Financial Markets Assistant

• Learn Financial Markets principles, trading venues, and negotiation approaches.
• Gain exposure to stocks, bonds, FX, and derivatives negotiation.
• Participate in investment decisions.
• Collaborate with various asset classes desks, including Money Market, Fixed Income, FX, and Equities

About the Organization:
This is the oldest financial institution in Portugal and unique in the national financial landscape for its origin and mutual base and, consequently, for its vocation as a savings institution and for providing universal financial services to private customers at all stages of their life cycle, to all business sector customers and to social economy institutions and social entrepreneurs. With a keen eye for innovation, they have been reinventing themselves with the ambition of offering their customers the best possible relationship with their bank. Its Financial and International Division is responsible for treasury and proprietary trading portfolio management.

ADDITIONAL BENEFITS:

On-site Supervision and Support
Our internships include 24/7 on-site staff to support students working and living abroad. All students will also report to a supervisor at their internship site. Supervisors provide and oversee daily tasks, introduce the intern to team members, and mentor the intern in organizational agility, skill acquisition, and career readiness. Interns complete a midpoint and final evaluation, and supervisors complete a final evaluation of their interns. All work responsibilities and projects are approved in advance. 

Academic Credit
Students on an internship have the opportunity to enroll in their home university for credit, or enroll in a course through API to transfer back to their university for credit. Email support-internships@apiexperience.com for more information and a syllabus.

Housing and Excursions
Housing and excursions are included in your internship and will be selectable during the application process. 

Visa Sponsorship
This position does not offer visa sponsorship for non-US citizens.

Visa Sponsorship (London, Edinburgh, Sydney only)
Selected candidates will be responsible for obtaining a temporary work visa with support from API, please note that this has an additional expense on the candidate. For more information visit our visa page.