Make Your Mark

If you are an Early Careers candidate keen to make your mark, then there’s no better place to start than at HKEX – home of Asia’s most vibrant, dynamic capital markets – where you will find a rich range of exciting career programmes to start your professional journey.


Our Early Careers programmes
Graduate Associate - Business Advancement

 

Shape the future of financial markets

Graduate Associate - Regulatory Excellence

 

Safeguard market integrity

Graduate Associate - Technology Enablement

 

Power the markets from behind the scenes

Summer Internship Programme

 

10-Week Internship at the heart of global markets

HKEX Graduate Associate Programmes

The 24-month HKEX Graduate Associate Programme gives you the opportunity to learn, grow, and contribute to initiatives that support the future development of HKEX and Hong Kong’s financial markets.

When you apply, you can choose up to two career options from the areas below. We'll use your aspirations, together with your experience, strengths, and the needs of the programme, to identify the development journey that's the best fit for you.

 

Business Advancement – “Shape the future of financial markets”

Key areas include:

  • Corporate Communications
  • Finance
  • Group Strategy
  • Human Resources
  • Markets
  • Platform & Market Structure Development

 

Regulatory Excellence – “Safeguard market integrity”

Key areas include:

  • Internal Audit
  • Listing
  • Risk & Compliance

 

Technology Enablement – “Power the markets from behind the scenes”

Key areas include:

  • Information Technology
  • Operations

 

Are you a good fit? Who we're looking for

  • Recent and upcoming graduates, graduating between August 2025 and July 2027, with less than two years of full-time work experience
  • Bachelor's degree holders or above, from any discipline
  • Students with a minimum GPA of 3.5 (on a 4.0 scale), Second Class Honours (Upper Division), or equivalent

What we offer
Diverse exposure

Work across different areas of HKEX over a 24-month period, gaining invaluable experience as you collaborate with a diverse range of professionals.

Fast-track career progression

Embark on a tailor-made talent development journey, where we offer valuable experiences, re-sources, and opportunities designed to facilitate a profound learning curve, accelerating your growth and development.

Training and skills development

Learn about everything from technical skills to leadership qualities and develop the resilience, adaptability and critical thinking required to tackle complex projects in a dynamic business environment. 

 

>> Apply Now (Applications are now open until 25 October 2026)

Robust network building

Forge strong within a diverse group of talented peers and expand your connections through impactful networking activities. The programme is a high-value opportunity to build a robust network of talented professionals.

HKEX Summer Internship Programmes

Starting in mid-June, the 10-week HKEX Summer Internship Programme gives you the opportunity to learn, grow, and gain practical experience through meaningful work and projects at HKEX. Throughout the programme, you'll develop new skills, take on real responsibilities, and gain first-hand insight into how HKEX supports the development of Hong Kong's financial markets.

When you apply, you can choose up to three business divisions from the areas below. We'll use your preferences, together with your skills, interests, and the needs of the programme, to determine the internship placement that's the best fit for you.

  • Corporate Communications - Internal & Digital
  • Finance - Financial Reporting
  • Finance - Investor Relations
  • Finance - Treasury
  • Group Strategy
  • Human Resources
  • Information Technology - Applications
  • Information Technology - Chief Data Office
  • Information Technology - Chief Information Security Office
  • Information Technology - CTO Office | Process, Risk & Control
  • Information Technology - Infrastructure & Operations
  • Legal & Secretarial Services
  • Listing - IPO Vetting
  • Listing - Listing Operational Risk & Control
  • Listing - Listing Regulation & Enforcement
  • Listing - Policy & Secretariat Services
  • Listing - Structured Products & Fixed Income
  • Markets - FIC Product Development
  • Markets - Equities Solutions / Equities Product Development
  • Markets - Global Client Development / Global Issuer Services
  • Markets - Markets Management Office
  • Markets - Connect
  • Operations - Client Services
  • Operations - Enforcement
  • Operations - Post Trade
  • Operations - Trading Operations / Development
  • Platform & Market Structure Development - Data Business
  • Risk & Compliance - Financial Risk Management
  • Risk & Compliance - Technology Risk Management
  • Sustainability - CR & Foundation

*Summer intern applications for Shenzhen, Shanghai, and Singapore open during the annual Spring recruitment cycle, with flexible onboarding arrangements based on students’ summer break schedules.

 

Are you a good fit? Who we're looking for

  • Penultimate-year students graduating between September 2027 and July 2028, from any degree discipline
  • Students on track to achieve a minimum GPA of 3.5 (on a 4.0 scale), Second Class Honours (Upper Division), or equivalent

Here's what you can expect
Development opportunities

Get tailored training, connect with networking opportunities and upskill yourself in a collegiate, encouraging environment where excellence comes as standard and the range of opportunities are diverse.

In the heart of the markets

Immerse yourself in Hong Kong’s deep, diverse financial markets, gain in-depth understanding across asset classes and operations, and help drive progress at one of the most dynamic exchange groups in the world.

Where growth is the mindset

We expect you to be as ambitious as our strategy - a strategy where constant growth and development is not just encouraged and supported, it is required.

 

>> Apply Now (Applications are now open until 25 October 2026)

For a brighter future

Successful interns will have the opportunity for a return offer and conversion to our Graduate Associate programme.

FAQ

1. Does HKEX sponsor visas for international candidates? 

2. Does HKEX provide accommodation for employees?

3. What are the working languages at HKEX?

4. Where are the work locations for HKEX employees?

5. How are rotations allocated in the Graduate Associate Programme?


Contact us

If you have any queries regarding the HKEX Early Careers programmes, please email us at earlycareers@hkex.com.hk

 

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