Company details

London, UK

HEADCOUNT

10000+

ORG TYPE

Corporate

SECTOR

Finance

WEBSITE

https://www.lseg.com/en

About the company

LSEG is a financial markets infrastructure and data company, combining trading venues, clearing and post-trade services, and large-scale market data and analytics products. LSEG serves banks, asset managers, corporates, and public-sector organisations across the trade lifecycle, from pre-trade data through execution, clearing, and risk management. The group includes major businesses such as Data and Analytics, FTSE Russell, FX and other markets, plus post-trade capabilities. LSEG sells products globally, including news, indices, analytics, and workflow tools used by financial services teams.

Locations and presence

LSEG is headquartered in the UK and operates across 65 countries, with major hubs across Asia Pacific, Europe, and North America, including locations like London, New York, Bengaluru, Colombo, Bangkok, Bucharest, and Manila. LSEG uses a hybrid-working approach where team-specific patterns are agreed locally, rather than one fixed global schedule.

Palpable Score

76.5

/ 100

LSEG is one of the clearer large employers for graduates because the company publishes a structured early-careers funnel, runs both graduate and internship programmes, and explains assessment stages in detail. Learning support is well-specified for early talent, including induction, buddies, and development pathways such as e-learning and group projects. The score is held back by mixed public signals on progression speed and limited early-career outcome reporting such as promotion timelines and retention.

Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

17.0

/ 20

The company runs formal Graduate and Summer Internship programmes and also points candidates to junior-grade “Entry level” hiring as a third route in.

LSEG advertises multiple early-talent pathways beyond university hiring, including a UK apprenticeship route described as an 18-month accelerated development programme.

The company does not publish intake numbers by programme or location, so candidates cannot tell how competitive the funnel is versus how many seats are available.

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Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

16.0

/ 20

The company publishes a step-by-step application flow for early careers, including an untimed immersive online assessment, a strengths-based video interview, and an assessment centre stage.

LSEG provides candidate support infrastructure for assessments through an assessment preparation hub, plus guidance on what strengths-based questions are designed to assess.

The company relies on role-by-role communication for timelines and feedback depth, and candidate-reported experiences still vary across teams and geographies.

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Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

17.5

/ 20

The company’s graduate programme detail includes structured elements like a four-day induction, curated e-learning pathways, offsite skills training, and an 8-week group project tied to real business challenges.

LSEG states early-career support is shared across a defined network, including the Early Careers Team, a People Leader, a Senior Leader, a buddy, and a global graduate cohort.

The company describes internship learning components such as an induction week, deep dives with subject-matter experts, and dedicated e-learning, but does not publish what “good” performance looks like week-to-week in each placement.

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Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

14.5

/ 20

The company includes posted pay ranges in at least some US job adverts via “anticipated base salary” disclosures, which is a practical transparency signal even when ranges are not global.

LSEG salary data on major aggregators shows consistent reporting across many roles and locations, which helps early-career candidates sanity-check offers.

The company does not consistently publish salary ranges for graduate and internship roles across all regions, so pay transparency depends heavily on the country and the specific posting.

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Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

11.5

/ 20

The company frames graduate roles as permanent from day one in some graduate adverts, which supports stability for early-career hires compared with fixed-term schemes.

LSEG has mixed progression signals in employee reviews, including repeated comments about slower advancement and bureaucracy, which can matter most in the first 1–3 years.

The company does not publish early-career outcomes such as internship conversion rate, promotion timelines, or retention by cohort, and that missing data limits confidence on typical trajectories after entry.

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