“Due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020, it was extremely hard to find an ideal internship.

Haitong Securities investment banking department has an excellent comprehensive business platform and a number of projects across different countries and regions.

Among all the internships I did, I think this is the most impressive and unforgettable one.

Overall, the opportunity of working in Haitong Securities investment banking department gives me a wonderful real-world working experience, and I would like to express my gratitude to all of my colleagues as well as GLEF Program for their support.”

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“I completed a 10-week internship programme in the Digital Payment Team at Standard Chartered Bank in the summer of 2020.

Working in the dynamic environment in the Digital Banking department, I navigated how technologies will disrupt the world of banking and experienced hands-on how digital initiatives are conducted within a bank, which will prepare me for a future career in digital or FinTech.

This internship has served an excellent wrap-up to my university life.

Finally, I would like to show my gratitude to the GLEF programme for nurturing me and equipping me with the knowledge and mindset.

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“I have joined the Chengshun Asset Management Co.

This internship provided me an opportunity to get close with several project managements, which enable me to improve the ability of quickly getting familiar with an industry, apply knowledge from campus courses to financial data analysis in reality, and get to know more use of legal knowledge.

Moreover, I was able to attain different meetings, having more chances to contact diversified tasks.

After the internship, I deepened my understanding of middle and back-office work.

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“In the later half year on 2019, I had my off-cycle internship in Alibaba Group, Cainiao Network in Hangzhou, China, being the Finance Intern in the Corporate Finance and Relations team under the supervision of Mr Daniel Zhu.

The duties and responsibilities included assisted team in data mining, research and analysis in various projects such as the Alibaba Investor Day, Cainiao Post Stations Financial Modelling; conducted company quarter reports, competitor reports and market research and database maintenance; and provided support to handle related documents in Equity Financing and M&A projects.

The tasks were challenging but fun and the internship provided me with opportunities to integrate the knowledge I’ve learnt in university into the workplace and improved my skills from different perspectives.

Moreover, I utilized my knowledge in university such as accounting, corporate finance and financial markets into the workplace and the internship equipped me with deeper understanding of the business operations and deal transactions in the practice.

Lastly, the most essential treasure harvested from this internship was the soft skills such as leadership skills and being a team player while I was working and negotiating with colleague and thus my communication skills also improved.

In conclusion, I am grateful to have a wonderful internship experience in Alibaba Group Cainiao Network during my undergraduate study.

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“I have joined BASF as an intern in 2019 for 6 months.

Working in this team has offered me with the opportunity to strengthen my knowledge in international finance and develop financial analysis skills in the credit perspective.

My takeaways from the internship experience also include gaining proficiency in various computer software, treasury and credit risk industry knowledge, data analysis experience and communication skills development.

For students who would like to pursue a career in corporate finance or a leading multinational company, I believe such internship experience would be a good option for them to get a taste of how working in this industry would be.”

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