ICAP Graduate Programmes
HERE'S THE DEAL
ICAP is the world’s premier interdealer broker and provider of post trade risk and information services, connecting buyers and sellers in the world’s financial markets. Fast-moving. Innovative. Meritocratic. It’s an exciting business, a growing business, a hub of innovation. A place where talent and ambition thrive – and where each day brings another opportunity, another challenge, another chance to prove your potential.
We are a billion dollar company, with approximately 4,900 employees in 32 countries. We provide market-leading voice and electronic broking services to a huge variety of clients, including all the major investment and commercial banks. This means matching buyers and sellers in the wholesale markets for interest rates, credit, commodities, foreign exchange, equities, equity derivatives and shipping, in deals worth in excess of US$1.4trillion a day. This can be done over the phone and in person by specialist voice brokers, or by clients using our electronic networks directly. We also offer a range of post trade risk and information services, providing data and helping organisations reduce operational and systemic risk in their markets.
Our offer is complex and highly specialised, our clients’ expectations high. To keep delivering, to keep adapting, to keep improving, we need an ever-more diverse range of knowledge and personalities – from outstanding brokers to experts in accounting, business services, human resources, post trade risk services, research and, risk. Our range of entry-level opportunities are designed to deliver these capabilities, as well as provide ICAP’s leaders of the future.
Our full-time programmes provide the training and support you need to make an early impact and progress quickly in your career. Whichever division you join, you’ll find our flat structure and down-to-earth attitude provides an unusually high level of exposure to both senior management and the full breadth of our business. With access to the full extent of our business, as well as to senior management, you’ll have every chance to prove your worth, get noticed and rise swiftly to the top.
If you are still at university, our structured internships and placements allow you to experience our business and culture first hand as an active member of our team. While our industry insight programme for first year students provides a comprehensive overview of interdealer broking, as well as the opportunity to meet our people and start learning the ins and outs of our business.
All opportunities call for proactive self-starters with a keen interest in working in global financial markets. They also call for strong, resilient, engaging personalities. We are an extraordinarily ambitious organisation that thrives on innovative and entrepreneurial thinking. We’re looking for quick thinkers who have belief in their own ability, and who are comfortable adapting to change. We’re looking for ambitious characters with a strong desire to succeed, as well as the determination to achieve. And we’re looking for outgoing people who enjoy building productive working relationships, with people from a variety of different backgrounds.
To find out more about ICAP, our global range of opportunities, the kind of people we’re looking for, click 'find out more'.

