Financial Markets Internship Programme UK 2026 in London

Requisition Number: 38471

Job Location: London, GBR

Work Type: Hybrid Working

Employment Type: Intern

Posting Start Date: 04/09/2025

Posting End Date: 31/12/2025

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Financial Markets Internship Programme

Our Financial Markets team helps clients navigate complexity, seize opportunities, and manage risk across asset classes. From foreign exchange and interest rates to debt securities and commodities, we deliver bespoke solutions that power global trade and investment. Financial Markets sits at the heart of our Corporate and Investment Banking business, connecting clients to the capital they need and the opportunities that drive growth.

About the Internship Programme – how you\’ll learn and grow

Join a skills-first organisation where your potential matters more than your background. You\’ll get the opportunity to work alongside talented professionals, tackle real business challenges, and discover what it\’s like to be part of a global organisation. You\’ll build valuable skills, contribute to innovative projects, and form connections to last throughout your career. Many interns go on to join us as graduates – this could be where your journey begins.

The programme will support your skills development:

• 10-week summer internship
• A structured induction and orientation
• Classroom learning on our products, platforms and business
• On-the-job training and technical seminars
• Support from managers, mentors and buddies
• Networking events with senior leaders
• Opportunities to contribute to community initiatives.

Where you could work

During the assessment process, we\’ll help you explore which of the following areas best match your strengths and interests, and you will work across two of the following:

• Sales: Build trusted relationships with institutional clients and deliver investment strategies tailored to their goals. Collaborate across teams to execute trades and manage risk.
• Trading: Make markets and manage positions across asset classes. Use data, analytics, and instinct to navigate volatility and drive performance.
• Structuring: Design and price complex financial products. Combine quantitative modelling with commercial insight to deliver innovative client solutions.
• Financing Risk: Structure and distribute financing deals that support sustainable growth. Manage risk exposure and ensure regulatory alignment.
• Research: Deliver differentiated insights across macroeconomics, FX, credit, ESG, commodities, and geopolitics. Help clients and internal stakeholders make smarter decisions.

Bring the skills and we\’ll help you build your career

We believe that diverse skills drive innovation, which is why we welcome students from all degree disciplines and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds. You\’ll have:

• Strong academic performance and extracurricular involvement
• Ability to work as part of a team with agility and resilience
• Ability to think analytically with attention to detail
• A passion for dynamic, fast-paced environments
• Excellent project management and communication skills
• The permanent legal right to work in the country you\’re applying to.

• You must be a penultimate year student and available to intern in June 2026* and start full-time in July 2027.

• Internships in India start in April.

Key Dates

• Assessment Centres: November 2025.
• Start Date: June 2026.

Exceptions

• UK & UAE: Candidates requiring visa sponsorship will be considered.
• UAE: Priority is given to UAE nationals.
• US: We will only accept applications from individuals who have the permanent right to work in the USA.

About Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB)

We support a wide range of clients – from local businesses to global corporations, governments, banks, and institutional investors – with their transaction banking, financial markets, and financing needs.

• Serving over 20,000 clients across 54 markets, we operate in some of the world\’s fastest-growing economies and most active trade corridors.
• Our deep local presence enables us to co-create tailored solutions and connect clients to investors, suppliers, buyers, and sellers.
• Our products and services help clients move capital, manage risk, and invest to create wealth.

About Standard Chartered

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