HKEX

HKEX's Early Careers portal groups its early-careers offer into two tiers:

• Graduate Associate Programme — a 24-month rotation across three streams: Business Advancement (Markets, Operations, Finance, Group Strategy, Platform & Market Structure Development), Regulatory Excellence (Listing, Group Risk Management, Group Compliance, Group Internal Audit), and Technology Enablement (Information Technology and Operations — Software Engineering, Infrastructure, Architecture, AI, Data, Cyber Security)
• Summer Internship Programme — a 10-week placement running between June and August, open to applications across 13 business divisions including Corporate Communications, Finance, Group Strategy, Human Resources, Internal Audit, Information Technology, Legal & Secretarial Services, Listing, Markets, Operations, Platform & Market Structure Development, Risk & Compliance, and Sustainability

Successful summer interns are eligible for a return offer onto the Graduate Associate Programme, so a single 10-week placement is the canonical entry point into a 24-month graduate seat. Candidates choosing between an exchange-side stream (Regulatory Excellence sits inside the listings and compliance functions of the venue itself) and a bank-side seat elsewhere are usually making that division-level choice at the internship stage, not the graduate stage.

HKEX's Early Careers page publishes the following windows for the next cycle:

• Graduate Associate Programme — applications open September 2026
• Summer Internship Programme (Hong Kong) — placement runs June through August, with a maximum employment period of 10 weeks
• Summer Internship Programme (Shenzhen, Shanghai, Singapore) — opens during HKEX's annual Spring recruitment cycle, with flexible onboarding arrangements based on students' summer break schedules

These cycles split into two distinct application waves — the mainland-China and Singapore offices on the Spring window, the Hong Kong Summer Internship and the Graduate Associate Programme on the autumn window. A candidate targeting HKEX in more than one geography is therefore working against two separate timelines, not a single consolidated open, and missing the Spring cycle closes the Shenzhen, Shanghai and Singapore intakes for a full year.

Yes. HKEX currently has 1 open internship or graduate role on Jorb AI: summer internships, insight programs, graduate schemes, and early-career positions across the United Kingdom. Postings update continuously as new roles are added and filled.

HKEX has open internship and graduate roles in the United Kingdom. Specific offices and program structure (summer vs year-round, internship vs graduate scheme) vary by region; check individual postings for details.

Applications to HKEX go through the official careers site. Each role on this page links directly to the specific application. HKEX does not use third-party submission services.