RBS Brochure - Career Planning and Development Centre
RBS Brochure - Career Planning and Development Centre
RBS Brochure - Career Planning and Development Centre
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Benedict Lo<br />
Degree: Major in Business Economics, York University<br />
Business Area: GBM Markets - Trading<br />
Choose your perfect starting point<br />
Our programmes<br />
We deliver our services through two business lines, Global Banking<br />
<strong>and</strong> Markets, both of which are supported by a number of core functions.<br />
And we run a variety of programmes in all of these areas.<br />
GBM Banking<br />
GBM Markets<br />
What attracted you to work at <strong>RBS</strong>?<br />
Describe what you do?<br />
Operations<br />
WHY IT’S<br />
RIGHT FOR ME<br />
<strong>RBS</strong> attracted me as it is one of the few banks with a<br />
rotation programme, hence giving me the opportunity to<br />
experience different industry <strong>and</strong> product groups.<br />
Besides M&A <strong>and</strong> ECM, <strong>RBS</strong> is also one of the few banks<br />
with a strong DCM franchise <strong>and</strong> lending capabilities, which<br />
allows me to see the entire spectrum of IBD products that<br />
we can offer clients.<br />
I am currently with the FIG team. I support the team in their<br />
pitching <strong>and</strong> deal execution<br />
Everyday brings diverse <strong>and</strong> different challenges - it could<br />
be performing a benchmarking exercise for the Chinese<br />
banking industry to doing a valuation on an Australian asset<br />
management firm to studying the regulations regarding<br />
Indian insurance IPOs.<br />
Technology<br />
Finance<br />
Also <strong>RBS</strong> focuses a lot on continuous training, so I can<br />
avail myself to the various professional development<br />
programmes available.<br />
For example - advance corporate finance training.<br />
How would you describe the <strong>RBS</strong> culture <strong>and</strong> working<br />
environment?<br />
I am impressed by the strong team culture <strong>and</strong> the good<br />
guidance received from experienced seniors.<br />
Technically I am on challenging tasks that require my<br />
input <strong>and</strong> that need to be commercial with a value-adding<br />
proposition in the end which is intellectually stimulating.<br />
What do you enjoy most about your role <strong>and</strong> working at<br />
<strong>RBS</strong>?<br />
I enjoy working on challenging tasks <strong>and</strong> working with a<br />
quality team every day.<br />
“The networking sessions proved to be<br />
very useful when needed to know more<br />
about other financial sectors such as<br />
credit <strong>and</strong> interest rates.”<br />
Risk<br />
More details of these programmes are outlined throughout the brochure<br />
<strong>and</strong> on our website http://www.rbs.com/careers<br />
My department makes it a point to organize weekly drinks,<br />
<strong>and</strong> the occasional outing for juniors (the last one we<br />
had was to Macau!) which gives us a chance to make<br />
connections <strong>and</strong> friendships outside the office setting.<br />
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