Global Banking and Markets

Global Banking

Global Banking operates in over 60 countries and territories, servicing 4,000 clients around the world. This involves working closely with a variety of product specialists to deliver a comprehensive range of services such as; treasury and capital markets, transaction banking, strategic advisory and investment management and the origination and ongoing management of the credit and lending product.

Global expertise is at the heart of our business. Global Banking's collective knowledge of global economies, sectors, industries, and institutions - coupled with an understanding of local markets and cultures worldwide - helps to deliver innovative solutions to many of the world's top-tier corporate and institutional organisations.

Global Banking is organised into two primary groups, Advisory and Client Management.

ADVISORY

Advisory bankers provide strategic services to corporate and institutional clients around the world. Their expertise covers mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, divestitures, corporate restructuring, stock exchange listings, privatisations and restructuring. Working closely with colleagues across Global Banking and Global Markets, advisory bankers play an important and trusted role in shaping and executing a company's strategy.

CLIENT MANAGEMENT

Client Management delivers a comprehensive range of financial products and services. A people-driven business, Client Management's primary objective is to develop long-standing, trusted advisor relationships with top-level executives. Its global teams comprise bankers with specialist knowledge dedicated to servicing the needs of our clients globally.

Global Markets

Global Markets offers exposure to some of the world's largest financial institutions, government agencies, hedge funds, reserve managers and corporate clients; and to the full spectrum of capital markets products and services.

Global Markets is responsible for all traded market (forex, interest rates, credit and equities) services to supranational clients, central banks, corporates, institutional investors, financial institutions and other market participants worldwide. We are a global business, giving clients a platform for trading and distributing the full spectrum of capital markets products and services. These range from vanilla investment products through to structured products and customised over-the-counter derivative instruments.

Research

Our research capabilities fall under two broad headings: macro research, where teams of economists and analysts around the world analyse macro-economic developments and key trends in financial markets, servicing clients directly and supporting our sales and trading desks; and sector and company research, which analyses major industries from a truly international perspective, looking at important themes affecting different companies around the world and providing key input to our sector sales and trading strategy teams.

Treasury Support

GLOBAL MARKETS OPERATIONS

Ours is one of the largest treasury operations support teams in Hong Kong and a regional operations centre for the significant and growing treasury and capital markets activities of our Global Banking and Markets division. Organised by product, individual teams provide specialised operations support using the latest technology systems for products in Securities, Futures, Derivatives, FX/Money Markets and more.

Individuals with high potential can receive training in different classes of treasury products ranging from plain vanilla commoditised products to the most cutting edge securities. They will gain valuable exposure to different client bases, learn the various parts of the business through job rotation and absorb the latest international market developments and practices. The experience provides a solid training foundation for those who aspire to a managerial role. We have regular openings for experienced specialists as well as graduates to join our fast expanding treasury team.

TREASURY FINANCE

This Hong Kong-based team provides a support centre for our regional treasury operations, overseeing the roll-out of new treasury products while ensuring that appropriate financial controls are in place and providing consultation to regional operations on the various and constantly evolving regulatory regimes across Asia. The regional scope of the work requires accomplished treasury products professionals who are keen to travel and develop a region-wide expertise in the treasury finance and control discipline.