I know a number of the BBs and EBs are fine with 1 yr finance master's students applying to SA openings, but are there any banks that specifically do not allow this?
I'm also curious if there's anything stopping somebody from applying to the grad scheme first and then later also to the SA for the same bank?
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DB is quite strict about the penultimate year requirement
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