I first heard about Calyon in a corporate and investment banking context in my second year at ICN Business School. Indeed the Bank works with my school, with employees coming regularly to do business presentations. I was interested in the world of finance, and more specifically in capital markets. So I linked up with the various Calyon representatives to find out what internships were available in that area. Then, via the various forums my school organised, I was able to find out from several former ICN students working for Calyon what this specific internship involved.
The sales assistant internship offered by the Nancy French Regions Division dealing room was exactly what I was looking for: a 13-month front office internship in one of France’s biggest regional dealing rooms. The program allows me to combine the capital markets theme with that of sales.

This internship has helped me develop my analytical and interpersonal skills, two important areas when it comes to working as a sales operator. It has given me the chance to get an overview of capital markets and get to grips with various concepts: drawing up risk management strategies with different types of clients (regional companies, small and mid caps, institutional clients and local government bodies), interest rate risk, foreign exchange risk, commodity risk and structured investments. I’ve also extended my financial vocabulary as I write daily and monthly market reports for our clients and employees. Not only that, I’ve developed my active listening skills too, by being constantly on the lookout for information that could have an impact on the markets.