en-us/careers

American Express’ heritage was built on service and has been sustained by innovation. Through our evolution from an express mail business in 1850, to one of the world’s largest card issuers by purchasing volume and a digital innovator, we’ve never been afraid to explore new possibilities and embrace the changing marketplace.

From our high employee satisfaction ratings to our many workplace awards, American Express is consistently recognised as a great place to work by people around the world. We offer talented individuals challenging work with purpose by embracing both innovation and tradition. As our company has grown and evolved, sometimes reinventing our business outright, we have never strayed from the customer-service ethos and values on which the company was built –trust, security, integrity, quality, good citizenship, respect and customer commitment.

  • Dare Global

Number of vacancies: TBC

Visa sponsorships: No

Website: careers.dare.global

Dare are an energy tech company generating liquidity and value across global commodities markets. We combine deep trading expertise with proprietary technology and the power of data science to be the best-in-class. Dare are a team of ambitious people who challenge themselves and eachother, to drive innovation.

  • Evercore

Number of vacancies: 1

Visa sponsorships: No

Website: evercore.com/careers/students-graduates

Established in 1995, Evercore is a leading global independent investment banking advisory firm. Evercore advises a diverse set of investment banking clients on a wide range of transactions and issues and provides institutional investors with high quality equity research, sales and trading execution that is free of the conflicts created by proprietary activities. The firm also offers investment management services to high net worth and institutional investors. With 28 offices in North America, Europe, South America and Asia, Evercore has the scale and strength to serve clients globally through a focused and tailored approach designed to meet their unique needs.

  • Forvis Mazars

Number of vacancies: 350

Visa sponsorships: Yes

Website: jobs.mazars.co.uk/jobs/early-careers

Forvis Mazars is a leading international professional services firm. We are a united partnership delivering exceptional quality in audit, accounting, tax, financial advisory, outsourcing and consulting.

At Forvis Mazars, we have a wide range of opportunities for you to gain experience in a firm that truly cares about your aspirations. Forvis Mazars is an amazing place to learn and grow, we are known for giving ambitious people responsibility and exposure early in their career.

Our culture is all about, celebrating individuality and we thrive on teamwork. We give people the freedom to make a personal contribution to our shared purpose. We work together to deliver quality, create change and make an impact. We support one another to deliver quality, create change and make an impact, so that everyone can reach their full potential.

We have various Graduate Traineeships, Industrial placements, Internships, School Leaver Apprenticeships and Work Experience opportunities available.

  • HarbourVest Partners

Number of vacancies: 29

Visa sponsorships: Yes

Website: harbourvest.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/HVP

HarbourVest is a private markets firm with 40+ years of experience and insight, with interwoven skills across asset classes, and relationships that build futures.

  • ING Wholesale Banking

Number of vacancies: 20

Visa sponsorships: No

Website: ingwb.com/en/about-us/careers/uk/ing-uk-graduate-programmes

ING Wholesale Bank looks to empower it's people to stay a step ahead in life and in business. So whatever your financial needs, whether you are looking to expand and want strategic advice, or just want to make your day-to-day banking more efficient, we are here to support your business ambitions.

Serving corporate clients and financial institutions in over 35 countries, we pair local and global insight with sector knowledge with financial expertise. We are ranked as a leader in sustainability and we are included in the FTSE4Good Index.

  • Intropic

Number of vacancies: 10

Visa sponsorships: No

Website: intropic-info.io/internship

  • LGT Capital Partners

Number of vacancies: 10

Visa sponsorships: Yes

Website: lgtcp.com

  • Millenium Management

Number of vacancies: 30

Visa sponsorships: Yes

Website: mlp.com

Millennium Management is a global investment management firm founded in 1989 that manages more than $64 billion in assets as of May 1, 2024. Millennium has more than 5,600 employees with offices in the United States, Europe and Asia.

Over the last 35+ years, our mission has remained constant: to deliver the alternative investment industry’s highest quality returns to our investors, and to maintain a commitment to our principles of integrity, discipline and excellence.

  • Moelis & Company

Number of vacancies: 20

Visa sponsorships: Yes

Website: moelis-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-GB/mobile-0/appcentre-ext/brand-4/user-7/xf-69860b0d6b25/wid-2/candidate/jobboard/vacancy/2/adv

Moelis & Company is a global investment bank that provides financial advisory, capital raising and asset management services to a broad client base including corporations, institutions and governments.

  • Moody's

Number of vacancies: 30

Visa sponsorships: Yes

Website: careers.moodys.com/early-careers

Our mission is to be the leading source of relevant insights on exponential risk. Navigating risk is more complex than ever. Moody's provides rich data, expert analysis, robust tools supported by groundbreaking technologies, and a view of the future to enable our customers to unlock opportunity, advance their business, and act decisively.

We are a one-of-a-kind risk assessment company that provides comprehensive perspectives on risk to our diverse base of more than 15,000 institutional customers in 165 countries. Our analysts, insights and solutions help customers unlock opportunities and provide a 360-degree view of the risks associated with doing business.

Ultimately, we unite our brightest minds to turn today’s risks into tomorrow’s opportunities.

  • Morgan Stanley

Number of vacancies: TBC

Visa sponsorships: Yes

Website: morganstanley.com/careers/career-opportunities-search

Morgan Stanley is more than a leading financial services firm. With 1,200 offices spanning 43 countries and talented, passionate people bringing excellence and integrity to everything we do, the firm is truly global. Throughout the firm’s history, diverse and talented individuals have worked together to develop our new ideas and groundbreaking financial products.

Morgan Stanley has maintained its leadership position in the industry for many years. The firm's investment banking franchise regularly features at the top of the league tables for Mergers & Acquisitions and IPOs. Our research, strategy, and economics teams are consistently ranked highly in investor surveys. Our Sales & Trading, Prime Brokerage, Wealth Management and Asset Management businesses have won multiple awards over the years and Morgan Stanley's commitment to diversity and equality has also received accolades.

  • Octopus Investments

Number of vacancies: 3

Visa sponsorships: No

Website: octopusinvestments.com/careers

Octopus Real Estate, part of Octopus Investments, is a leading specialist real estate investor, with over £3.7 billion in real estate assets and secured lending, and a highly experienced team of over 90 professionals.

This is an exciting and unique opportunity to develop your skills and understanding of the real estate and investments industry at one of the UK's most exciting, forward-thinking businesses. As part of this graduate programme, you will also get to study an industry leading qualification that will help set you up for a successful career.

  • STJ Advisors

Number of vacancies: 2

Visa sponsorships: Yes

Website: stjadvisors.com

STJ Advisors is a leading Equity Capital Markets Advisory firm that provides unconflicted and high-quality advice to private equity firms, corporates, and governments on transactions in the equity capital markets.

  • TD Securities

Number of vacancies: 12

Visa sponsorships: No

Website: tdsecurities.com/ca/en/careers

With more than 3,500 people in 12 offices around the world, TD Securities provides a wide range of capital market products and services to corporate, government and institutional clients who choose us for our knowledge, innovation and experience in the following key areas of finance:

-  Investment and Corporate Banking

-  Capital Markets

-  Interest Rate, Currency and Derivative Products

-  Commodities

Our services include the underwriting and distribution of new debt and equity issues, providing advice on strategic acquisitions and divestitures, and executing daily trading and investment needs.

With our history of delivering results, we’ve developed considerable strengths, including recognized trading expertise and street-level market intelligence that we use to consistently create value for our clients.

  • Vista

Number of vacancies: 4

Visa sponsorships: No

Website: vistaglobal.com/careers

Vista is leading the change in private aviation, providing customers with the most advanced flying services and the very best value, anytime, anywhere around the world. Vista is a fast-growing private aviation business, operating the world’s largest wholly owned large cabin private jet fleet, embracing the highest levels of service, safety, security, reliability, and value.

  • Wells Fargo

Number of vacancies: 20

Visa sponsorships: Yes

Website: wellsfargojobs.com/en/early-careers/international-programs/emea-early-talent-programs

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is a major, global financial services company with approximately $1.9 trillion in assets. In EMEA, Wells Fargo provides a diversified set of banking, investment and commercial finance services through two reportable operating segments:, Commercial Banking, and Corporate and Investment Banking, supported by a number of enterprise functional areas, including Finance, Risk, Compliance , Audit, HR, Operations and Technology.

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Joining our Discover | Banking and financial services events? Make the most of your time by following the tips below..

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  4. Plan your environment and dress appropriately
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  6. Update your CV
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