Apprenticeship Programme

The Deutsche Bank Apprenticeship Programme:

Our Apprenticeship Programme will transform your career, providing you with world-class training (full financial sponsorship towards an Applied Finance degree at Queen Mary and professional qualifications such as CISI/IMC and CFA), exposure to fascinating projects, and endless opportunities to gain the skills you need to innovate for the benefit of our clients and society.

About the business division:

Discover the world of Capital Markets with a career in our Investment Banking Capital Markets (IBCM) division. Here we aim to build long-term, trusted and mutually beneficial relationships with the major corporates, financial institutions, financial sponsors and sovereigns around the world.

The Investment Banking Capital Markets business is a comprehensive private-side product and coverage area focused on the primary issuance of multi-currency debt. From origination through to execution.

Debt Capital Markets

Debt Capital Markets (DCM) are product specialists responsible for winning debt capital market business and providing expertise to frequent and prospective issuers. Typical clients include public sector entities, corporates, banks and insurance companies and the primary products offered by the team are inaugural public bonds, private placements, covered bonds, EMTN programme issuance, liability management and bank capital considerations.

IG Acquisition Finance

The Investment Grade Acquisition Finance business originates, structures and executes M&A-related and general liquidity-driven financings largely for investment-grade borrowers. Acquisition financing provides commitments for loans to support event driven financing, such as mergers, corporate reorganizations, asset disposals, spin-offs, recapitalizations.

Equity Capital Markets

The ECM Origination team are product specialists responsible for winning equity capital market business and providing expertise to corporates, governments and private equity companies in partnership with Investment Banking Coverage. Primary products offered by the team are initial public offerings (IPOs), rights issues, primary and follow-on offerings (both marketed and accelerated), private placements and equity-linked products such as convertible bonds, exchangeable bonds and bonds with warrants.

SETG

SETG creates, markets, structures and executes structured equity transactions for Corporates, Sponsors, and Family Offices, among other clients. SETG works alongside client coverage teams in Investment Banking and Wealth Management, as well as product teams such as Equity Capital Markets, Debt Capital Markets, M&A and Leveraged Finance. SETG works in close partnership with its JV partner the Equity Financing trading desk in Fixed Income and Currencies. SETG executes most transactions in a principal capacity, meaning that DB commits its balance sheet and manages risk to facilitate customer transactions such as margin loans (linear business) and the equity derivative transactions (non-linear business) including collar financings and forward sales.

Leveraged Debt Capital Markets

The Leveraged Debt Capital Markets (LDCM) combines a premier high-yield market business with diverse debt financing capabilities. The bank is able to price, structure, underwrite and distribute senior, mezzanine and high-yield transactions in all of the major financial centres.

The team works on transactions across a wide range of sectors including Technology, Media & Telecoms, Natural Resources, Industrials, Consumer & Healthcare, Real Estate, Gaming & Leisure across the EMEA region.

DB provides Corporate Broking services to LSE listed corporates which includes and is not limited to the following activities; monitoring the price of Shares including significant dealings, providing market information, assisting in the organisation of results preparation, seeking market information from investors concerning clients, arranging meetings with appropriate persons in relation to a potential or actual investment in the client, providing investor feedback to the client, providing ad-hoc advice and presentations in relation to corporate governance, dividend policy, hedge fund activity and other relevant matters to the client's Snr Mgt, corporate broking advice on the content and timing of any trading or material announcement, including quarterly, half-year and annual results.

Division specifics about the apprentice role:

We offer a structured program combining practical experience with comprehensive academic and professional development. You'll work towards a BSc (Hons) degree in Applied Finance and professional qualifications (CISI/IMC, CFA), supported by dedicated study time, on-the-job coaching, and a personal mentor. The program culminates in a Level 4 Investment Operations Specialist award (Year 2) and a Level 6 Financial Services award (Year 4).

Your rotational experience in IBCM will give you the opportunity to work in different teams and have a varied role. Your tasks might include industry research, company performance monitoring, pricing products for traders, preparing financial data analysis, pitching transactions to the team, participating in client calls or refining the way we do forecasts. In addition, you will be involved in live deals, exploring new financing & lending opportunities, preparing marketing materials for clients, and reviewing deal pricing and structure comparisons.

What we look for:

Our extensive training programme coupled with Queen Mary's Applied Finance degree education, will give you all the technical knowledge you'll need to build a career with us. Above all, we're looking for entrepreneurial people who thrive best in a diverse culture where innovation and agile thinking abound.

Please note that to apply for our 2026 Apprenticeship Programme you must graduate from sixth form (school, academy, or college) in 2026 or have graduated in the last 12 months (i.e., in

Offers will be conditional on acceptance to the Applied Finance degree programme at Queen Mary University. Successful candidates must achieve a minimum of AAA at A-Level (or equivalent) including A in Maths, as set out in the relevant course page Applied Finance - Queen Mary University of London ).

Our Wellbeing is our success:

Feeling healthy, engaged and well-supported, enables us to do our best work and get the most out of life outside of the office. That's why Deutsche Bank is committed to providing benefits and programmes centred around well-being.

About us and our teams:

Our values define the working environment we strive to create – diverse, supportive and welcoming of different views. We embrace a culture reflecting a variety of perspectives, insights and backgrounds to drive innovation. We build talented and diverse teams to drive business results and encourage our people to develop to their full potential. Talk to us about flexible work arrangements and other initiatives we offer.

We promote good working relationships and encourage high standards of conduct and work performance. We welcome applications from talented people from all cultures, countries, races, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, beliefs and generations and are committed to providing a working environment free from harassment, discrimination and retaliation.

Visit This is DB – Deutsche Bank Careers to discover more about the culture of Deutsche Bank including Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Leadership, Learning, Future of Work and more besides.

How to apply:

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Please note, as with all programmes, you may only make ONE application per recruitment season in the UK. If you make multiple applications with multiple profiles, you may be removed from the recruitment process.

The deadline for submitting applications is Sunday 22nd February 2026, 11:59PM GMT.

Please note we hire on a rolling basis, and we may close the role prior to the deadline if we receive a significant number of applications. If the role is due to close early, the deadline will be updated 48 hours in advance. Please apply early to ensure your application is considered.

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