Routes into private banking

Internships and graduate training schemes

As well as identifying if private banking is right for you, an internship is a good opportunity to gain relevant experience, and even to be fast tracked onto an interview for a graduate training scheme. Some companies who offer interns and graduate training schemes in private banking include:

• Barclays Wealth - graduate careers

  Leading global wealth manager, and the UK's largest.

• Citigroup - graduate careers

  International financial conglomerate with operations in consumer, corporate, and investment banking and insurance.

• Credit Suisse - graduate careers

  World leading, global financial services company.

• HSBC - graduate careers

  One of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world.

• J.P. Morgan - graduate careers

  Global financial services firm.

• Mattioli Woods

  One of the UK’s leading providers of pension consultancy and wealth management services.

• Morgan Stanley - graduate careers

  Global financial adviser. Internship and graduate scheme opportunities available.

• RBC Wealth Management - graduate careers

  Manages the global private banking and wealth management needs of high net worth, corporate and institutional clients.

• RBS graduate careers

  An international banking and financial services company. Find our more about careers with RBS in finance, IT or management.

• Rothschild - graduate careers

  One of the world’s largest independent financial advisory groups.

• Scottish Widows Investment Partnership - graduate careers

  One of the largest asset management firms in Europe.

• Standard Life plc

  A leading long term savings and investments company operating internationally.

• UBS - graduate careers

  Headquartered in Zurich and Basel, UBS is a global firm providing financial services to private, corporate and institutional clients.

Insight days

Many banks and financial service firms now run insight days for first year undergraduate students (check the requirements, you may be able to attend as a non-first year). They are a great opportunity to find out more about banking (and private banking more specifically) to help you decide if it is the right career for you. As well as talks, presentations and workshops you will have the opportunity to network with current employees. Impress at an insight day and you may well be fast tracked to an internship interview.

Other experience

This is a competitive sector and as such other experience is necessary (either in place of or as well as an internship). Other experience might include extra curricular activities, LSE societies, volunteering or other positions of responsibility.