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Wealth & Retail Banking Graduate Hong Kong 2027
Role summary
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This graduate role is designed for candidates starting a career in wealth and retail banking, supporting affluent, mass-affluent and personal banking customers across Hong Kong. Typical work may include assisting with client relationship management, understanding financial needs, supporting investment and banking solutions, contributing to business development, and completing rotations or structured training. Applicants are generally expected to hold a bachelor’s or master’s degree, demonstrate strong academic performance, and graduate within the programme’s specified timeframe. The role requires excellent communication, analytical ability, commercial awareness, customer focus and teamwork. Fluency in English and Cantonese is normally valuable in Hong Kong, while Mandarin may also be advantageous. Candidates should show integrity, adaptability and enthusiasm for developing a long-term career in financial services.
Can I work in Hong Kong?
Never pay anyone for a visa or a job offer. A real employer pays the permit costs and never asks you for money.
How it works
How it works: Employment visa (General Employment Policy): a degree and a job offer at market pay for a job locals cannot readily fill; no quota, no sector limit; about 4 weeks.
Before you apply: Dealing, advising and senior roles usually need a regulator's licence or approval, which checks your honesty, skills and finances. Ask if your job does.
Watch for: Nationals of Afghanistan, Cuba and North Korea are excluded; residents of mainland China use a separate scheme.
Official source: Immigration Department: General Employment Policy. Checked November 2026.
What the job usually comes with in Hong Kong
Usual for Banking jobs in Hong Kong, varies by employer. Checked November 2026.
| Housing | Rent allowance usual in banking and multinationals (HKD 18,000 to 30,000 a month early career); less in tech |
|---|---|
| Relocation | Varies; the employer usually helps with the visa; a relocation allowance mostly in senior packages |
| Flights | Varies; a joining flight is not standard, more common in senior packages |
| Contract | Often open-ended, probation 1 to 3 months; by law notice is 7 days or more after month 1 (1 month if silent) |
| Leave | 7 days a year, rising to 14 after 9 years, plus 15 statutory holidays (by law) |
| Income tax | 0% up to HKD 145,000 a year (about USD 18,600), then 2% to 17%; pension (MPF) 5%, max HKD 1,500 a month |
| Health cover | Private insurance usual for professionals, not required; with an ID card public A&E is HKD 400, without 2,100 |
Senior staff often get more than line staff, for example a single room or a yearly home flight. Ask the employer what the job includes before you accept.
Guidance, not legal advice. Rules change; your employer confirms the details for your case.
About Standard Chartered
Standard Chartered is an international banking group headquartered in London, with a strong focus on Asia, Africa and the Middle East. The bank provides retail, wealth management, commercial, corporate and institutional banking services to individuals, businesses and governments. Hong Kong is one of its key markets and regional financial centres, supporting a broad range of personal and business clients. Standard Chartered promotes digital banking, responsible finance, inclusion and sustainable economic development. Its graduate programmes typically combine formal learning, professional development, networking and practical exposure to banking teams. Employees may work with local and international colleagues and serve customers with diverse financial needs. The company generally looks for people who are collaborative, customer-oriented, commercially aware and comfortable working in a regulated, fast-changing environment.