Across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), HSBC is recognised for our success - and for our strengths in emerging markets as well as our heritage in established economies. Our network helps us build relationships, increase our knowledge and create long-term client relationships. We offer a full range of services to businesses of all sizes, from multinationals to small- and medium-sized enterprises. So, whether our clients are looking to raise funds, benefit from our advice or even manage their day to day business requirements, HSBC is the award winning bank to help. And, with on the ground teams based across the region, HSBC can provide a full range of products and services direct from the region with true local knowledge. In addition to our reputation for financial strength, HSBC is well positioned to capitalise on future opportunities in the global marketplace.
In Europe, the UK and Paris remain key hubs for HSBC. HSBC will continue to focus its investment in the region where more than fifth of the Group PBT come from. Source: Investor Day 2012 - Group Strategy 17th May 2012. We have a wide range of Analyst opportunities that reflect the breadth of this region and importance to the organisation. We are a leading international bank connecting Europe with the rest of the world and capturing Europe's wealth opportunity. We have presence in 17 countries with 5 key markets (UK, Paris, Germany, Turkey and Switzerland) and our opportunity to grow in this region is strengthened and reinforced through collaboration with Group Businesses (GBM, CMB, RBWM and GPB).
In the Middle East, HSBC is the largest and most widely represented international bank in the region, with branches across Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, the Palestinian Autonomous Area, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. The scale and diversity of HSBC's Middle East operations ensures that we can offer varied and exciting career opportunities in the region - wherever you want them to take you.
HSBC in London
London is the home of HSBC's global headquarters. Situated towards the east of the city at Canary Wharf, London's newest financial centre, HSBC Tower is the third tallest structure in the UK. This impressive building forms part of the famous Canary Wharf skyline - a view enjoyed by millions across the capital and beyond.
"We will be focusing our investment on our 22 core markets - including our 2 home markets in the UK and Hong Kong - where 92 per cent of the Group's PBT comes from. HSBC's UK Bank delivers an ROE of 17 per cent, well above the Group's target range." Stuart Gulliver, Group Chief Executive, HSBC Investor Day 2012 - Group Strategy, 17 May 2012.
Opportunities in London for students studying outside the area
We offer a range of opportunities across programmes as diverse as Technology, to Trading. London is a hub for graduate recruitment - and if you're an international student, you won't require a visa or work permit before you apply. Our programmes include:
- Spring Insight Programme - an educational insight programme over Easter for first year university students.
- Summer Analyst Programme - for penultimate year university students. A ten-week programme in your business area of choice. Perform well and you'll be fast-tracked to the Full-time Analyst Programme.
- Global Analyst Induction Programme - our structured graduate development programme.
- MBA Associate Programme - our structured MBA development programme. Opportunities in Global Banking and Global Markets.
- MBA Summer Associate Programme - a ten-week programme for first year MBAs. Opportunities in Global Banking and Global Markets.
Specific country requirements
English fluency, both written and verbal, is essential. You'll need it to conduct business and build client relationships. We also look for:
- Strong communication skills
- Commercial awareness
You should be able to demonstrate to us your motivation for a career at HSBC and within the industry and programme you've chosen. We also look for a strong academic background - GCSE Grade B English and Maths as well as a minimum of 320 UCAS points and an upper second-class honours degree, expected or completed. We'll also accept the overseas equivalent. All applicants must meet these criteria at the first stage in order to progress.
Meet us
We host events across the UK and Europe. You can choose from presentations, intern or finance-focused careers fairs, in-house networking events, skills sessions, business case studies, day-in-the-life graduate panels and diversity events.
In the UK, we regularly visit:
- Birmingham
- Bristol
- Cambridge
- City/CASS
- Durham
- Imperial
- Loughborough
- LSE
- Manchester
- Nottingham
- Oxford
- Southampton
- UCL
- Warwick
In Continental Europe, you can meet us at:
- Bocconi
- CEMS Careers Forum, Budapest
- ESADE
- ESSEC
- HEC
- St Gallen
- Stockholm School of Economics
If you're studying for an MBA, you can meet us at London Business School and INSEAD.
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HSBC in Paris
At HSBC in France, our goal is to support French companies in their international development and provide wealth management services to individuals. As a universal bank, HSBC France offers expertise from each one of the Group's global businesses.
Retail Banking
HSBC France offers its personal and professional customers tailored banking solutions, while adopting a consistent wealth management and global approach. HSBC in France leverages the Group's global expertise to build on its success.
Insurance
HSBC Assurances designs a broad range of products and services in order to meet HSBC Group's personal, professional and corporate customers' life-insurance, pension, life protection and damage insurance needs.
Asset management
Operating in 36 countries, HSBC Global Asset Management is the HSBC Group's asset management specialist and offers tailored investment solutions to its personal, corporate and institutional customers.
Wealth Management
HSBC Private Bank France offers its high net worth customers in France and abroad a range of tailored products and services.
Wealth Management
HSBC Private Bank France offers its high net worth customers in France and abroad a range of tailored products and services.
Commercial Banking
The Commercial Banking business offers a broad range of domestic and international products and services to support a diverse corporate customer base, from VSEs to multinational corporations.
Global Banking and Markets
HSBC's global scale and local focus help us add value to our clients' projects and operations both in France and internationally. We offer a comprehensive range of solutions, including:
- Corporate Finance: commercial banking, payment and cash management, leverage acquisition finance, property and structured finance
- Investment Banking: mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings (IPO), capital increases
- Markets: including fixed-income, currencies and equity activities
"HSBC is a top five wholesale bank in France so we have deep relationships with the top French corporates. And our clients are finding more and more that their growth opportunities are in the emerging markets, where HSBC is uniquely well placed. So this is really an extraordinary opportunity, a moment when HSBC can position itself as bank of choice in the markets that are most important for our French clients. It's very exciting to be here and be able to make that happen, by bringing together HSBC's capabilities around the world". Malachy McAllister, Co-Head of Global Banking, France
Opportunities in France
HSBC in France offers:
- Stages, extended internships
- Alternance/apprenticeships
- Global Markets Graduate Programme
Specific requirements for graduate programmes in France
For the Global Markets Graduate Programme, you'll need spoken and written fluency in French and English. You'll also need 14 points at BAC (UK equivalent 320 UCAS points) and an upper second-class honours degree (Mention Bien).
For all wider local opportunities in France, fluency in French is essential, but each job specification will give you more specific details. Discover the opportunities.
Local deadlines
Recruitment is ongoing, with no fixed application deadline.
Meet us
Get to know us and what we do at one of our campus events:
- ESCP Europe IB Forum (Paris Campus): Tuesday 9 October 2012
- ESSEC International Banking Seminar: Tuesday 16 October 2012
- HEC Finance Forum: Wednesday 24 October 2012
- X-Polytechnique: Thursday 25 October 2012
- Science Po Business Forum: Friday 9 November 2012
- Trium Forum: Wednesday 14 November 2012
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HSBC in Dubai
HSBC is based in Emaar Square in Dubai, an area that's home to a range of different multinational organisations. Our offices are surrounded by all of the services that you'd expect in a financial and retail hub - but with an added degree of style and panache that only Dubai can offer.
Our business in Dubai
Global Banking and Markets is split into two interconnected businesses. Global Markets provides products to the rest of the HSBC Group, helping companies finance through bond issuance, or manage their day-to-day financing. Global Banking mainly offers its clients advice-so whether clients want to merge with another company, or to finance a power station, Global Banking can help with expert 'on the ground' advice.
Global Banking and Markets recently picked up seven awards for excellence from Euromoney, underscoring our focus on helping our customers. Our awards include:
Best Debt House in Saudi Arabia - HSBC
Best Flow House in the Middle East - HSBC
Best Project Finance House in the Middle East - HSBC
Best Equity House in the Middle East - HSBC
Best Debt House in the Middle East - HSBC
Mohammad Al Tuwajri, Head of Global Banking and Markets for MENA, commented:
"We're a 'full service' bank, and these awards reflect that. What I mean by this is that we can issue bonds for our clients, but we can also deal with their day-to-day financing - so for our clients who buy and sell, we can help them with their risk management and also, for those clients who trade cross-border, we can help manage this foreign exchange risk.
"So, we're there for clients who are doing major transactions and need advice or financing, but we can also help with regular financial products. That's very significant as, historically, many clients have seen banks as falling into either category - rather than both."
Opportunities in Dubai for students studying outside the area
Candidates from any country can apply to programmes in Dubai. However, local requirements in the Middle East mean that we must give priority to the United Arab Emirates nationals and also those from the GCC (Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, The Lebanon, Bahrain and Oman). If you're from the Middle East and have been studying abroad, you might find your skills and outlook make you an excellent candidate for one of our roles.
We offer two programmes:
- Global Markets Programme - starting with six weeks of training in London followed by a year's training programme with three, four-month rotations in the United Arab Emirates and globally.
- Global Banking Programme - offering six weeks in London followed by a training programme based in the United Arab Emirates.
Specific country requirements if different
To join us, you must:
- Have a GPA of 3.0 or above (upper second-class honours degree equivalent)
- Speak and write both Arabic and English fluently
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HSBC in Switzerland
HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) S.A. is Switzerland's largest foreign bank by assets under management, fully focused on investment solutions for private and selected institutional clients. In Switzerland, we bring together the financial strength and global reach of the HSBC Group, Swiss private banking excellence and political and economic stability.
Our understanding of the world's different cultures and markets means we are able to take advantage of opportunities within countries and across borders. We have extensive and longstanding expertise in Emerging Markets, we are one of the leaders in the Hedge Fund industry and a major player in the Foreign Exchange market.
We have capabilities in more than 75 currencies, including offshore unlimited access to Chinese Yuan "Renminbi" and we offer capabilities in precious metals dealing.
Our roots in Switzerland date back to the creation of Guyerzeller Bank AG in 1894 and we have been present in the country as HSBC since 1995.
Global outlook and network
"Through our global network and contacts across our business, we regularly make connections all over the world and across HSBC's businesses to support our private banking clients to achieve their goals. Whether it is putting our clients in touch with our property advisory service to find a dream home in France, connecting them with commercial banking in Germany to support their business interests or assisting them with their philanthropic activities in the UK, we assist our clients and their families in managing their complex financial affairs." Katie Danby, Managing Director -General Management, HSBC Private Bank (Luxembourg) S.A.
Opportunities in Switzerland for students studying outside the area
We offer six-month internships for students looking for professional exposure before taking on their Master's degree or to help students complete their Masters. The area depends on business needs. We also offer a graduate programme for graduates who have finished their studies and are willing to start a professional career in the Private Banking business.
Specific country requirements
For our graduate opportunities in Switzerland, English is mandatory and fluency in either French or German is also required. You'll need to demonstrate knowledge of finance either through an internship of a specific course of study. You'll also have a customer focused mind-set. You can apply for our programmes as long as you have a Schengen visa.
Local deadlines
The application deadline is 30 March 2013.
Meet us
We'll be at the EPFL Forum on 9 October 2012 http://forum.epfl.ch/.
You'll also find us at HSG Talents Banking Days 2012 in St Gallen from the 8-19 October 2012 http://www.bankingdays.unisg.ch/.
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