Finance
The financial services industry provides a range of career opportunities within investment banking, private banking, retail and high street banking.
Investment banks are typically involved in corporate finance where the work involves providing advice to companies, institutions and governments about how best to raise finance; mergers and acquisitions which involve financial analysis of companies and advice on procedures and negotiating deals; and capital markets which involves trading in shares, bonds, and other assets such as futures and options. Private banking concerns working for an independent bank, or a division of a larger bank, that provides wealth management advice to wealthy and often long established clients of the bank. Retail and high street banking offers a full range of banking services to companies as well as individuals.
There are a range of careers available but this tends to be an industry where people specialise in a sector rather than becoming a generalist.
Relevant professional bodies include: